What if, in some very strange way there is some karmic debt...and these two lives were destined to intertwine in some way?

There can be only one,and only one logic punishment,death....you dont get a second chance with things like that,its unforgive-a-bull,at the end of the day its only a human life,nothing any more special that that steak on a plate,did that cow not love and feel the sun on its back?,nurse its calf from birth,or a bird recklessly gathering and stuffing food into eager and welcome beaks,WE are not special and we apasaloutly do not own this planet we so luckaly breath air on,humans have a nasty tendincy to dominate any thing they can,nothing can be left pure,always improving,you carnt fix what isent broken,some people are beyond help and for the sake of them selfs and others they must be culled..

I think we should do a half-and-half on this. (You can write this in your paper if you wish, little OP. )

And the way to decide is to give each pair of people on death row a short sword and a shield, and let them go at each other, preferrably naked, and have the fight televised across the nation. Not to forget to say "This program may be offensive for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised."

The winner of the fight stays alive, and the loser -- well, we don't need to waste all that electricity on him we otherwise would, we save on green house emissions, too.

O im sorry but i raped and abused this child as it was there destiny to be my sexual pleasuer?,have a word.

I agree as far as humans killing everything on this planet..taking the universe in their own hands, attempting to control things when most have little or no control over their own lives...I see all life as special, whether it is a tree or another human, even a criminal.

Total diffrent ball-park.mabey unless you,ve expirenced a devastating life drama then you dont fully understand or appreciate the effect of an evil encounter?,you feel the need to show that you yourself are put out by me saying what you quoted was basicly outrageously nieave?,i do belive in karma and something after death,but what you said is quite frankley appauling,and would the site allow it,well?

Excuse me young man.. I HAVE experienced devastating life drama and all to well understand such an encounter.. Myself and one of my sons that is just a few years older than you have been victims of violent crime. Your not in a position to tell me what I do and do not understand..
yet, I am able to be forgiving, and have compassion for ALL life... I have been able to grow spiritually from my experience, and I don't believe in accidents.
Quite frankly..I find your comment of "it's just a human life "appalling.

I have heard in heaven, for even thinking dirty thoughts, you get sentenced a "life penalty" so what's the point of sending people to heaven if they're just going to come back here anyway?

What?

nothing important mate just a spiritual thought

let me tell you about heaven,its not up in the sky,all clouds and angles and harp strings,its from the old when there were forests and the rivers ran cyrstal pure,you could eat the fish and the animals were plenty,the soil furtile,the skys clear,the rain clean anough to drink,when someone was dieing theyd be laying in the nautral elements,the forest,as man back then could appreciate the finest thing in life,there time was near and as they breath there final dieing breaths its becomes peaceful and coulors vibrent,there hearing sharp,the wind in the trees sounds like the mumering of warm times,the rush of water of laughter and happyness,the chirp of birds the highs and lows of music all around,they feel there being welcomed into a place of securety and peace and as they slip,they smile. Buryed in the rich earth,to be broken down and to feed and re generate the earth and its content that gave them life. The way it was meant to be. Content.

Against.

The judicial system is far from perfect & sometimes someone innocent is sent down.
Besides there are worst things than death, it's seems like the easy way out & that's not good enough. Still the system is in need of a major overhaul to ever succeed. Not saying I could do better Just making the statement. A lot of legal practices are well out of date it's unbelievable.
I still cant go to York with an Archery kit Without people thinking it's OK to kill me.

Thanks man.
You too.

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.-Victor Frankenstein 1818

What kind of killing is worth the death penalty.

The killing because:

You robbed a corner store and killed someone in the process even if it wasn't your intention.

You kill someone out of hatred.

You killed someone out of jealousy.

You killed them because you were drunk driving.

You killed someone out of cold blood.

You get paid to kill people.

You get paid to kill people but by your Country (army).

You killed someone because God told you to.

You kill because you were sick or insane for that brief moment (you say).


Any killing is wrong but we as human always find ways to justify killing so that is why I think that I would not want the job (even if I have my ideas who should get the DP) to decide who gets the death penalty.

Kill em all, let God sort em out

an eye for an eye! they should be dealt with the way they executed their victims

here you go ..mull this over .. they find the this guy that killed the little 7 yr. old girl, cops went through the garbage truck to find her remains at the dump.. what should happen to the person that did this crime. i say good night to him and i will through the switch..

To the guy above,glad your onboard! no pun intended!

wow...I haven't checked this in a few days, wasn't aware anyone was still posting about this.

I turned in my paper this past week - should receive my grade on it this coming tuesday. It was an 8 page paper, and 30% of our final grade, so hoping for an A of course! Which I should get - I put a LOT of time and research into this paper.

It was very interesting to do, to "have to be biased". Our Professor told us that she shouldn't be able to tell which side we are on by reading our paper - we had to be that unbiased.

As stated in an earlier post, I was intrigued by much I learned, so I am still researching more...

Going through, state-by-state, to see how many are on death row in each state - how many years they have been, stays-of-executions, etc.

Also will be researching those who actually confessed to what they were convicted of...no question of their guilt.

Will take quite a bit of time to do all this, but it is interesting.
(to me)

Having a confession does not guarantee they are guilty.