How does this work.. Pro Life, but also Pro Death Penalty?

Question

Hypocrisy?

Do the Fundi, Religious Morons of the Right really know what to think and or believe.....

Ready to kill for a fetus, but willing to kill a grown person by State Murder....

HYPOCRISY??????

Answer 1

Not necessarily. Many people, including pro life and pro choice people have supported the death penalty because of concerns that dangerous criminals can be released into their communities. But, with the increasing number of of people on death row found to be innocent, many Americans are taking another look at how the death penalty system actually functions. I think this should be encouraged. You don't have to condone brutal crimes or want the criminals who commit them to avoid a harsh punishment to ask whether the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime and whether it risks killing innocent people.

124 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and isn’t a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that don’t.

We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

Answer 2

I once asked the same question and received similar answers. My argument, was that there have been errors in the judiciary system and that some prisoners through history have been innocent. There is always a probability of error. Also death penalties vary from one state to another. The USA China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iran are the most prolific executioners in the world.

What worries me about some pro-lifers is that they even can kill doctors and nurses in clinics, as it happened some couple of years ago. Nope it doesn't make sense to me

Answer 3

I'm not for the death penalty (and I am pro-life) but I don't think you can equate the two.

Those that are pro-life are against the killing of an innocent. They don't believe it's a fetus but rather a child.

They're for the death penalty because they feel it's an appropriate form of punishment for murderers that have gone through our court system, have been tried and convicted.

I don't think you can equate the two.

Answer 4

Your asking for logical, moral, and ideological consistency from those who base their morality on antiquated texts, written by men who most sensible people today would consider to be barbaric.

I, and most sensible people, have been painfully aware about the dichotomy that so called “Pro-Life” Christians maintain, and we are, quite frankly, flabbergasted by it. How can so called Christians speak about the virtues of promoting life, and yet at the same time be for the execution of individuals? How can people claim to follow the teachings of a man from Nazareth, who spared the life of an individual who warranted capital punishment, according to Old Testament moral codes that were operative at the time, and state that such mercy doesn’t apply to criminals of today?

I think the answer lies in the fact that the Bible, that most Christians claim to follow, is morally ambiguous. What I mean by that is that the Bible is inundated with numerous contradictions. Depending on what verses one picks, capital punishment is absolutely justified, and in other passages, we are taught that killing is wrong.

So numerous Christians can maintain their affiliation with their religious identity, and be on opposite sides of the death penalty issue. This contradiction between the stance Christians have with respect to abortion and the death penalty is a loud testament to why religion cannot be used as a basis for our morality. A morality that is rooted in superstitious dogma, and not common sense or reason, will always be plagued with conflicting certainties.

Answer 5

Pro lifers believe in the innocent having a chance at life. Pro death penalty is believing those who aren't innocent have given up their right to live. I would think the difference is actually quite obvious, but I forget, you aren't much of a thinker.

Answer 6

The difference here is innocence vs. guilty. Although I agree with a pro choice view, I also agree that people that are getting the death penalty deserve it, especially in the age of DNA evidence. You are comparing a child that hasn't done anything to a person that has committed atrocities. If your question could be more flawed, then I would like to see how.

Answer 7

Why ask? You are blatantly prejudiced about this group of people, and insulting too. You don't really care about what these people think, you are just looking to run them down and give others who feel the same way a forum to do so. What happened to the tolerant, open minded liberal view, or does that only apply to those who think like you? Obviously, people who choose to be pro life and Christians are not afforded the same rights as the rest of Americans. Thank God people who think like you are, actually, really a minority.

Answer 8

Pro life people want to protect the innocent.
Pro death penalty people want to punish the guilty.

It's clear to anyone who can think.

Answer 9

Innocence vs personal responsibility and guilt

Answer 10

How is this hypocrisy it's related to the same thing.