Death Penalty?

ah geez, tough question. even though they did kill someone, i don't think the killer should die. instead, do something worst: isolate the person. no technology, no people, no animals, just a room containing air and food that comes from a very small slot so they can't escape. they probably might go crazy though.

 

It kinda depends though doesn't it on what that person has done to deserved to die like that. If that person has gone and murdered thousands of innocent people then obvioulsy, half the world would want to kill that person. but if that person is inoocent.....which is the case most of the time, they dont deserve it......so i dont really have a fixed opinion on that.

 

An eye for an eye?

 

Damn that sounds a bit too familiar. But no. What you described is not justice. It is revenge. Revenge is rarely justice. Somebody dying for a crime is one thing. But torturing them and then prolonging their death is in no way justice. Sure, if somebody close to me was murdered, I'd want to attack the murderer. But it isn't justice. It would be a failed attempt to bring justice to the person. After thinking awhile (And given a few years to recover emotionally), I'd just want the person to face actual justice after death. But I definantly wouldn't want the person to be tortured.

Fun stuff. One of the reasons I like Israel so much.

 

lol, you honestly believe that?

many people think the death penalty serves as a deterrent and people won't do crimes cause the don't want to get caught and die. but heres a simple question: when you're doing something wrong, do you expect to get caught?
most of the time the answer would be no, you expect to get off scott free which is why getting caught is such a big shocker (if you do get caught). with criminals its the same thing, they think they can break the law without getting caught. having a really cruel death penalty isn't going to stop them.

and you said you want to torture them before death. well you can't, the Constitution says no cruel or unusual punishment and torture falls into the cruel category. sadly even criminals have rights.


now personally i'm for the death penalty, why should i have to pay taxes to keep some murderers locked up in prison? deadly injection, firing squad, let the other inmates kill them, there's plenty of quicker and more efficient options then just keeping them locked up.
as for torture, isn't our current law system torturous enough? lol

 

I would say (As Morphine said) an eye for an eye. But even that is bordering on revenge. In all honesty, there is no true justice on Earth. To me, justice is God's judgement. And I don't know what I'd do.

 

Who says God wants to intervene and make all the problems just disappear? Baby sitting us won't help us learn our lesson, and while it would be a just act (in a sense) to strike down the criminals and the like, life isn't like that. Revenge is bitter sweet at the end of the day.

And generally speaking, lives are lost every day. Either it be accidental, of old age, disease or through violence. There's no way to prevent death in its entirety.

 

cure all diseses make something that makes you any age, and try not to be so careless.

 

I'm for the death penalty. If you could a person and you knew what you were doing then you should die, now if it is an accident like some dude jumped right in front of your car (sucuide) then that's not your fault. I don't think they should be totured, I really think the only time should someone should be totured if they have infromation, like a terriost or something. Just think if they went and killed all those murders and not just put them in prison and let them out 5 years later then there would be less crimes, because they would all be dead and stop people from doing the same thing. for exmaple, if I was planning a murder, and I just heard that 1 million crimnals just got put on the death pentalty, hell I ain't freakin going to do that crime now.

 

God's justice is His judgement. It is absolute. Completely righteous. Justice doesn't have to console the victim or his/her loved ones.

You do realize you're having a double standard right now, right? Destroying evil (Hence, destroying evil people) is taking away lives.

And the reality of the situation is that life isn't fair. It just won't be. Maybe you deserve more or less than somebody else. Maybe you do. But just because you do or do not deserve something doesn't mean you're gonna get it.

 

It depends really.Like Honor said,if it was someone who jumped in front of your car and killed themselves it is not your fault,though not all deaths by cars would fall under that.Also,killing someone while you were defending themselves should not count either,however,if the assailint was not a danger to you any longer and you killed him/her anyway that might be a different matter.Cold-blooded murder and worse should have the death penalty used,along with raping someone.If you rape one person you are probably likley to do it again,though on those who have already raped i might wait for DNA evidence since it could prove that they infact did not do that,but thats a different discussion altogether.

In short, col-blooded murder and above= death warrent for you if I made the rules,but hey,thats just my opinion.

 

i say death penalty is bad, i mean if someone killed someone than that means they dont respect life witch means that they should also die in a way. but for humans to make themselves death judges is just wrong so i dont agree with it. to me sometimes that person should just be put in the crazy pillow room forever.