Thursday, February 9, 2012
Capital Punishment
The United States is a very diverse country, hence the varying beliefs on certain controversial issues such as capital punishment. Human dignity is the one element that should be valued by everyone. Though not every culture puts their belief in the value of human life, ending someone's life, should not be in the control of another fellow human being. Referring to what Sister Helen Prejean mentioned, it is against what we are thought and brought up to be. Some Christians may find this acceptable due to the fact that they see the logic in giving death as a punishment for an act that somebody has done that could be or is equally as malicious as ending a life. What makes the death penalty so ethical and reasonable to begin with? Ending someone's life as a punishment will not change the past, nor will it bring justice. It absolutely gives nothing but removal of rights, nothing but another dead human being. In addition, based on the passages in chapter 8, all the countries involved in the European Union are strongly against the death penalty and are continuing to rally against it. Capital punishment has been going for years and it must be abolished. There are other means of punishment, but death is certainly never an adequate response to a crime.
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You make a valid point stating that ending someone’s life isn't going to change the past nor will it bring justice. This is has been a big controversial issue in this country. At times I think ending someone’s life isn't right, but then other times I believe it should be done. Those murderers in the world have a mindset of killing, and I believe capital punishment is the best way to prevent murderers from killing more innocent humans. If a man or woman killed one of my family members on purpose, then I would most likely want that person on the death penalty. The reason why I believe in capital punishment is because it would prevent future killings from this person.
ReplyDelete“Ending someone's life as a punishment will not change the past, nor will it bring justice. It absolutely gives nothing but removal of rights, nothing but another dead human being.”
ReplyDelete-You said it perfectly!!!! The death penalty is morally wrong and such a waste of money. I don’t know if you’ve ever looked into the amount of money being spent on death penalty cases from the state of California but the numbers are outrageous! It costs far less to keep an inmate in prison for life than to have them go through the legal system with a death penalty case! Keeping a prisoner incarcerated for life keeps them from murdering on the streets without having to justify another killing. The death penalty will, however, remain a hot topic up for debate because many people see it as the ultimate form of justice and that we, as a government, have the right to end lives.