03-30-2014, 05:47 PM
You may have that right HotD. Perhaps the system doesn't want to show the victims families the violence of death.
Many believe that hanging, shooting and electrocuting people is violent and inhumane. If one believes in the death penalty at all, one must assume that the very act of the state killing a person is going to be violent and inhumane. White washing it with a "painless" death doesn't make it any different than what they do in the middle east, we just try to be more elegant about it.
Does society have the right and responsibility to afford the families of victims of horrific crimes the satisfaction of the perpetrators death? Do we have the responsibility to show the rest of society that some things are just not acceptable and the perpetrator will pay the ultimate penalty?
Many believe that hanging, shooting and electrocuting people is violent and inhumane. If one believes in the death penalty at all, one must assume that the very act of the state killing a person is going to be violent and inhumane. White washing it with a "painless" death doesn't make it any different than what they do in the middle east, we just try to be more elegant about it.
Does society have the right and responsibility to afford the families of victims of horrific crimes the satisfaction of the perpetrators death? Do we have the responsibility to show the rest of society that some things are just not acceptable and the perpetrator will pay the ultimate penalty?