RE: Atheism & the Death Penalty.
January 20, 2016 at 11:45 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2016 at 11:49 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(January 20, 2016 at 8:39 pm)Beccs Wrote: Considering my occupation I always get jumped on when I say this.
I support the death penalty for truly vile crimes and only if there's absolutely no doubt.
Saying that: I'm a strong believer that a "life" sentence should mean just that: Life, not released after 10-20 years. If you've deliberately taken someone's life then you should end up in jail until they carry you out in a box.
Absolutely no doubt? Is there really absolutely no doubt on anything? Much as the prosecuting attorneys hate the brainy, scientific types, and would probably never choose you for their jury on account of that, a truly just decision on questions of fact can only be made through scientific processes, and science has no room for absolutes. Which is why wherever the death penalty is applied for any crime, it's not a question of will an innocent person be dragged into the death chamber, protesting his innocence to the end, crying, soiling himself from the horror as he is put down miserably like a dog - no, the question is which innocent person will the "justice" department do that to. If the system isn't good enough to prevent that from happening to any innocent person, ever, then it should never, ever take such an unretractable action against anyone.
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