Of course I wouldn't want my son to face the death penality. That has nothing to do with the possiblity that he might deserve it.PureFodder wrote:
How about the other way round when the accused is your kid and you know they must be innocent, wouldn't you want them to rot in a cell with the possibility of being proved innocent later instead of being killed now?lowing wrote:
DNA, is rapidly making that first part of your argument moot.CameronPoe wrote:
No, because of the possibility that someone innocent could be sent to the gallows and because life imprisonment with no chance of release is more of a punishment.
As for your second argument,you are taking the outside looking in approach, you are not involved in the case. You think it is perfectly fine to let the killer of someone else's child sit in prison able to breathe, but I doubt you would feel the same for the killer of yours.
Hence why it's a damned good job that the victims and their loved ones have absolutely no say whatsoever in the punishment of criminals.
Like I said DNA is taking away ALL doubt as to who did what and when so if tht doubt is 100% removed, then I feel the family of the victim should have first dibs on throwing the switch.
If it were my kid being executed I would be in complete grief and I would not want it to happen, however, whatever grief I would feel would be small potatoes compared to the grief felt by the victims family that had their loved one removed from them by MY sons hand. I really would not be in a position to beg for my sons life if that family wasn't in a position to beg for their sons life.