NewtoMJ
Well-Known Member
I think, whether you believe in it or not, capital punishment is humane. It's certainly more humane than indefinite imprisonment, because to say all life is precious regardless of quality is a little naive. You wouldn't tell a cancer sufferer, who was in their final stages, experiencing the most excruciating pain possible that the extra week or two they may live was so precious, that their choice to end their life early just wasn't possible. If you would, then it's possible you don't understand empathy. This is what the death penalty is, we are taking people who are so far beyond mental rehabilitation, that their life quality can never be anything more than suffering, and we essentially euthanize them to put them out of their perceived misery. Wether that misery is real or not, debatable.
Capital punishment is also used, in the very unlikely yet still possible chance that maybe one of these people can escape. They are seen to be such a danger, that the likelihood of them affecting more death is almost inevitable if they were to be free.
Capital punishment isn't "you killed, now we kill you". To frame it in that way, doesn't address the underlying issue of why it's instituted. Whether you agree that these offenders are incapable of rehabilitation is something that is definitely worth debating, we also need to look at the recent instances of people being proven innocent, who were convicted. But saying that killing a person who is a murderer, IMO doesn't really touch the heavier underlying issues for why we have capital punishment. Which, until we better understand human thought and emotions, I believe is a valid form of punishment.
Capital punishment is also used, in the very unlikely yet still possible chance that maybe one of these people can escape. They are seen to be such a danger, that the likelihood of them affecting more death is almost inevitable if they were to be free.
Capital punishment isn't "you killed, now we kill you". To frame it in that way, doesn't address the underlying issue of why it's instituted. Whether you agree that these offenders are incapable of rehabilitation is something that is definitely worth debating, we also need to look at the recent instances of people being proven innocent, who were convicted. But saying that killing a person who is a murderer, IMO doesn't really touch the heavier underlying issues for why we have capital punishment. Which, until we better understand human thought and emotions, I believe is a valid form of punishment.
