for the following four reasons, though the first two are reason enough.
1) You can not discover a persons innocence and say sorry after the State has murdered them. That is the one reason why I could never support the Death Penalty.
2) It does not work as a deterrent to murder, in fact it can make people more violent in avoiding capture, as they have nothing to lose. More Police are killed in States that have the Death Penalty - they are seen as part of 'state sanctioned murder' and fair game by criminals. It does not cut the murder rate of a country - it is counter productive.
3) It gives the murderer a free pass, a quick end, no time to suffer, or even, make recompense.
4) It desensitizes the general public's view on life and it's sanctity.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
for the following four reasons, though the first two are reason enough.
1) You can not discover a persons innocence and say sorry after the State has murdered them. That is the one reason why I could never support the Death Penalty.
2) It does not work as a deterrent to murder, in fact it can make people more violent in avoiding capture, as they have nothing to lose. More Police are killed in States that have the Death Penalty - they are seen as part of 'state sanctioned murder' and fair game by criminals. It does not cut the murder rate of a country - it is counter productive.
3) It gives the murderer a free pass, a quick end, no time to suffer, or even, make recompense.
4) It desensitizes the general public's view on life and it's sanctity.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."