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For those interested, here's the interview that turned me against capital punishment.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=829635

hint: it ain't no bleeding-heart "but they're pepole too" story.

G. L. Herbin from the last sentence of your LTTE; "Our country has the best justice system in the world -- if only we had the courage to enforce it.", it would seem that justice is not what is being sought. Rather, it seems that revenge is the driving force.

While the crimes of those who receive the death penalty are often very grievous, the penalty is not fitting of their crime. By killing the one who kills, the bar is lowered. It would be better to let those people live and think about what they did on a daily basis with photos of the victims in their cell (both before & after photos).

I am against capital punishment on Christian ethical reasons. If sincere justice is the ultimate goal, then the death penalty HAS to be eradicated. Look at crimes in 1st World Nations that do not have the death penalty. I believe that one would be amazed at the figures/statistics.

Shalom

I've said many times that I've always been against the death penalty. My perspective has nothing to do with religious values, legal auguments or any other ideals generally brought fourth. Having to die one day is an event every human born faces one day. I look upon my eventual death as a gift from the Almighty Loving God that will welcome me home.

To use the act of death as a terrible finite punishment for the most heinest of criminals takes away from the glory of our final moments.

With the death penalty, the act of dying becomes something of fear and disgrace. If I'm a good citizen, why do I have to die one day, like a criminal? Many of our most loving citizens, developing a terminal desease...why should they have to die? Using death as a legal punishment robs one of the true dignity of the end of life as a good person.

Now, the idea of applying the death penalty against the worst of the worst, and then they cry it's going to hurt? They want mercy, though they had none for their innocent victim or the family. In 30+ years of professional law enforcement, I've never met a violent criminal, that was not a sniveIing shaking coward.

Those that murder just to take something that's not theirs to take. They murder a child after sexually abusing them. They murder because their victim was considered to be genetically inferior to themselves. To hell with their fears and pain. I will not waste a moment of what's left of my life worrying about their pain.

Here's an idea that will piss a bunch of you liberal bleeding hearts off. The more pain of deaths is what they should get.

Remember little Jessica Lunsford in Florida? Kidnapped, raped over a couple of days. Then, she was buried alive in a box. That child clawed the top of that dark box for many hours, trying to get out. She slowly died from lack of breathable air. A convicted sexual child molester, John Coury? admitted this crime, was convicted and is now on Florida's death row. His eventual death is way too easy, for what this sniveling monster did to that innocent child. Put this low-life germ in a room with the child's grieving father for an hour or so. What...that's barbaric? Oh, sorry!

I have some ideas about what to do with these monsters. And, does not involve them dying. But, I'm sure I would catch the wrath of those of you that believe that these piece's of crap with arms and legs, but no reasonable mind, should be rehabilitated, and loved, no matter what they did to their victim. Well, I sure worked myself into a real rant. Now, I've got to go calm myself down. The Dog's outa here.
Crime Dog

If I were ask to agree with one of these comments , it would have to be CrimeDog's. I think people like the a**hole in the Nevada video should be tortured before being put to a painful death, even though he didn't murder anyone.

I agree with the first 2 comments. I do not believe in the death penalty as it is administered in this country.

It's WAY too long after the fact. In 3rd world countries that have no real way to keep someone imprisoned for life, I could more readily see using the death penalty.

Here, I don't see it as much of a deterrent after the accused spends years and years in prison.

Life without parole would not be to rehabilitate anybody.

The other major issue I have is that our criminal justice system is subjective and very flawed.

Sorry, crimedog, but prosecutors and cops are often all too interested in doing their jobs than making sure justice is done. Many of them want to nab the bad guy and get a conviction regardless of how they do it or if the person is truly guilty.

Money buys a defense. Without it, you have little hope.

While, I don't believe in luxurious conditions, I do believe imprisonment should be humane. I also believe it is punishment enough to be locked away from society and freedom forever.

If stricter punishment is to be given out, I believe that should be left up to God. Eternal consequences are much more important than the temporary one's that we can delve out.

I had a friend who committed suicide. It was done as an escape. A relief. After she did it I noticed my stance on the death penalty changing.

I no longer believe in it. What I believe in now is imprisonment. We should provide prisoners with a sparsely furnished cell, healthy vegetables for meals, and rudimentary medical care (EMS levels, perhaps). No meats, no forks or knives, no televisions or radios, no excessive climate controls (perhaps 66/winter 84/summer), and nothing to read except their own case files and initial police reports regarding the crime.

Make them go outside every day, just like school children, and run or walk around a track for a half-hour. But no weights or gyms or balls or fun. Just required exercise to keep them fairly healthy and alive longer.

Nothing enjoyable. Nothing pleasant. But nothing bad except what they have created. A life of boredom. And no escape.

Death is too easy, and sometimes too good.

Roger

Roger, your post speaks my mind!

Shalom

nitpicker said: While, I don't believe in luxurious conditions, I do believe imprisonment should be humane. I also believe it is punishment enough to be locked away from society and freedom forever.

While, I think this has some merit, I'm affraid forever doesn't always mean forever.

To my knowledge capital punishment does not produce any repeat offenders.