Death Penalty

[0maxpower0]

I was doing another one of tay's surveys (ty much) and one of the questions was about the death penalty. Of the responses i saw, and my own, there was one completely for, one compeltely against, and one both sides have good arguements (that was me :-p). When i first saw the question i found that i had a lot mroe i wanted to type, so i figured everyone would have a strong opinion on it, we'll see..

Both sides have good arguements. You can argue that no person or persons have the right to decide the fate of another, because man is fallible and emotional. Not only that, but i also personally believe that everyone, including evildoers " are capable of being truly radiant minds, its just that somewhere along the way their pathologys got screwed, something that can be fixed, i believe no matter what. So its hard to end a life knowing that if its working properly it can produce wonderful things. On the other hand If there is someone who is going to do mroe damage to the lives of others for the time that they're alive, do you as a person, or as people, make that choice of not allowing them to live.I do believe every person is capable of enlightenment regardless of their past discretions, but if they're going to do more harm then good (in a very direct way I mean) then you almost owe it to all the people that would suffer needlessly. I guess the old cliche, "do you kill one to save a dozen" rings true, as long as those dozen lives would be affected in a greatly negative way, because of that one life. Even as im typing it, im still on the fence. I want to hear some other thoughts i keep rearguing the point to myself..

[BnLM5]

Terbo your post was truly heartfelt, and so unfortunate. So very sorry for your heart break. This is exactly why I have to agree with you about the death penalty. It is said "an eye for an eye." I do believe punishment should be handled according to the severity of the crime.
I also agree with you on the Three Strikes Your out law. You saw how quickly it changed to being violent crimes. Because it was totally unsuited for a criminal history of robberies or drugs. I believe that a violent crime offender should be done the same as he has done to another. But this law allows these criminals not only once or twice but 3 "violent" crime convictions to put them away for 25 to life. It makes me sick.

[knowledge]

I too am sorry for your loss. I never want this to happen to anyone, and if it ever does...hence my stand on the death penalty Very PRO-ACTIVE

[BADBEATCHAMP]

there should b a death penalty anywhere, y kill someone, if u want them to "pay" for there crimes let them sit and rot in a jail for th rest of there life, and anyways it cost more to out someone to death than it is to keep them in jail there whole life

[KaciBlakely]

I do believe in the death penalty. I have been taken advantage of in a sexual manner when I was younger and I don't believe people like that should get off scott free where they go to prison but still get 3 meals a day and do not have to worry about having a job to get a roof over your head because the tax dollars of citizens take care of you on that point.

That's my personal opinion though.