Can you be pro life and pro death penalty? Isnt ther a huge differece between?

Question

a prisoner and a innocent child?

when It comes to a guilty prisoner I think the punishment should fit the crime... hang them high.. set a example

A " clob of cells" is alive and it does have a soul... when you die and have to confront jesus he will let you know....

Answer 1

I have to agree w/ the answer to your own question. A child is innocent and should be given a chance at life no matter what. For those who commit horrific crimes, I think that they could never be positive contributors to society and they should be eliminated. Besides, you have to have a MAJOR malfunction to be a serial killer, rapist, child molester, etc. There is no hope for rehabilitation for these people. I think about that small child in Georgia that was recently killed by a repeat child molester and his family and it makes me cringe. Pro life and the death penalty are two completely different things to me. Some might say that I am a hypocrite; but I can't budge on my opinion. Thanks for this great question.

Answer 2

These are separate issues. I think that many people support the death penalty because of concerns about killers being released into their communities, and because they don't yet know about the alternatives and other facts about the death penalty. Here are a few verifiable and sourced facts about the death penalty system in the United States. (Some of these may surprise you.)

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 about the consequences or even that they will be caught (if they think at all.)

Re: cost (Several of the answers you've received are wrong on this one.)
The death penalty costs far more than life in prison. The huge extra costs start to mount up even before the trial. There are more cost effective ways to prevent and control crime.

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. Life without parole incapacitates a killer (keeps him from re-offending) and costs considerably less than 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 having 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 the real criminal is still out there and will have successfully avoided being charged.

Re: DNA
DNA is available in less than 10% of murder cases. It’s not a miracle cure for sentencing innocent people to death. It’s human nature to make mistakes.

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.

Answer 3

There is a big difference betweeen a fetus growing in the womb and a mass murderer such asTed Bundy who preyed on young women or terrorists who blow up buildings like they did the federal building in Oklahoma City. Innocent life in the womb should not be destroyed for the convenience of a person not wanting to have a child. The serial murderers and terrorists take thousands of innocent lives annually. They definately should be facing the death penalty. Many will say that those who perform abortions are also mass murderers but they are within the law so can't be prosecuted by the courts.

Answer 4

Of course you can. And of course there is a huge difference between a prisoner and an unborn child. It always astounds me that someone can be against capital punishment for a murderer, yet inflict the death penalty against a child who has done no wrong.

The argument is always that we don't have the right to kill anyone, but that an unborn child isn't considered a person, so it's alright to kill them. They argue that bringing an unwanted child into the world creates an unfair financial burden on the state and the parents, but spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to house the most notorious, unconscienable, animalistic rascals is a perfectly fair burden for society. In short, they don't want to take responsibility for their own murderous actions, and they don't think other murderers should have to take responsibility either.

Answer 5

I could never quite understand human nature under certain given situations. I have seen people at their best and at their worst. Point being we as humans tend to defend one issue and yet condemn another. The death penalty, beside abortion is a very hot issue. For years people have Ben for or against these issues and nothing gets resolved other than hatred and spite between the two.

As to the death penalty. I would have to say I am all for it. If you have someone who has no regard to human life and is so violent and terrible that you must separate him from society, why allow him the joy to live when he has taken a life or caused someone, a child or adult undue harm ? People like that do not deserve life. They have no value of life and they show it in their actions. I would rather see child molesters, killers and the likes put to death, rather than have to pay to keep them alive. This is cruel but then you have to also see what they did to their victims.

Abortion.. I support woman's right to abortion. This is not a church issue. This is an issue of law. A right for a woman to make her own choice. Whats wrong with that ? I have no right to judge another for what they chose to do in life. That's God's job. If a woman wants an abortion, than it's her choice and it's her who has to deal with that issue. Not me.. Not the church.. Not the courts.

Human nature is a funny thing. My father once said. If someone does not like what another does you can be sure there will be a protest about it tomorrow. We worry so much about what others are doing and very little about our own lives.

Answer 6

This is something that really makes u want to sit down and think. I guess human beings can be both but I don't think they acturaly sit down for a hour or two to think about there decision. I think they should now that I've seen The View and this question stating the same subjuct.
As for me I'm not agaisn't abortion b/c of knowing there are rape victims out there who can't have the child due to the tramtic experimence. As for the death penitly I think Criminals should stay in jail forever constantly reminded of there crimes. Constant guilt is a much better punishment then putting them to death.

Answer 7

I for one am against the death penalty. Capital punishment though should only be to someone who is a threat to a nation or nations. It's definitely tough to argue, because so many believe "you take Ono's life, then yours should be taken as well" but a lot of these murders are not the same. It depends on the crime, but death should be one of the last results.




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Answer 8

I am both. A baby is an innocent being that has done nothing wrong to anyone. The child's only crime was being conceived by 2 self indulgent and irresponsible people. Pro-death penalty is proper punishment for a a terrible crime.

Answer 9

just because someone is found guilty in court doesnt mean they did the crime.....
also how do you know that this child you are talking about wont grow up to be a murder or something? none of us know...

a life is a life.. and the capital punishment is BS (or at least i think so).... an eye for an eye thing does NOT work.....
what is the death of ANY human going to do? undo the crime? make the family of some murdered relative finally be at peace? no.. no matter what way you cut it... you cant undo what has been done...

plus death... it seams to me like an escape.... what would you want to do? die an experience its adventure or suffer the rest of your life in a prison with a bunch of perverts, knowing you will never have any freedom, and living in the guilt of what you have done? seams like a no contest to me....

Answer 10

You answered your own question; A prisoner and an innocent child.
I'm pro life, and pro death penalty, especially if the prisoner committed an offense against an innocent child.