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by AntigoneRising on December 5th, 2006

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Do you think that capital punishment is murder?

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  • by tripwire on December 5th, 2006

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    State sponsored homicide-Yes!
    In the state of Illinois, 24 people were on death row. A local university journalism lecturer thought it would be a good idea to get the students to do case studies of the inmates as part of their course work. They did, and subsequently 14 of the death row inmates were discovered to be Innocent and released!! 14!! Not only was their innocence established, but the real perps were identified in many cases. This is a terrible indictment of the quality of the law enforcement and legal process which puts people in prison or on death row. George W Bush, when presented with this evidence and questioned about the possibility of the same thing happening in his state (Texas- with the highest execution rate in the U.S) said, "There were no mistakes made on my watch!" If the U.S (Which holds itself up as a beacon of morality and professionalism to the rest of the world) is the standard to which all other nations should aspire, then the world is doomed! Currently the U.S and Japan are the only developed nations (G8) that continue to murder their citizens.

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    • So well said tripwire. If ever the taking of anothers life was premeditated, it is by the authorities who plan the execution of prisoners, who may or may not be guilty. The answer that "hey we may get it wrong sometimes but what about the victims", does not justify the taking of another life, innocent or otherwise. Only a barbaric society would continue with this policy.

      Ozchrissy

      by Ozchrissy on December 23rd, 2006

    • Thanks Ozchrissy :) You're so right! Isn't it ironic that the nations where the use of capital punishment is still alive and kicking, (scuse the pun-ahem) tend to be the ones (barring China) that are more strongly influenced by their religion, and profess to being morally superior? I'm not religious at all, but even if I were, I wouldn't have any trouble understanding the, "Thou shalt not kill!" commandment, or have the Americans been reading the fine print at the bottom of that one? Cheers :)

      tripwire

      by tripwire on December 23rd, 2006

    • It is my understanding that the original text does not read, "Thou shalt not kill", but instead "Thou shalt not murder". In the law, there are many variables that can determine whether the taking of human life can actually be considered murder.

      Wolfen

      by Wolfen on February 1st, 2007

    • Good point, but I don't see its relevance here..

      tripwire

      by tripwire on February 1st, 2007

    • Just saying that there is a big difference between killing and murder. If the actual commandment was "Thou shalt not kill", and equated any type of killing to murder, then anyone who has taken human life would be guilty of murder; regardless of the situation.

      Wolfen

      by Wolfen on February 1st, 2007

    • The statement about Illinois sounded unbelievable so I did some checking and as it usually turns out with things that are unbelievable it is not true. In 2003 Governor George Ryan communted the sentences of all 156 prisoners on death row with the impetus being 13 cases where the verdict had been overtured, between 1977 and 2003 (26 years). Some journalism class had nothing to do with it. You may want to check your sources a bit closer in the future.

      Cowboy-Matter of Fact

      by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on August 5th, 2007

    • acctualy your wrong the united kingdom poland and russia also continue to kill there deamons

      robolincoln

      by robolincoln on March 1st, 2010

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