why do we kill poeple who kill poeple to show people that killing people is wrong?

Answer 1

you got that off of a bulliton form myspace. didnt you.

well it pretty darn ironic dont ya think?

Answer 2

Great question. It is a matter of severity of a crime. One could say that just killing someone is wrong and just put them in jail. On the other hand, there are some that so brutilly kill people so slowly and with intent that the public cannot endure.

For example, if someone shot your mother and father it would be very bad. But if the same person cut off their hands and legs and allowed them to suffer before raping your mother while your father had to watch them, would it be the same?

That is for your to decide. I'm not sure I have the answer, but if in the above example, I would want the person who did it to die. On the other hand, life in prison would be worse than dying. You decide.

Answer 3

I think all of us already know that killing is very wrong. It is not really to show people that it is wrong because everybody knows it already..maybe this serves to be a punishment and consequence of doing so, to prevent these people to killing again..and also, so that other murderers will stop doing the same because if they got caught, they know what will happen to them. But if we try to put ourselves on the situation of the family of innocent people who were killed by murderers especially those who were killed in massacres and mass bombing.. we may have also wished for their death. =( thinking why they have done such violent act..
i remember, long ago it was "tooth for a tooth and eye for an eye"..

Answer 4

Because the people that kill the people that killed the people don't want to kill people the way that the people that killed people killed people because then other people could kill them for killing people. Basically, the people in the government are taking out their want to end someone's life on the people they hate most: the ones that are most like them. But, hey, it's capital punishment, it's what they do. Life's good... for them.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

to set an example for others. if such acts go unpunished others in the society may also harbour thoughts of taking such drastic actions against real or perceived wrongdoings. that will take us back to the rule of the jungle where might would be right, shudder to think what that would be like when todays society is already a dangerous place to live in not withstanding the police, courts and what have you.

Answer 7

Because when a person killed someone in spite of knowing he will get a death sentence for doing so, it means he has accepted death as the consequence with open arms, unlike the victim he killed who did not asked for his own death.

Answer 8

Killing people is bad.
What is the worst thing that can possibly happen to you? Dieing.
So, if you do something bad, you will get the worst punishment.

(I personally am against the death penalty. Life in solitude seems alot worse to me).

Answer 9

I would suggest you read "Reflections from the Guillotine" by Camus.
It analyzes the effectiveness of capital punishments, and explores all the arguments that support and oppose it.

This is a short summary:

Camus' main point in his argument against capital punishment is its ineffectiveness. Camus points out that in countries where the death penalty has already been abandoned crime has not risen. He explains this by arguing that the world has changed so that capital punishment no longer serves as the deterrent that it may once have been. In Camus's father's day the guillotine was still used to execute criminals in public but by the time Camus wrote his essay executions took place privately in prisons. Although Camus approved of conducting the executions in private he argued that it removed the element of deterrence and rendered the death penalty as merely a means for the state to dispose of those whom it saw as irremediable.

Camus also argued that the threat of death is insufficient to prevent people from committing crimes as death is the common fate shared by all, regardless of guilt. He also believed that because most murders are not premeditated no deterrent can be effective and in the case of premeditated murder the deterrent would be insufficient to stop those who have already decided to act.

Without serving a purpose Camus argued that Capital punishment is reduced to an act of revenge that only breeds further violence, fueled only by sadism and perpetuated by tradition. He likened this act of state revenge to the concept of an eye for an eye and stated that justice should be based on law and principles and not instinct and emotions; such is revenge.

Although Camus opposes the use of capital punishment today, he gives examples in the essay of how it may have been logical and appropriate in pious civilizations. In such civilizations Camus states that the death penalty was usually administered by the Church in order to deprive the convicted of the divine gift of life. However, by doing so, the convicted would then face judgment and have the chance of atonement at the hands of God. In an unbelieving world, Camus argues, the convicted is given no chance of atonement. The process takes place completely separate from the convict and simply dismisses him as beyond salvation or remedy.

Camus also stated that in an unbelieving world there is no absolute authority capable of delivering judgment as no man possesses absolute innocence himself. Because of this Camus suggested that the maximum penalty should be set at life labor due to the possibility of judicial error. Life labor in Camus’ opinion being harsher than death but more easily reversed. The convicted would then also always have the option of choosing death via suicide.

Camus also argued that capital punishment was inappropriate as by effecting revenge for grievances it simultaneously hurts the family and loved ones of the convict in the same manner as those being avenged were hurt by the initial crime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_guillotine

Answer 10

It's not quite about showing people that it's wrong....it's a way of retribution.

I prefer it this way: Give the offender an option between life imprisonment or death. Life imprisonment is just about/worst than death.

Answer 11

and in your opinino what is the best way to discourage such a habit coz really a paedophile who rapes then murders a child shouldnt even see the court house if they sent the child to God even they should take the same journey its only beffiting