just been watching a program on tv about murderers (not the best subject i know), but in the past they have punished this sort of crime with compliments of the electric chair and various other deadly punishments.
what baffles me is that one man has been sentenced to death for murder, BUT no matter what reasons or excuses are made when you flicked that switched on the electric chair to punish a man/women for there crime, even though it was for justice arent you still commiting an act a murder on a human being, and in a way doesnt this make them as bad as the person they are punishing, because at the end of the day it is still an act of murder
2007-10-12 11:41:45 · 14 answers · asked by bellatrix 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
We used to stidy this in re all the time.. we never came to a conclusion!
2007-10-12 11:45:02 · answer #1 · answered by Yorkshire Gurlie ♥ 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most people around the world think the death penalty is wrong.
This subject is a minefield for many politicians in the USA. In 1988 Michael Dukakis (who was running for president) dropped in the polls when he said he was against the death penalty. About 12 States there do no have the death penalty.
Since 1974 over 120 people in the USA have been released from death row. How many innocent people have been executed? It's scary.
It is disturbing that the USA puts to death many prisoners who are mentally ill and were mentally ill when committing their crimes. They also execute prisoners who were juveniles when committing their crimes.
China is one of the worst countries for the death penalty - they even have the disgusting practice of selling executed prisoners organs to foreigners for transplant.
The death penalty is handed down for many different crimes around the world from murder to treason. A recent Chinese politician was sentenced to death for selling contaminated medicines.
What is the benefit to having the death penalty? Does it stop people from committing murder. Many would say yes but if you look at the statistics you will find that the murder rate for some states that have the death penalty is actually much higher than states that do not have the death penalty.
It has also been shown that the death penalty has on occasions increased the murder rate because a murdered is going to be executed if he kills 1 or 100 people so what does he have to loose - he gets rid of as many witnesses as he can to increase his chances of not being caught.
The European Community is putting pressure on many countries around the world to end the death penalty. Russia being one of those countries that have stopped using the death penalty a few years ago.
The only way a government will stop using the death penalty is if the vast majority of voters in that country want it stopped. Public opinion will eventually decide.
I can understand in a way how someone would want the death penalty enforced if they had a loved one murdered. It's human nature and in their eyes justice. But then what about the loved ones of the executed prisoners? Do they not become victims when the state executes their loved ones?
Unfortunately it's a vicious circle creating more victims and causing more hurt while giving no real benefit to society.
2007-10-12 17:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 02:54:11 · answer #3 · answered by fomby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition murder is unlawful. Therefore execution by the state after adjudged by judge/jury and upheld on appeal is not murder because it is lawful.
Your actual question is whether the death penalty is appropriate, moral or ethical. That is a question that each person must resolve for themselves. However, 38 states have the death penalty.
2007-10-12 12:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by floridaladylaw 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is it murder?
If you can't differentiate between different ways of dying and it is all Murder, then you are confused.
The difference is that someone who is executed by the state CHOSE to do the crime that brought them there.
It's the same as the difference between a kiss and a slap, sex and rape, love and betrayal and sweet hay and cow pies.
Nobody likes it, but there is a difference.
2007-10-12 11:55:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
@Chuck -
I have heard it said that "Christ died for you sins" which may or may not be true, but one thing is for sure - he was not in any way involved in the American justice system.
So why should his case matter to us as legal precedent anymore then something that happened to an (for example) Australian pygmy 2000 years ago?
2007-10-12 11:54:11 · answer #6 · answered by Barry C 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't be confused- the person in that chair took another person's life and now is getting well deserved Justice.
2007-10-12 11:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not one of those criminals that pay the ultimate price for their crimes ever re offends.So as a deterrent it works
2007-10-12 11:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A murder for a murder = 2 murders
It's no different. Thou shalt not kill.
2007-10-12 11:57:27 · answer #9 · answered by Ktcyan 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christ accepted the death sentence. Who are we to question the justice of it now.
2007-10-12 11:48:57 · answer #10 · answered by The Voice of Reason 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sharon...you are absolutely 100% correct.
If we murder to avenge murder....what religion justifies this?
What moral code says this is right?
How can it ever be decent to murder another human being?
2007-10-12 11:47:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋