Sovietlukmanov Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Malchik, Peregrine. Good to see you again. (at least you replies) The reason the judicial system exists is to maintain peace. If I steal something, I am punished to try and make me a productive citizen of these united states, but when heinous crimes such as murder happen, what then? Should we allow someone who has deliberately murdered someone to have the luxury of a prison cell ( because you do know that they get free food, shelter, television, and other services paid by the American Taxpayer). only to live the rest of their life. The purpose is not to make him a productive citizen, but to keep him from society (to maintain peace). So, why torture him with life of prison like that (although they do live in some luxury) ? Would the humanitarian thing to do be to end his life? I believe so. It is unfair to him and to the world to let a murderer stay for free in a taxpayer funded facility. This only applies to the "sure-fire" convictions meaning that those people have been proved beyond degree that they committed murder. I would agree, why would American citizens have to waste their money to let a murderer spend the rest of his life, for me, I'm one of those who believe "an eye for an eye" where in this case, I believe that a murderer should be condemned to death. I'm strongly against the death penalty because I'm paranoid. I am totally afraid of the government abusing its power and murdering innocent people under some pretense of criminal behavior simply because the person poses a threat to the government. You know, like someone disrupting the system, radical thinkers, what have you. That is nothing to worry about unless the country has "some" restraints on the press such as not allowing it to investigate "criminals" or other limitations. Given that the country you live in gives a decent amount of freedom to the press, there isn't much to worry about :closedeyes: . Then again, there are still risks that the press turns a blind eye... :sweat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudkip Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 That is nothing to worry about unless the country has "some" restraints on the press such as not allowing it to investigate "criminals" or other limitations. Given that the country you live in gives a decent amount of freedom to the press, there isn't much to worry about :closedeyes: . Then again, there are still risks that the press turns a blind eye... :sweat: Yeah, that's why I use the word paranoid. It's unlikely, but I can't help being afraid of it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Slyther Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Well, sometimes, the government really has no choice but to execute the criminal for everyone's good. If that criminal killed a thousand people, and if he breaks out of jail, he's likely to kill more people. That's more suitable for punishing severe crimes. So, my statement is that a man with a record of a thousand murders should be put to death. So, I don't know if I should trust the government or not. They might abuse their power, but so far, they haven't killed any innocent civilians. I gotta say, most countries are even more cruel. Like if you wanted to visit Germany, then a cop comes to arrest you, even when you arrived for no reason at all. Why would he? My two cents added. That said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovietlukmanov Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Well, sometimes, the government really has no choice but to execute the criminal for everyone's good. If that criminal killed a thousand people, and if he breaks out of jail, he's likely to kill more people. That's more suitable for punishing severe crimes. So, my statement is that a man with a record of a thousand murders should be put to death. So, I don't know if I should trust the government or not. Well, I don't know should I trust the government or not, but it seems we have to, we elect them after all (in most countries) But there are rigged elections in some countries, and some countries that does not have elections at all, in which case, the people will be responsible for choices they didn't make... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Slyther Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 But there are rigged elections in some countries, and some countries that does not have elections at all, in which case, the people will be responsible for choices they didn't make... We all have our rights, and we have choices to make. Either you can be innocent the way you are now, hanging out with family and friends, or you can become a cold-blooded killer leaving all the people who care about you in the dark, and just lose your sanity. This is why they issued the death penalty. As I said, some countries are cruel, some are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentWeevil2077 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 In Canada, ever since that phucking a$$hole Lester B. Pearson (I hope the hell you roll over in your grave a million-and-one times) and his Liberal f49907s abolished the death penalty in '63, more and more repeat offenders have been re-released into our good cities, and gone back to doing what they have always done before - killing, raping, stealing, and everything else in between. I'm sick and tired of g*ddamn people using human rights as an excuse for being little chicken shats and not standing up for the common good. I'd support a re-instatement of the death penalty in Canada, because I know for a fact that it can and will deter violent crime (more specifically capital crimes), contrary to what little weakling Liberals and human rights activists say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMastaThief Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 As the Jedi say... " No one deserves death, no matter what they have done. " If someone murders don't give them the pleasure of a quick death. Make them rot, in a cell... as someone once said "An eye for an eye? If we followed that principal we'd all be blind!" And its just a form of legal revenge... what if the murder was a innocent man who was at the wrong place at the right time? Think my friends, is it really worth it... just for a simple second of revenge? Who are we to play god? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecalMirror Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I did not read whole topic through, but as far as I did I couldn't see any REALLY GOOD reason why should we kill any criminal for what he's done. Basically every law is an opinion of some group of peoples. Opinion about what's right and what's wrong. So is the death penalty an opinion about what should be done if someone makes a crime bad enough. When the criminal for example murders his kills his victim, he may or may not have some reason to do that. It might be good idea and affect in good way to criminal in his context. Well, then government executes the ctiminal and for what reason? For the opinion of the people who created the law to allow such concequence. The most basic reason to death penalty is merely an opinion, not the crime or its motives. So, does an opinion really justify a LEGAL MURDER? What I think personally about a death penalty doesn't matter. I just hoped to bring in some new point of view. I hope you can get it out from my poor english.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddah Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Moderator note: Threads with no activity for more than 30 days are considered to be dead, posting an irrelevant comment is thread necromancy, which is frowned upon and is against the forum rules. Please do not resurrect old threads. However your post has merit and a plainly stated opinion, so it shall remain. Buddah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justwantmusicbe Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 The death penalty is just wrong. Nobody deserves to die for the wrongs they've done. If they can realize what they've done is wrong, they deserve to live and rot. I only would allow exceptions for someone that has done something absolutely nasty like killing multiple people. Then, instead of this injection nonsense, they should be killed by firing squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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