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In some instances, God has commanded, authorized, or allowed killing.
Add to your understanding.
It lowers stress and hate.
"Whoso sheddeth man�s blood, by man shall his blood be shed..." Genesis 9:6
But I guess the Bible is just a book of fairy tales.
But then again, Death by Toxin, is hardly something that scares criminals. Hanging, Electrocution, Firing Squad. All of these punishments should be brought back.
You do that and I can guarantee that you will see a significant decrease in murders. There is a reason we have such a high murder rate and it has everything to do with our "humane" punishments of lethal injection.
I wonder how many peope are in our jails or prisons not because they are guilty, but because they are poor or middle class and cannot afford the enormous costs of a trial, even a trial that is not a murder trial.
Expert witnesses cost. Attorney fees for court are higher than regular attorney fees. The judicial system gets bogged down. There are motions to file and fight, all costing more and more money. It all becomes so draining the defendant simply gives up rather than bankrupt his family and accepts a deal for a lesser crime or for the charged crime and serves his sentence.
Should there be grounds for appeal -- more money. There needs to be a way to get justice without it being dependent on your economic status.
Until you have walked in the shoes of someone who has lost a loved one to murder, don't start with the whole holier than thou thing. It would be a perfect world if everyone had love and compassion. It isn't, and will never be a perfect world. What we have to deal with is the aftermath of the way society thinks video games where murder is the winning, and violence is gratuitous in a million ways, are FUN.
I absolutely believe in the death penalty for those who kill without conscience, and feel it is their right to do so. An eye for an eye . . . for those who hate.
Yes this happens in Box Elder County
The Judgres are the problem
Federal Criminals
Once charged, You are locked up
Innocents is not an option
The Prosecutor does not protect innocent people
He is a prosecutor
Utah has a bad reputation with prosecutors
You may be next to be prosecuted
It may have issues, but I live here BECAUSE OF OUR justice system. It is a major part of the Great Experiment that this great county is built upon. People come here because of the fairness and equal treatment under the law (as well as economic opportunity). The simple fact that we can complain and snivel about our government is a trait that makes our justice system and our system of governance great.
I am a supporter of Capital punishment, and of the constitution. The constitution was written with a suspicion of government as the greatest threat to individual liberties. With that in mind, amendments limiting the power of the government were added. Over the years, those great words have guided our imperfect justice system. When the government has encroached on the individual liberties the justice system has imperfectly restored the balance.
The weighing of punishment vs. individual rights of the accused is an expensive and methodical process especially when we are talking about the ultimate penalty. I don�t mind the cost. It assures that before MY government kills, that the level of evidence is sufficient.
Meanwhile, you have the situation where a group of people invade a home and brutally beat two gay men and the DA won't even charge them (No, this stain on the DA's office is not going away.).
There are a lot of reasons to oppose the death penalty, but the randomness with which it is applied is one of the most convincing to me.
Also Tamera as someone that has worked in the salt lake count jail I can tell you it is not a comfortable place to be, they do not have it easy.
Before anyone starts on me with their bull let me tell you I do not advocate just letting criminals run free but what I learned when I worked in the criminal justice system has convinced me that our system is far to imperfect to safely justify execution.
What about the fact that Canada and most of Europe doesn't have the death penalty - and yet most of those countries have a significantly lower violent crime rate than us? We are a violent culture. The violence in our society has nothing to do with "fearsomeness" (or lack thereof) of the death penalty. The death penalty is NOT a deterrent.
And, for the record, I had a close uncle killed by a hitchhiker. And one of my best friends was killed by a man who broke into her home. In cold blood, etc. And, yet, I still don't support the death penalty. Imagine that.