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Sharon den Adel · 04-14-2008, 07:12 AM

Bumping this thread, if I may.

I am against the death penalty, and I came this decision after a long time, and a lot of thinking.
For me, I do not believe in the saying 'An eye for an eye'. I do not believe that we have the right to put people to death for taking anothers life. This is nothing more than revenge, and doesn't bring the victim back.
Innocent people have been put to death in the past, and there likely a few innocent people on death row even as we speak - will DNA clear them before they are executed? Is anyone even held responsible if an innocent person is executed, or is their death simply shrugged off as nothing important?
I do believe that certain people should not be permitted to live, but if I supprted the death penalty for these people, I would have to support it for everyone convicted of a crime warranting the death penalty, and I cannot do this.
Now, as I have said, many people like to say 'An eye for an eye', meaning that if you kill someone, we kill you. Is this fair? Some would say yes, but I disagree.
Do we use the 'eye for an eye' saying when it comes to other criminals? No, we don't. It seems this saying is only reserved for those who take anothers life.
We don't rape those convicted of rape, nor do we burgle the homes of those convicted of burglary. We do not defraud those convicted of fraud, nor do we assult those convicted of assult - so why do we kill people convicted of killing?
Death is the easy way out for these people. People should not support the death penalty simply because it may be cheaper than keeping someone in prison for the rest of their lives, you should support it because you believe it to be right. Cost should not come into it.

So those are my views...