I don’t believe in the death penalty at all, but I would be interested to see your responses
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If killing is considered such an evil act, then why perform that very same evil act and use the word ‘justice’ as excuse for such ill-behaviour?
Killing a person doesn’t undo his/her crime — it only makes you a killer too (so after that you’re not innocent anymore either).
What if the wrong person (innocent) is executed? Doesn’t that make anyone who was involved in the sentencing cold-blooded murderers? (i.e. judges, prosecutors, members of the jury, any member of society who gave the thumps up).
Should we consider them a bunch of thugs and should they all be executed too?
Prosecutors don’t seem to give a rat’s @ss if an accused is innocent or guilty. All they care about is big dollars and winning the case, which enhances their personal reputation and which in turn means more big dollars. They probably also get mighty adrenaline rushes from being regarded as some kind of hero by some members of society who also get great satisfaction from believing ‘justice is served’, meaning more motivation for winning the case.
Then there’s the issue of dealing with false accusations.
E.g. a relationship gone sour and a girl/woman who wants revenge cries rape!!!
Wouldn’t such false accusations then equate to MURDER if the accused is declared guilty, or ATTEMPTED murder if declared innocent?
Wouldn’t that mean that EVERY court case would end in either the accuser or the accused being executed?
And anyone who gives false evidence — should we then regard that as attempted murder?
Another point to ponder is, by executing a person, who are you REALLY hurting?
This act of revenge last only a moment for the convict, but the people who are REALLY hurting for a LONG, LONG time are the family members and close friends.
So again, you’re copying the same kind of ill-behaviour (i.e. hurting innocent victims).
And ironically, that is the reason (or excuse) behind your justification of the killing.
Personaly, I cannot see how any sane thinking person could get any kind of satisfaction out of that. But then again, people who are filled with hatred are in an ill-state of mind, not capable of thinking rationally.