The primitive idea of justice is partly legalized revenge and partly expiation by sacrifice. It works out from both sides in the notion that two blacks make a white, and that when a wrong has been don...
Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged.
I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by injection or the electric chair, it's clear that - that the death penalt...
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.
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