Mr.SLaM wrote on 10/15/12 at 16:43:48:
I like how you derail a thread you made. You asume everyone is either falsly guilty or corrupt. You sound like a hypocrite.
I don't understand your criticism.
I haven't derailed the post. I'm talking about the ethics of allowing the justice system to kill a person. The poll i left is clear.
It's correct to be concerned about people being falsely put on death row. Supporting the death penalty knowing that there is no justice system in the world possible of only punishing the guilty is irresponsible. It's that kind of thought that gets innocent people killed. I can bring up tons of instances of innocent people being executed for crimes they didn't commit due to forced confessions, falsified evidence, and even insane juries.
Speaking of hypocritical. How can you be against murderers and still kill a person who you have already captured? It isn't really changing anything if you already have the criminal in custody. I can understand if you witness a murder and splatter his brains on the street because he's trying to escape. But it's not about the death penalty for cases of vengeance. It would make more sense if you supported the enslavement and torture of murderers. Killing them is hypocritical, a waste of money, and an ineffective way of getting vengeance. I'm not even bringing the religious ramifications into this discussion. But needless to say if you are a Christian who supports the death penalty you are the worst kind of hypocrite.
Killing a prisoner costs so much money compared to jailing them. Unless you live in a country like China where there aren't any civil rights or federal laws making the process faster and cheaper. The whole process is horribly expensive and time consuming for what essentially is a vendetta.
Aren't you kind of pissed that so much money is being spent to kill people who are already in custody? Is it really worth the satisfaction of lukewarm state issued vengeance?
Personally if i had a choice between executing Charlie Manson or creating jobs for people by building more schools. I'm going to pick the schools. Charlie Manson being dead wouldn't do anything for anybody.