Posted on 09/27/2015 9:35:07 AM PDT by Isara
In an interview with POLITICO shortly after the pope’s historic address to Congress, the Texas senator said he respects Francis’ views and the Catholic Church’s teachings on the issue, but “as a policy matter, I do not agree.”
“I spent a number of years in law enforcement dealing with some of the worst criminals, child rapists and murderers, people who’ve committed unspeakable acts,” Cruz said. “I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life, that for the most egregious crimes, the ultimate punishment should apply.”
Cruz also said that whether the death penalty should be in place is an issue that should be left up to each state.
Though Francis touched on several hot-button policy issues during his speech to lawmakers, one of his sharpest messages came on the topic of the death penalty. He called for its “global abolition” and arguing that any punishment should never preclude the chance for rehabilitation.
“I am convinced that this way is the best,” Francis said. “Since every life is sacred, every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity, and society can only benefit from the rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes.”
I’m going to start making Ted Cruz lawn signs.
Because of our appeal system the average stay on death row can be 40 years...apparently old age kills more of those inmates than "the chair etc".
We have the (federal system) and (US states prison systems)
Then there is (this) some feel gooders call this slave labor...huh?
Yes he did. At the UN. Most of you talk out of your butt.
CA has one unique reason to keep the death penalty;
In the 1980’s our state supreme court justice, Rose Bird, was removed from office for her anti-death stance and rulings that had the effect of nullifying death sentences. Many people were returned to society and most went back to being criminals, many killed again.
Had they been executed, they’d never have been released to kill or maim again.
Here are the two perspectives on this:
1 - In Romans it says basically: “It is good to fear the sword of the state for it has its purpose”.
So, we see capital punishment justified.
2 - The Pope has two concerns:
- outside the U.S. Capital punishment is not subject to the legal scrutiny intended to protect the innocent.
- within the U.S. the Pope wants to maximize the opportunity for the guilty to repent.
At the UN??? The People at the UN have NOTHING to do with making abortion Illegal!! He SHOULD have said it to CONGRESS!!!!!
Don’t have a stroke. i answered the question.
So it’s OK with you that he ONLY mentioned abortion at the UN?
That would be like a pope visiting a concentration camp full of jews during WW2 and never mentioning the gas chambers right behind him, but instead preaching on the evils of checkers.
how about this... we execute them immediately after sentencing with a rope.
Jorge Bergoglio is an international socialist and a false prophet, and a very dangerous man to preside at a time of great delusion.
Genesis 9:6 (and more) says Cruz is correct.
love your tag line!
Where was the Pope’s open rebuke of abortion and Planned Parenthood, did I miss that?
Bingo. Frank should read the Catechism:
“2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude the recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only way possible of effectively defending human lives against an unjust oppressor”.
So unless he’s speaking ex cathedra (which he isn’t) his position is not binding on faithful Catholics.
APPLAUSE!!!!!!
I support the death penalty, but not for the Federal government and a large number of totalitarian states (CA, NY, MA, MD, CT).
Let’s face it, I don’t think it’s inconceivable that in the near future, the Feds will openly use the death penalty for political dissidents. Even “conservatives” have called for Snowden’s execution for exposing the NSA’s egregious & unconstitutional routine 4th amendment violations. The NDAA gives the president/dictator the authority to classify any person in the U.S. as an enemy combatant and a target for execution.
Go TED GO!!!!!!
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