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Post by baha on Feb 15, 2008 16:30:30 GMT -5
Say the following was to be enacted: Capital Punishment will be instated in the United States of America. Those commiting 1st degree murder (pre-meditated) will be sentenced to death once strict proof has been given that they have performed the crime.
The strict proof would be either a confession or a DNA testing that proves that person was the criminal.
This bill will affect all 50 states and all US territories.
Any person commiting a first degree murder will immediately be put on death row. Would you be for or against this? Remember to use examples and experiences for support!
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Post by demonfire on Feb 15, 2008 16:47:11 GMT -5
Capital Punishment is a large gray area for politics and morality alike. While in some cases it may be appropriate, other times it may not. Psychological studies have shown that many times the killer is someone who has just lost hope in life and sees themselves as lowly as an insignificant worker ant in a colony, and thus seeks a way to drastically draw attention to themselves, which in some cases is unfortunately murder.
For certain, extreme cases I would have to say Capital Punishment is appropriate; however, unless those circumstances are that the (wo)man has killed multiple people, and has been shown competent enough to escape prison and do it again, then said offender should not be subject to the cruelty of a state-officiated death.
An eternity inside a concrete cage can be more punishment than a hundred deaths could. Often, the killer looks at death as a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card, and not as a punishment. Dictionary.com defines punishment as "a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc.". Death allows the offender to easily slip away from any true punishment that the Justice System of the United States of America could establish. For such cases, I would proposed multiple life sentences to the person, disabling them from leaving prison on parole. A lifetime inside a steel block can be more painful than a lethal injection.
Life is a glorious thing, and nobody should take it away; however, since reality isn't always a good place, it still happens. Two wrongs don't make a right, as is most commonly stated. Who are we mortals to judge who lives and who dies?
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Lis
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Post by Lis on Mar 12, 2008 19:19:10 GMT -5
Yeas, a person who commits first degree murder should be put on death row. They have taken life and the fit punishment is for them to have their life taken. There is no reason why we should have to support those who commit murders, even if they are living in a box. Death is no escape but leads to a greater punishment. We can judge because we have been given the right by the ultimate Judge.
Having said all that I think that this judicial system is too messed up to actually condemn someone to death. People will confess to crimes that were committed before their birth. There is no trial by peers, the judges are bribed, and lawyers are forced to hide the truth because of client privacy. There is no justice.
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