If abortion is murder, what exactly is the death penalty?

Answer 1

I so agree with you. I am not pro-life or pro-choice, I feel in some situation abortions are necessary, for example, health reasons. It's the woman's right, and she can do as she will, but as a form of birth control, it's wrong.

The death penalty is just wrong. I don't care what anyone did, I do not condone it.

The psychological effect it has on someone is worse than any crime they could commit. There are a lot of people who would argue that, if they brutally raped, and murdered a child, then they deserve it. And I agree they deserve to be punished....but not bye death. If that was to happen to one of my children, I would be devastated, but I would not want the offender to die.

To sit there in a cell for how many years, dwelling on your own death, up until you are laying on the table waiting for lethal injection, is the worst thing you can do to someone. In most cases, the victim had no clue it was coming. They didn't sit in there house waiting for the person to come and do it to them. If they are going to use the death penalty, it should unsuspecting. For example playing some basket ball in the court yard, then bang your dead.

No person should have sit and think about the day they will die. That is more emotionally torturous than anything else in the world. 2 wrongs do not make a right. and I'm just not for it.

Answer 2

No one is pro abortion. The death penalty is not, technically murder, however, in the case of at least one person who was executed, (Manny Babbitt, in California, 8 years ago) the death certificate lists homicide as the cause of death. Whatever word you use to describe the death penalty, the death penalty is simply not an effective way of keeping us safe.

A couple of your answers are not based on the facts about death penalty. People should bring the teachings of their faith to this issue but revenge is no substitute for common sense based on the facts.

Re: cost
The death penalty costs far more than life in prison.

Re: Risk of executing an innocent person
Over 120 have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. Many of these had already served over a decade. If we speed the process up we are bound to execute an innocent person.

Re: Deterrence
The death penalty is not a deterrent. Murder rates are actually higher in states with the death penalty than in states without it. Moreover, people who kill or commit other serious crimes do not think they will be caught (if they think at all.)

Re: Alternatives
More and more states have life without parole on the books. Life without parole means what it says and is no picnic.

Re: Who gets the death penalty
The death penalty is not reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??

Re: Victims families
People should know that the death penalty is very hard on victims’ families. They must relive their ordeal in the courts and the media. Life without parole is sure, swift and rarely appealed. Some victims families who support the death penalty in principal prefer life without parole because of how the death penalty affects families like theirs.

Last of all, opposing the death penalty does not mean a person condones brutal crimes or excuses the people who commit them. I believe that the dialogue on the death penalty should be based on verifiable facts. People should make up their minds using common sense not revenge.

Answer 3

The death penalty is just a retro-active abortion.

And yes, people who want abortions to be an acceptable alternative are pro-abortion. No amount of rhetoric or rationalization can change that.
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The death penalty is certainly an alternative to life in prison.

It is not necessarily revenge, it is simply a means of keeping society safe.

In Biblical times, they simply did not have the resources and infrastructure to enable life in prison. Execution was the only alternative. These were carried out swiftly. It could be argued that some were innocent, but if you are counting the probabilities of a loose murder re-offending vs the probabilities of executing an innocent, they might be similar in number... who is to know?

The reason death penalty sentences might be so expensive is the cost of the court system. That is a seperate problem, and should be considered seperately. If they could be convicted and quickly executed, cost would be irrelevant.
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Answer 4

Abortion is muder is an opinion. The dealth penalty is law in many states in the U.S. I am against capital punishment and pro-choice. While George Bush was Govenor of Texas, the state of Texas put more people to death under the death penalty, than all the other states in the U.S. combined!

Answer 5

First, I am pro choice - for many reasons: medical, rape victims, etc.

The death penalty is the exactment of justice for those who can no longer exact justice for themselves. Having read the responses above, it is hard to imagine that someone could truly believe that anyone who has raped and murdered a 12 or 13 year old girl should be allowed to live. Or, someone who robbed and murdered a convenience store clerk for $43 and was released to do the same crime again should be allowed to live.

I guess you could say that I support the death penalty.

Answer 6

Oh, how your immature logic drives me into a tizzy! There is a difference, my wee little child, between the destruction of life, and murder. Murder is always a destruction of life, but destruction of life is not always murder. Murder implies - nay, requires - both an intent to kill, and a lack of legitimate and morally-founded reason for the killing. If the government calls for the execution of a person who has committed heinous crimes against humanity, that is not murder. There is a solid reason for it. But if a woman decides to be a slut and get impregnated (yes, it is a choice to get impregnated), and she kills her baby, that is murder. The baby, unlike a convicted felon, did not do anything wrong. He did not murder someone, and he did not try to murder you. You murdered him - because there is no moral reason for you to kill something that you created. When you can explain how detonating something that you actively worked to create is okay, without resorting to irrelevant smokescreen issues like "Well what if the woman is raped?" I will change my position on abortion. But according to your logic, our soldiers are murderers - what a simplistic, prejudiced and ignorant position to take.

Answer 7

to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously - murder
The death penalty is not inhuman or bararous.
It is one of the 10 commandments..
Do not murder. The Hebrew word used in that commandment means murder not kill.
if you do not kill the person who has willfully murdered someone else. You are saying the victim is not worth as much as the living murderer. I say the murderer worth much less than a victims life.
Any man who willingly takes a mans life with malice and intent should be put to death.

Answer 8

I am Pro-choice and pro death penalty. But I will explain the difference as the religious people see it.

Abortion is the taking of an innocent life.

The death penalty is justice for the innocent people the accused did harm(murdered) to.

On is a life lost, the other is condemnation of the guilty.

Answer 9

murder is killing without reason. the fetuses, which are still human life, havent done anything. the serial killers, serial rapists and terrorists have. however, if we do get rid of the death penalty, we need to harshen up jail sentences.

Answer 10

Its abortion in the 140th trimester