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Andy
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A couple of months ago, a teacher posted on the French Y! Q/A site the following: "Qui, au 19° siècle, avait proposé d'abolir la peine de mort, et, à la place, de crever les yeux du condamné ?" (Who, in the 19th Century, proposed abolishing the death penalty and, in its place, plucking out the eyes of the codemned?")
When nobody replied he added his answer "Jules Ferry". Ferry had been French minister of education, and instituted free secular schooling for everybody. I've been unable to confirm that he actually made the proposal attributed to him, and the Questioner later removed the question: still, some people might think it worthy of consideration. |
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hmmmx3
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yes because by killing the person who commited murder just makes us as bad as them. they arent doing any harm by wrotting away in prison. |
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robtiger2
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I am against it. simply because, mistakes have been made in the past. people have been wrongly exicuted. that is the only reason. |
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rose
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because theres always the chance that their innocent |
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Me Being Me
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I think death penalty is wrong because just a regular judge or jury shouldn't decide whether another actual person gets to live or not. God has to decide, no one has the power to decide whther someone should live except the Lord. And most of the time, he gives second chances. If God knew that nothing interesting and worth living for is in someones life, then he wouldn't give them a life. No one person should decide if some one else gets to die, that's also why murdering's wrong. No matter what they did they were put on this earth to have a life, so let them live. |
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jennychen
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it's wrong cause even if you did kill a person(s)
that doesnt mean they have to kill you.. people deserve second chances..
they may not live full lives, but they can still live |
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It's a boy! 9/9/09
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i am against the death penalty. b/c sometimes those who are on death row are killed even though they didn't actually do the crime. i also feel that the ppl...killers,rapist, child molestors, etc. should have to rot in prison and think about what they did and what they caused to the family of the people they harmed, their own familes, and their community. idk how well that idea really works since most ppl who commit those types of crimes have no feeling of guilt....but hopefully they realize they were wrong. |
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And For A Moment I Am Happy
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Why should we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong? Think about it. |
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Lisa M
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Not to be glib, but I think it is akin to trying to teach your kids not to hit each other by spanking them. A bit hypocritical.
The death penalty is a paradox that says killing is wrong, so we are going to kill you.
Also, my father was shot and killed. His killer is in prison for life without parole. I think that is a more fitting punishment... to be yearning for the free world every single moment of every single day for the rest of his life.
When the victim involves children or people being tortured or raped, my instinct is revenge of the same kind they laid upon their victims. |
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Sureno
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I feel it is wrong. Reason, once the person is executed, his victim(s) dont come back to life. Also, it would be cheaper to have this person in prison for the rest of their lives then it is to execute them. All the years of appeals, all special precautions taken to make sure everthing goes smooth on execution day, the over time payed to the guards, etc... This usually cost the tax payers over $1,000,000.00 per execution. Get more information from Amnesty International. Good luck. |
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ShanniC
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I am against the death penalty. I feel that this form of corporal punishment is not a deterrent of crime, nor is it morally right. Killing someone to avenge another death doesn't bring the dead person back. It doesn't change the past. I don't make exceptions for the death penalty. It's hard for me to say this, but even if the person on death row committed the most heinous of acts, my stance still would not falter. In simplest of terms, two wrongs do not make a right.
Lastly, when a law such as the death penalty exists, a slippery slope begins to form. Who decides what merits death? What bar is set for killing offenses? I think it becomes a dangerous path to walk when the lines become blurred. Also, there is the chance that the person could be completely innocent. It wouldn't be the first time an innocent was killed. |
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imxxlboxers
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I have several reasons why I am against the death penalty.
1. It's against the teachings of Christ, and I'm a Christian, not a hypocrate like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
2. Far too many people have been put to death who were actually innocent of the crime they were punished for.
3. I don't believe that the State or Federal Governments have the right to play God.
4. I believe that the death penalty is cruel and unjust punishment.
5. For those who have committed horrendous crimes against humanity the death penalty is the easy way out. I believe that these creeps should spend their natural lives behind bars, and no easy times for them. No coddling. Make them sit there on chain gangs making little rocks out of big rock. Feed them nothing but bread and water. No possibility of parole. |
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Ivan
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First of all: Great question and great answers!
I am against the death penalty primarily because innocent people are killed in the process (Wikipedia says that 122 people have been released from Death Row as innocent). Spending the rest of your life in prison is a pretty harsh penalty. I don't really see that as much of a life, but at least you can do something, if you find out that the person was really innocent. |
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nasty joe
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It depends. Will there be more murder in this world with or without a penalty. I don't know until my question is answered. The reason is that the death penalty is just as bad as life in prison. I believe in justice and that murder should have the worst penalty. The question is whats worst, life in prison or rest in peace?
Some people say they should leave it up to God but if you think about it, everyone has a different perception of God. Most of the US are christians. What if for example all christians say you should jump off a bridge. Should everyone in the country have to live by that rule? |
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Here's why I'm against the death penalty.
1) We don't implement it correctly. When a person is sentenced to death. They should put down the next day...and we should never look back. That destroys the sense of justice. Justice is a sense of the community and it's feeling of well being. Looking and then finding that you "got the wrong man" destroys justice. Imagine being the victim's parents and finding they got the wrong man after 10 years. The killer of their little girl got away...but if we don't look and don't know...then justice is still served.
2) A person on death row have people who take extraordinary measures to prove they are innocent. That means their case is especially scrutinized to find ways to commute the sentence or free them on technicalities. When a person is sentenced to life in prison, there is no one to take these measures, they don't care, they're not going to die. So it is assured that they WILL spend the rest of their lives in prison. In fact, "Lifers" are wishing they were on death row to have this hope, to have people looking for their freedom.
I would rather we didn't do it than to do it wrong. |
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Lore
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I am not for the death penalty. I have several reasons.
One I believe in "Thou shalt not kill."
Two I believe in what the Bible says, {"Vengeance is mine saith the Lord.}
My family would have every reason for a death penalty sentence, since my Father in law was shot while mowing his own lawn one September 2005. Died 9 days later from the wounds of it. We pray for a justice to be done in the proper manner, life would be good, however we do not know yet what the outcome will be. One must have great Faith to know God will see this matter through. |
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A B
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From what I know,
1. Evidence shows it is not a bigger deterrent than prison.
2. We are not smart enough to avoid executing innocent people. Obviously, that can't be remedied after the fact.
3. We are not smart enough to know what happens to people who are killed. So we don't even know what we are doing when we kill them, or if it is even a punishment.
4. If killing is bad, the state shouldn't be doing it.
5. The only remaining reason for execution is to indulge primitive urges for vengeance. Given all the problems with the death penalty, that's not much of a reason, and the state shouldn't be lending its power toward encouraging irrational primitive ways of life. |
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Socrates
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Yes, I am against the Death Penalty because as we all know all to well from the O.J. trial our justice system is FAR from perfect which means some innocent people who receive the death penalty will be falsely killed by the state. Plus lawyers don't care much about the truth or justice the most important thing to them is winning their case and if they lose they're not the ones that have to get the lethal injection.
If you were a convicted murderer which would be more painful?: being locked in a tiny cage the rest of your life in a hell on earth or be given a quick, painless end to your life and no prison? I personally would rather be dead than in prison the rest of my life. (don't forget that terrorists want to get executed so they can spend eternity in a paradise, is that what we want to give them?).
Would Jesus approve of the death penality? He didn't do anything to the Roman soldiers who beat him to death. |
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Balthazar
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I used to be against it...but there have been just too many husbands killing off their wives or girlfriends for me to think that way anymore. I think I changed over the OJ trial. |
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mayso
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yes! it is a terrible thing. you are supposed to forgive people. jail is terrible and people who commit crimes can go there no matter how bad. many people would rather die anyway... so it serves them right if they killed lots of peole or something. the death penalty isn't right. even the most terrible insane crazy killers can change. |
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laptop760
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no you should not kill someone for a crime, where is it is the so called good book? |
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Michelle :
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I am against the death penalty. I feel the people that commit terrible crimes do not "deserve" death. I feel that they deserve to stay alive and suffer every single day the rest of their lifes. (not necessarily physical punishment, I was thinking more emotional punishment) I think death would be the easy out for them. |
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camper h
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if ur saying, like if some one dies on a per bese or a reson of god or of his time that he has left of his life well if god did he has a good reson mabey of a need of a big help of for perbese is becuase he has nothing bette r for his life or no luck thats it but the time then so how the reaper is on a hunt for do'in is job and trying to repay sainten then is a way or a nother i try hard to reseach so i got u info so now u got it so reserch the rest o.k. |
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crystal r
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well i think it depends b/c sometimes they kill people who didn't do the crime but like people who rap a little girl or stuff like that yeah i do think it is right to kill them because they just toke that little girls young life away and know she is going to be living with that all her life but like if you get in jail then they tell you that you are going to get a death penalty for something you didn't do and they don't believe you then they kill you now that's wrong because they are going to try to pay that's persons family for what they did but money is not going to bring to person back so that's my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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I'm not against the death penalty for those that are guilty without a doubt what i find disturbing is California's time frame for putting these criminals down why do they take so long,why even have death penalty if your going to keep them on death row for us to support the rest of there lives,it's cheaper to put them down then support them! |
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pinkstealth
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You say you are mostly interested in people against it...already your study is slanted.
Ask EVERYONE their opinion.
I am for it. Some don't deserve to live.
They are useless maggots.
There ya go. |
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caly925
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sorry im for it...if someone killed someone i loved i hope the community would support me to say that justice would be served by getting the scumm off the streets |
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sjeffie
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No , i am not against the death panalty, if the governments were to reinstate it in every country, the world would be a better place,
bottom line,.......
if you kill, be prepared to die, that goes for everything else, if you rape, be prepared to be raped, if you steal, be prepared to be stolen from....etc |
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TheExile
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no, What is the point of letting them rot away in prison? It makes there life pointless, they become like wild animals and hurt others, most cant be rehabbed enough to ever be let out. Tax payers are thoughing money away by keeping them alive for 30+ pointless years.
The reason it is not a crime deterent is because the we chicken out and dont even go through with it 95% of the time. |
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