Comments on: Executing executions? http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/ political views from a red state Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jay Bird http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3432 Jay Bird Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:01:18 +0000 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3432 Lethal injection is too good for vicious criminals. They should be given the same death senatence they gave their victims. Lethal injection is too good for vicious criminals. They should be given the same death senatence they gave their victims.

]]> By: Blogger1947 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3372 Blogger1947 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:10:28 +0000 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3372 These days we execute criminals by the same process that is called humane euthanasia when it's applied to our pets. Yet some so-called progressives insist it is "cruel and unusual?" If executing criminals is to serve as a deterrent to future criminal acts, it needs to be both public and brutal. If this be the case, the governments need to choose carefully who is executed and for what crime, lest it begin looking like a pogrom is in progress. If, on the other hand, the most heinous criminals are to be euthanized for the purpose of saving the money it would require to house and care for them indefinitely, then the process needs to be applied more frequently, and with less shilly-shallying in the appeals courts. Allowing the surviving families of murder victims to stone to death their convicted murderers seems like appropriate and proportional justice. If said families lack the stomach for the job, then the criminal might be imprisoned forever. When a convict's death is brought about by the government, by whatever means, we should be concerned that we have ceded too much power to that government. These days we execute criminals by the same process that is called humane euthanasia when it’s applied to our pets. Yet some so-called progressives insist it is “cruel and unusual?”

If executing criminals is to serve as a deterrent to future criminal acts, it needs to be both public and brutal. If this be the case, the governments need to choose carefully who is executed and for what crime, lest it begin looking like a pogrom is in progress.

If, on the other hand, the most heinous criminals are to be euthanized for the purpose of saving the money it would require to house and care for them indefinitely, then the process needs to be applied more frequently, and with less shilly-shallying in the appeals courts.

Allowing the surviving families of murder victims to stone to death their convicted murderers seems like appropriate and proportional justice. If said families lack the stomach for the job, then the criminal might be imprisoned forever.

When a convict’s death is brought about by the government, by whatever means, we should be concerned that we have ceded too much power to that government.

]]> By: Mike http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3344 Mike Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:38:42 +0000 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3344 The criminals who face the ultimate penalty won't reoffend. That's okay with me. The criminals who face the ultimate penalty won’t reoffend. That’s okay with me.

]]> By: Ajo Joe http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3340 Ajo Joe Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:55:04 +0000 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/executing-executions/#comment-3340 Agree with the line about “cruel and unusual.” When poster writes: That term should, in fact, apply to the hideous acts that warrant such punishment, rather than the punishment itself, it hit the nail on the head. The death penalty is warranted in cases involving extreme violence. It has Biblical roots and I support its use when necessary. Some people seem to think that all criminals can be rehabilitated. That is not the case. But society doesn't like to admit that retribution is also a facet of punishment for evil acts. There is nothing in the world wrong with wanting justice done. Forgiveness comes from the Lord. Agree with the line about “cruel and unusual.” When poster writes: That term should, in fact, apply to the hideous acts that warrant such punishment, rather than the punishment itself, it hit the nail on the head.

The death penalty is warranted in cases involving extreme violence. It has Biblical roots and I support its use when necessary. Some people seem to think that all criminals can be rehabilitated. That is not the case. But society doesn’t like to admit that retribution is also a facet of punishment for evil acts.

There is nothing in the world wrong with wanting justice done. Forgiveness comes from the Lord.

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