the death penalty is justified.
what is our society coming to if we have to kill people who killed other people to prove that murder is wrong? that is total hypocrisy. and what is it actually solving? nothing and that is because killing someone isnt going to bring back the person who was murdered....
The death penalty should be offered as a form of punishment.
The death penalty is currently offered as a form of punishment in 38 states. There are many reasons why it should not be, however. First, twelve people should not be allowed to judge whether or not someone has the right to live. We cannot place value on one person's life over another's. Someone who has been convicted of murder is still a human being. They still have a mother and a father and they still have the right to live. Killing the person convicted of a murder is not going to offer clo...
Death penalty should remain
Off the bat, I will concede that the death penalty doesn't deter and costs more than life without parole That aside, we should punish people with what they deserve, regardless of cost. Justice should not be up for sale to the lowest bidder. Right now, I am going to respond to 7 typical anti-death penalty arguments: 1. Some say that the death penalty is wrong, and life in prison is worse anyway. I'm sorry but you can't argue on one hand that the death penalty is wrong and then argue...
death penalty and abortion should be illegal
it's interesting that we as a nation are so worried about how high our crime rates are yet we hypocritically turn around and legalize abortion and the death penalty. how do we expect to turn people away from violence if we encourage it in our court and medical systems? as far as the issue of abortion is concerned, no baby should ever be slaughtered on account of the jackass mother or father that says "i don't want to bear a retarded baby" or "i'm only 16, i can't support it so let me just kil...
Being a Christian does not negate being in support of the Death Penalty.
I am under the impression that as a Christian, it is wrong to be in favor of the Death Penalty. I believe a great argument comes from the 6 chapter of Luke, verse 37: "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Does this not speak to Jesus' entire message while on earth? Judgement is not reserved for us, but for God alone. Granted, we need to keep order on earth, but doesn't the ultimate judgement of death negat...
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two wrongs don't make a right. killing people who kill people isn't teaching anyone anything except to reciprocate with something more dramatic and unnecessary....
The Death Penalty
To start, my initial position is that the death penalty is not justified ever. Justice is a form of rectification of a misdeed. Justice has its parameters however, such that in punishing a criminal, the people who enact said punishment do not become criminals themselves. Given that it is a universal and unilateral resolution of man that to kill is forbidden, I hold that even in the process of punishment, one must not kill another human being. If we think about the conditions under which...
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we should get rid of the death penalty for sure...
The Death Penalty
child molestation should result in life in prison or the death penalty
first of all, I would like to thank my opponent for accepting my debate. first of all child molestation is taken to lightly. By molesting a child you have basically stripped them of there life. So in my opinion you should also be stripped of yours(no pun intended)...