The death penalty has provoked heated discussion since biblical times, and today the debate remains as controversial as ever. Is such a sentence ever justified? Capital punishment is an intensely emotional topic for everyone involved because it sits at the intersection of life, death and the very definition of the word 'justice.'
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There are cases where the death penalty fits
Bait and switch
"There are people in this world that have shown they do not belong among civilized man. And they are not all clinically insane, in fact some of them plan out every last touch before they execute the deed. Let's not abolish the death penalty...yet."
So the best response is to allow the state to plan every last detail and murder? I don't have any rhetoric for you but I do wonder about the logic of "we think killing is wrong so if you do it we are going to kill you".
- mangueken
February 28, 2009 7:35AM
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