RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2014 at 7:30 pm by Ryantology.)
(January 27, 2014 at 6:19 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote:(January 27, 2014 at 4:44 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: Might as well execute any violent criminal, then.
There is a big difference between a violent crime and murder.
Not always. Plenty of people who mess other people up so much that they might as well be dead. Plenty of people who kill while only intending to rough them up. A person who finds physical assault acceptable stands close to a fine line across from a person who finds killing acceptable.
(January 27, 2014 at 4:46 pm)KUSA Wrote: Why even put them in prison then? They might be innocent. You wouldn't want to lock up an innocent person would you?
Absolutely not, but imprisonment, unlike capital punishment, can be rectified if it is applied mistakenly.
