I chose to live in a State (MN) that does NOT have the death penalty. I'd hate to move to Texas and be falsely convicted of murder and then be put to death.
barbaric.
killing is wrong.
I commend your commitment to Life. It is noble.
Speaking for myself though, I am very much in favor of the death penalty — and do not see it as barbaric.
Murder is wrong. Defense of society is the highest form of Justice man can establish. Protection of innocents, the disabled and unable is a sign of a Higher Awareness of Love.
True forgiveness is required, but so is social retribution.
Death is a deterrent. Just ask any murderer who has been executed for his crime. Get it?
How we do it is relative. Hanging, shooting, electrocution or a slip of a needle or three, the end state required is the death of the criminal.
I agree that we must be able to eliminate false convictions, to forbid criminal executions is to make justice an unreasonable expense of societies’ health.
I live in a DP state and am not afraid of being unjustly convicted for a capital crime, as I live well above the general social standard for behavior; so why/what are you afraid/of?
AFA Islam- who are you kidding? That oligarchical system is fraught with inconsistency and double standard, a false positive indeed!
I don’t think the death penalty is wrong or barbaric but I do agree that there are so many errors and examples of misconduct that in practice I oppose it. Just not in theory.
And as long as we do have executions, they should be by firing squad and not by lethal injection.
It's just the opposite with me. When I chose to relocate some four decades ago, the fact that Texas has a so-called express lane for extinguishing evildoers was a major factor in making this great state my home. I'm 100% pro-life and, thus, logically, I am 100% for the death penalty. I don't even understand how it's possible to oppose abortion and, at the same time, oppose the death penalty. To me, it seems so self-evidently contradictory.