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Raffi Ella

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28. I've always been against the Death Penalty.

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 12:50 PM

Sep 2014

I've never understood how killing someone is a justifiable punishment when the act of killing someone is in and of itself against the law. Someone has to pull the lever or insert the needle. So, not only do they not have the right to do that under the law, but they will have to live with the fact that they did do it. They killed someone.

How can someone live with themselves if they kill someone like that, and who has the right to force that action from another?

Don't get me wrong here, Good Riddance to Bin Laden's sorry ass. I'm not a pacifist, I'm against the methodical slow process of killing another human being under the sanction of and by the order of a court of law; that process and the end result of death is as cruel and horrific as what ISIS did to those poor men. The case in Missouri demonstrates further why it is just so wrong.

In a civilized society the death penalty makes no sense. It needs to be abolished.

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I was ambivalent about the death penalty until the Missouri story today [View all] Recursion Sep 2014 OP

We're not God. None of us merrily Sep 2014 #1

Or we're all God. It works that way, too. But your point is clear. randome Sep 2014 #16

yes, thanks. If we're all God, then none of us should be killing anyone in cold blood. merrily Sep 2014 #17

I prefer no death penalty Kalidurga Sep 2014 #2

That makes a lot of sense get the red out Sep 2014 #7

I have thought about that as well Kalidurga Sep 2014 #31

Even without the DP, our prison industry is the for-profit enforcement wing of a brutally racist and Romulox Sep 2014 #3

Yes, but it cuts down on torture and also on deaths of innocents. merrily Sep 2014 #5

I don't disagree. I just object to the implicit idea that our prison industry Romulox Sep 2014 #8

When the private sector is considered more humane than government, we are merrily Sep 2014 #12

So you want a brutally, racist, and authoritarian government rock Sep 2014 #9

There is no way you got that from what I posted. It's just a ridiculous distortion for the sake of Romulox Sep 2014 #10

Well, I am often wrong so I'll try again. rock Sep 2014 #15

"Removing the DP (while admirable)" tkmorris Sep 2014 #29

Then you're for the DP rock Sep 2014 #30

I'm pretty sure you don't understand him. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #14

And if that weren't enough consider the NC brothers morningfog Sep 2014 #4

Brothers? merrily Sep 2014 #6

Yes, they were two brothers Recursion Sep 2014 #13

DNA evidence cleared two sharp_stick Sep 2014 #18

Thank you. Scalia apologized, of course. merrily Sep 2014 #19

I'm waiting for him sharp_stick Sep 2014 #20

Yes. morningfog Sep 2014 #24

Thanks merrily Sep 2014 #25

A lot of us evolved on that issue over time. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #11

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2014 #21

Exactly. Heidi Sep 2014 #22

Evolving is so much better than not being willing or able to change your mind. merrily Sep 2014 #26

Kick! Heidi Sep 2014 #23

I have been against the death penalty since Dead Man Walking. oldandhappy Sep 2014 #27

I've always been against the Death Penalty. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #28