I oppose the death penalty in general, for the following reasons:
1) - Death is too good for some of these folks. Let them rot in jail for 50 years, hopefully under harsh, painful, and inhumane conditions (kidding about the last part) - I personally think 50 years of being locked up in a 6 x 10 cage is worse punishment than being executed.
2) - The systems can, and does make a few mistakes. Can't undo the errors after they are dead.
3) - The system lacks moral precision. We don't execute people just for murder. There has to be "special circumstances" such as rape, violence, etc.
So a Murder + rape gets you executed, but murder alone does not, for example.
What about miuder + agravated assault?
What about Murder + 3 parking tickets and two counts of tax evasion? -
A line must be drawn between life and death, and I for one am unable to see with adaquate moral clarity where that line should be.
4) - Tons of Lawyers "earn" tons of money with these endless death penalty appeals. Abolish the death penalty and cost a bunch of Lawyers their jobs. - A classic "win-win" if ever there was one
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