Despite my belief that all people are made in the image of God, my tax dollars continually go towards state-sponsored killing – in wars, clinics, and prisons, which really pisses me off. I am pro-life… I find equal value in a person both before and after they’ve exited a womb – no matter where they are born, or what they have done.
I don’t understand why our country chooses to stand alongside Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria and Pakistan, in support of executing people who committed crimes before 18 years old. Isn’t it disgusting enough that we execute those whose crimes occurred as adults?
It’s ironic that our government tells criminals that murder is wrong by executing them. But there are even better reasons to oppose this form of systemic injustice… just to name a few:
2) The death penalty has murdered innocent people who were wrongly convicted.
3) The death penalty punishes the poor.
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April 4th, 2006 at 1:16 am
I hate the death penalty because it kills people, but it isn’t any more racist than the rest of the system. Blacks make up about 41-43% of the prison population, pretty close to the 43% of executed inmates.
Executing wrongly convicted people is horrendous, but so is incarcerating them! For the poor, I’m really glad that the public defendants stand up to the job and do what they do. The pay isn’t what they could make elsewhere, and I have a lot of respect for them. :)
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Nice post. Not politically correct, but these things need to be said…
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:13 pm
I think there are some instances in which the death penalty is most fitting; Timothy McVeigh, Charles Manson, Adolf Hitler had we captured him, etc.
But you’re right; there are flaws with this. America is extremely flawed, and it is a tragedy when the innocent go to prison. (the movie Shawshank Redemption comes to mind).
Are we playing God when we execute criminals without a word from God? A lot of the time in the Old Testament we read about God telling the Israelites to wipe out certain groups of people for the crimes that they’ve committed, but would He tell us to do this today?
I don’t know, but what I do know is that I’m glad I don’t have to make those decisions.
God bless.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Vous avez raison. The death penalty also doesn’t serve as a deterrent, and with the appeal process it actually costs more to put someone to death than to keep them in prison for life.
That said, if I was convicted of a crime and sentenced to life in prison, I would prefer immediate execution.
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:05 am
I think our justice system is really messed up…I wonder what would happen if we had a socialized justice system?…you know everyone gets the same, and that would be the law, and it would be essentially the same price for everyone…I wonder how that would impact our government and the way law is practiced in our country? Thoughts?
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:13 am
As it has been said: in American courts, you get the best justice money can buy.
RYC: And this is exactly why you’re one of my favorite Xanga writers.
You’d have loved the Conference. And you’re so on for conversation, revelry, and communal blogging in Milwaukee sometime.