by 66-1120597113 » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:58 pm
It's a really dodgy subject it's so easy to say yes bring it back,but when u start to think about it,the subject opens many others!The first in my mind being,how can we ever be 100% sure of guilt,just look at the news and we see people getting released on appeals regularly for crimes they did'nt commit!In a way the death penalty is hipocritical,condem a man to death then is the executioner as bad as he is?In my mind,no,but i can understand the view that its equally as bad!As for terrorists who are prepared to blow themselves up well they would'nt be afraid to recieve the death penalty obviously as they would still believe they were dying for they're warped cause anyway!But why should innocent people suffer?Say for example your brother killed someone,you just dont stop loving your family regardless of what they have done!It would wreck familys to watch theyre loved ones executed and breed more hate also!
Also and probably most importantly,any person capable of murdering another obviously is not thinking rationally enough to think about the consequences of theyre actions,therefore i dont think it would deter many murders!
Life in jail though should mean life and jail life should be a bit more miserable than 3 squares a day,gyms,televisions,dvds,computers and the rest!