2008-11-28, 01:46 AM
Shoot 'em all and let God sort them out.
The main concerns about the Death Penalty are it's inhumane and the possibility of convicting an innocent. That being said, I don't understand how inhumane can only represent the state of being uncompassionate and unkind, when humanity is represented by everything, positive and negative, of human kind. The conviction of an innocent person is a fault questionable in the methods used to convict them. Ideally, this would never happen, but ideally, we wouldn't have a need for the Death Penalty.
Some people just feel that locking a man up for the rest of his life is a better choice, and supposedly more "humane". Which isn't a bad idea, in principle. If they're locked up in prison, they can't hurt anyone anymore. At least, anyone who isn't in prison. Prison's purpose is to deter crime though, and the Death Penalty is a greater extreme of this. If prison ain't working, bust out a bigger gun.
The main concerns about the Death Penalty are it's inhumane and the possibility of convicting an innocent. That being said, I don't understand how inhumane can only represent the state of being uncompassionate and unkind, when humanity is represented by everything, positive and negative, of human kind. The conviction of an innocent person is a fault questionable in the methods used to convict them. Ideally, this would never happen, but ideally, we wouldn't have a need for the Death Penalty.
Some people just feel that locking a man up for the rest of his life is a better choice, and supposedly more "humane". Which isn't a bad idea, in principle. If they're locked up in prison, they can't hurt anyone anymore. At least, anyone who isn't in prison. Prison's purpose is to deter crime though, and the Death Penalty is a greater extreme of this. If prison ain't working, bust out a bigger gun.