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haha well i am a bit pissed
Japan also has the death penalty
Well yeah, there's a clear message in there about the way we hold money in a more important rank than people's lives and well-being. Sad state of affairs.
I agree that the financial argument is a lame one, and an obvious smokescreen for what I think is debatably more barbaric motivation. It boils down to the childhood lesson that if someone does you wrong that's not a free ticket to wreak revenge, we have to maintain perspective and our basic human values which are [or should be] live and let live. I'm aware that people would say "oh, but the murderer didn't let so and so live". The old Gandhi quote - an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind is never more germane than when talking about the death penalty imo.
I am unequivocally anti-DP, there's not a crime in the world that would allow me to feel vindicated in taking someone else's life. That's the long and short of it, for me.
So you'd be against imprisoning somebody for the rest of their life for some heinous crime? Permanently withdrawing somebody's freedom is imo equivalent to directly taking somebody's life.
So anybody who advocates executing Ian Huntley is of the same ilk as Huntley?
Both show no respect for the sanctity of human life.
If we all unanimously voted to give the state the right to execute us if we committed certain crimes, would it still be unjustifiabe..
Just curious
Careful! You're sounding like a socialist.
You think? Really? So you can bring people back from the dead can you? Wow! Impressive!
you also cant turn back time and give people back the years theyve lost...
at least with death you dont know youve lost anything....
No, you can't. However you can pay people compensation money.
I think I know what option the Birmingham 6, Guildford 4 etc would prefer.
I dont think accepting the death penality makes you as bad as a criminal, like a murder or child rapist, its just understanding that sometimes locking some one up for ever is pointless when forced Euthanasia can be applied.
but then theres the argument that family and friends can move on from a death...but if someone they love is locked away for their whole lives without chance of release, it also holds family and friends prisoner..they can never move on with their lives...
Unless of course they try to forget the guy in prison...in which case its even worse for him.
Compensation money....great
I dont know what id prefer...it would depend what happened...If i had to live in prison knowing that I was missing my daughter growing up...or that I would see my loved ones die or even worse, forget me totally, I dont know whether id want to keep living..
So, what would happen if you were to execute someone and it turned out that they were the wrong person? Nothing can be done there, but if you throw them in prison, they can be released and possibly be given compensation for what they've had to suffer.
I think if it ever came down to it, you'd feel differently. If you were wrongly convicted, you'd have the chance to appeal to continue to protest your innocence and maybe get a pardon at some point. No chance of that if you're dead.