I'm just wondering what peoples views are on the death penalty, I'm for it then against it and i really cant make up my mind on this one.

im against it , as two wrongs dont make a right , also you have to consider miscarriages of justice , how awful would it be to part of a case when the wrong person is punished

i've just read this

Capital crimes in biblical times:

Men engaging in homosexual activity in a Pagan temple,
Women having engaged in sexual intercourse before marriage,
Female prostitutes, and
Engaged women who were raped in a town and who did not cry out
No wonder i don't like the bible

ok ive just thought of one , yobs that terriorise old people , now they should be poke with long pointy things

yet again I've just read

There are some offences aimed specifically at juvenile offenders in which the Bible required them to be be executed: cursing parents, hitting a parent, or being stubborn or rebellious. Sometimes, a death penalty implemented on an adult guilty of a crime would also require his or her children to be executed, even though they were innocent of any crime. The sins of the fathers would be translated to the children.

i think theyve just abolished the compulsory death sentence in bermuda (that might be meant to say bahamas but i cant remember)

my friends great great aunt narrowly missed being hanged for poisoning 3 husbands i think the death sentence was abolished about a week before her trial

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Originally posted by natfink:
im against it , as two wrongs dont make a right , also you have to consider miscarriages of justice , how awful would it be to part of a case when the wrong person is punished

Agree with natters: I'm against it. I reckon an effective punishment for Anti-social behaviour and vandalism would be to reintroduce the stocks and chuck rotten fruit & veg at the convicted sods! I think humiliation would be a greater deterrent than incarceration or death.

i'm liking matts idea

kids that throw eggs at ya jcb! DEATH!!

I'm glad there is a thread for this because I've got to make a speech about capital punishment on Monday.

I'm thinking of starting out with the quote 'An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.'

Oh, good old Gandhi.

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Originally posted by natfink:
im against it , as two wrongs dont make a right , also you have to consider miscarriages of justice , how awful would it be to part of a case when the wrong person is punished

I agree with it where the facts are absolutely solid (Murderers, rapists and the like don't deserve to breathe the same air as law abiding people).

and kids that throw eggs at ya jcb!! DEATH!

I DON'T KNOW EITHER, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH PROOF EVEN WITH DNA EVIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY SAY KILL THE ACCUSSED.

DNA EVIDENCE IN MY BOOK FAILS BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO GET YOUR OWN DNA EVERYWHERE. HAIRS FALL OUT, SPIT, SNOT ETC CAN BE AT ONE PLACE WHERE A CRIME IS COMMITED AND WOULD PUT YOU THERE EVEN IF IT WAS HOURS EARLY YOU WENT TO THE AREA WHERE THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I WAS TYPING A MORE INDEPTH STATEMENT BUT CAN'T WORD IT RIGHT. SO BYE

If we sentance someone to death are we any better then the killer?
Yes the killer is maybe a monster, but maybe the person he killed was a monster too. So he/she kills a monster and then we do the same, are we monsters?
We sentance them to death cause we say that we value human life above everything, but then we're quick to take it away too.
I read that alot of killers on death row have been abused in someway as children and have suffered mentally, so this would make them victims too.
The cost issue, aparently it costs more for an appeal (and i guess most people on death row want an appeal) then it costs to keep the person incarcerated for life.
Some jury members are reluctant to convict in murder trials because of the possibility of executing an innocent person. Thus, many killers go free and are never punished.

But... how are we ever gonna feel safe knowing there are monsters out there, people who will kill because they are "broken" inside. Keep them in jail! people break out, and when does life in prison every mean life anyway?

Sorry just this is really bugging me now

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Originally posted by CryingShaman:
I'm glad there is a thread for this because I've got to make a speech about capital punishment on Monday.

I'm thinking of starting out with the quote 'An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.'

Oh, good old Gandhi.

sounds likea good start to me, good luck!

Tell us more about the 3 poisoned husbands!!!

I can not see anybody talking about 3 poisoned husbands!! And I do not think throwing veg at people is going to stop them comitting crimes!!

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Originally posted by rebeky:
i think theyve just abolished the compulsory death sentence in bermuda (that might be meant to say bahamas but i cant remember)

my friends great great aunt narrowly missed being hanged for poisoning 3 husbands i think the death sentence was abolished about a week before her trial

^ there!!!!

I would bloody love to poison someone.

You poisoned my mother!

I did, I put poison in her Felix!

yes! yes he did!!

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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
i've just read this

Capital crimes in biblical times:

Men engaging in homosexual activity in a Pagan temple,
Women having engaged in sexual intercourse before marriage,
Female prostitutes, and
Engaged women who were raped in a town and who did not cry out
No wonder i don't like the bible

Old testament. Try reading the views of Jesus on this?