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The Death Penalty

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I feel like everyone has to have an opinion on this issue, even if your opinion is, "I don't know enough about that to comment on such a serious issue."

I wrote about the death penalty for the Maryland Policy blog today because we are considering starting executions again in our state after four years without them.

For those who may be interested, here is the link to the entry:

http://www.mdpolicy.org/policyblog/detail/does-maryland-need-the-death-penalty

For those who don't have tons of time to read, here are my thoughts distilled down to one paragraph:

"I am not a criminal, so perhaps I do not think as criminals do, but the thought of sitting in a jail cell every day for the rest of my life with only my guilt to keep me company would be a much stronger deterrent than a painless execution. The fact that so many perpetrators of violent crimes choose to take their own lives rather than give themselves up to the police suggests that they feel the same way."

What are your thoughts on capital punishment? Discuss.

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the guilty must be executed if & only if its his fault not if its just a mistake.

Jan 20, 2011

If criminal killed someone, he should be executed because if it will be injustice to the one killed (if we lessen the punishment) or it will be injustice to the killer (if we harden his punishment). Death penalty is fair enough.

Jan 19, 2011

I agree with you, a lot of people would rather take their own life then live the remainder of it in prison. Taking your own life to me though seems completely different then someone deciding when and how you are going to die and letting you know when they plan to kill you. And the choice then being electric chair or lethal injection? I would certainly rather die (if I had to choose) by firing squad. A well placed bullet would be the quickest and least painful I believe.
And what about all those wrongly convicted? I know most people can't seriously believe that human error doesn't occur? I don't believe the legal justice system is always completely legal and just, and that only fair and accurate trials exist.
I don't think one person should be killed by the state who is innocent. I know there are a lot of people in prison who deserve to be there, but there are those who don't.
I would however kill someone myself if they did something to me so terrible that I honestly believed they should die for it.

Jan 19, 2011

I believe that capital punishment should be reinstated, of course it should be used only when it fits the crime. If they have killed someone or caused them to loose all quality of life then they deserve to have theirs taken away. If they are given life in prison I don't believe the crime fits. True they will be locked away in prison for their remainder but they will still be living "a life" even if it a life in prison. They still have the opportunity to communicate with other people, make friends, and participate in activities. This is not fair to those whom they killed and their families.

Jan 19, 2011

I think this is a decision the convict that have to take care of by him self and not from what others say and did, or do. I believe in freedom, but not to the freedom of our souls by the others.

Jan 19, 2011