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Originally Posted by emamum23
In the wake of another massacre i am wondering what accywebs opinion of the death penalty is? I m a little stuck on this one since we hear so often of people being sent to prison for crimes they didnt commit..And it also seems like an easy solution and a quick release for the purpetrator, instead of rotting in jail they die, in some cases death is preferable to the lives they have.Should they not have their freedom taken from them and have to live knowing that?
I do agree that life should mean life in some cases...
Is the threat of the electric chair or hanging enough to stop the crimes being commited?
Or is death a fitting punishment for taking someones life?
Where do we draw the line?
I am thinking about Jamies Bulgers Killers, they were children themselves, now adults starting new lives... is that justice? Jamie didnt get to!
Please leave comments, I am interested in you opinions on this.
If we all took an eye for an eye, we would all be blind...........
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The Jamie Bulger saga belongs in a thread of its own as you are raising two questions.
1) Do we approve of the death penalty?
2) Would we apply the death penalty to Jamie Bulger's killers?
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