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Originally Posted by Murasame  The reason why I'm against death penalty is because I think all kinds of penalties should be based on providing some kind of rehabilitation for the criminals to adapt to the society again. It's should not be about revenge or simply to "punish" the criminal because s/he "deserves it". Such an act such as death penalty is in the end completely pointless and will not change anything what has been done.
Perhaps the victims relatives will feel a little better, but that’s not certain.
To mentally break down a individual for the rest of his lifetime in a prison cell is just as pointless to give him or her death penalty because both penalties is only about punish the criminal or getting revenge. It won’t provide an opportunity for the criminal to rehabilitate. |
So what about the people who are beyond rehabilitation? Those cold blooded murders that dont care how or who they step on to get what they want? We should just put them through a rehabilitation program and set them free?? So they can just kill again?? If this were to happen, the numbers of murders would sky-rocket cause there would be no "punishment" for killing someone. People could just go to the rehabilitation center, put on a convincing act, get released, and kill again.
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Originally Posted by kami Governments and people in power should set an example of how they want their citizens to behave. Governments are a reflection of the people, and vice versa. So if the government kills, what does that say about the people? |
The government only represents their own personal interests. Their interests at any given point may change due to their desire to getting reelected, but not because they want those things, but because those things get them reelected. Government today is full of pompous bastards that kick scream and claw to do everything they can to make themselves another dollar. So I dont see how the government condoning the death penalty will make them look any worse.