Absolute opponents to the death penalty....if you were judging the men who pulled the triggers on the rocket?

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launchers used to destroy centuries old sculptures of the buddah, would you be forced to make an exception?

I'm opposed to the death penalty in most cases because it's too expensive.....I am not some fry em' all person....but some people just have to be killed. They are like cancer cells in society.

They were the property of all mankind vin....they were part of our record as himan beings.....they meant more then just religious symbols.

Freddy....I'd kill those leaders too....but you are excusing these people. Somewhere inside of them they had to know what was cultural genocide. My grandfather had a 3rd grade education from a Polish ghetto....he still acted like a human being.

Cancer isn't evil either....it's just dangerous and must be excised from the body.

Darcy...for common criminals....you're right. For murderers, you're right.

They destroyed part of the record of all humanity. They diminished all of us. There is no punishment or torture that can equate with that.

Answer 1

What if someone who is innocent gets killed? Is their death still justfied because their peers thought they were guilty. I do agree that some people are like "cancer" to society but we shouldn't kill someone because we think they are guilty of the crime.

Until there is a way that we can kill those whose crime is so horrible that killing them is a reasonable punishment and there is a way to know for sure that they committed the crime then yes the death penalty would be a fine punishment.

Another thought: I don't think the death penalty is a good punishment also because why should they get a needle in the arm when their victim was totured and suffered some horrible death. They know how they are going to die and when but their victim had no idea what this psyhco is going to do to them.

But also who are we to say who should die, how, and why. Does that make us any better than the person who is facing the death penalty? I'm from Texas and you know what "our" standing is on the death penalty, it's kind of hard to has this discussion with anyone here. *Not that everyone eles besides me from Texas feels that way about they death penalty, it's just that not many people that I've talked to feel the same way about as I do.*

Answer 2

I am glad that you aren't basing your views on revenge. However, if you open the door to capital punishment you are opening a can of worms as well- you are already aware that the death penalty costs significantly more than life in prison. Here are some other facts - all verified and sourced- about the death penalty.

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. Many had already served over 2 decades on death row. If we speed up the process we are bound to execute an innocent person. Once someone is executed the case is closed. If we execute an innocent person we are not likely to find that out and, also, the real criminal is still out there.

Re: DNA
DNA is available in no more than 10% of murder cases. It is not a miracle cure for sentencing innocent people to death. It’s human nature to make mistakes.

Re: Appeals
Our appeals system is designed to make sure that the trial was in accord with constitutional standards, not to second guess whether the defendant was actually innocent. It is very difficult to get evidence of innocence introduced before an appeals court.

Re: Deterrence
The death penalty isn’t 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
48 states have life without parole on the books. It means what it says, is swift and sure and is rarely appealed. Being locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day, forever, is certainly no picnic.

Re: Who gets the death penalty
The death penalty isn’t 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
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.

Opposing the death penalty doesn’t mean you condone brutal crimes or excuse people who commit them. According to a Gallup Poll, in 2006, 47% of all Americans prefer capital punishment while 48% prefer life without parole. Americans are learning the facts and making up their minds using common sense, not revenge.

Answer 3

I am not opposed to the death panelty...

(warning extreemist comment follows)

i think that if they are found guilty of a violent crime and we have dna evidence to convict them with. or other evidence that is not refutable. the judge should simply say

"GUILTY"... "balif shoot him in the head"

and the next guy gets to sit in the blood soaked seat.

bullets are cheap.
they are much more humane than the chair or even the lethal injection.
they almost always work. if the first one does not the second one will.

and we save money of keeping them in prison for years waiting for appeals.


the only possible problem could be a judge that got carried away and forgot that he was hearing a traffic violation and not a murder case. that could suck, but on the other hand more people die as a result of car crashes than by murder. so maybe stricter traffic laws are in order.

Answer 4

I agree. Ted Bundy deserved to die.

No,I would not use the death penalty except in the case of a serial murder, killing a child, or killing a cop. If they shoot at a trained and armed police officer and they would not think twice about blowing me away.

The taliban are too disgusting for words however. It is unfortunate that there are people that are that ignorant.

Answer 5

Those people acted out of ignorance and religious intolerance.
They have been told to act by their imams at the mosque.
Have you really seen how some of those people live in Muslim backward countries? For some the sum of all the education they are given is to know how to recite the Koran.
So who is the more guilty, the one who incites to religious intolerance and acts of gross criminal inhumanity or the one who does not know any better?

Answer 6

LOL! Destroy all the images of the Buddha you want... I care not one whit... statues are statues, the Dharma (or the speech of the Buddha) is what's MOST important and THAT is the wish-fulfilling jewel. Clinging and attachments to objects that only have whatever value the perceiver places on them is a terrible obstacle to realizing the true nature of things...

Even the Buddha wouldn't be swayed by such nonsense.

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Answer 7

Nope, I still value their lives - as pitiful as they are - on the principle that all human life is sacred. I can sympathize with what you're saying, though. Instead, I hope God gives them exactly what they deserve. (And that is up to God, not us.)

Answer 8

people who kill people shud be eradicated

people who kill culture shud be whipped

in the most humane possible way ofcourse ^^