Subj : Re: Death Penalty
To   : Sniper
From : richardw
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 11:03 am

  Re: Re: Death Penalty
  By: Sniper to richardw on Wed Sep 28 2005 08:30 pm

 >  >  > I have no sympathy for criminals. But can you be sure that everyone in
 >  >  > guilty?
 >  >
 >  >  ri> We have a process to determine their guilt.  It's called a trial by
 >  >  ri> jury of their peers.  Perhaps you'd suggest a better alternative?
 >  >
 >  > You know...  I've seen you two constantly go at it over just about every
 >  > bleeping thing in the world... Can't you 2 agree on one thing?  I
 >  > know... That you both agree to disagree!  :)
 >  >
 >  > Seriously... I don't trust the judicial system.  Too many people have bee
 >  > convicted and later found to be innocent.  My thoughts on this capitol
 >  > punishment... just one mistake is too many.  Lets consider this... are yo
 >  > bound to tell the truth?  Who's to say if the "Eye Witness" is telling th
 >  > truth?  I'm sorry, your saying a "Trial by jury of their peers" is frough
 >  > with too many gray areas.
 > 
 >  ri> There are flaws in the system, but this is a fact we have to live with.
 >  ri> Throughout history, I'm sure SOMEONE has been improperly executed.  I'm
 >  ri> willing to accept that in light of the people protected by the
 >  ri> termination of so many other severely twisted individuals.
 > 
 > The problem with your view on this is... what if it was you.  Lets put you
 > in the position... How would you like to "Know" your not guilty, but yet
 > be prosecuted, found guilty, gone through all your appeals, still found
 > guilty, and are now sitting on death row with one day left to live.  All
 > because one person is not telling the truth.

That would certainly be a tragedy.  But, even in that situation, I would 
not argue against the death penalty.  Hopefully, once I'm gone, the truth 
would come out, and that "one person not telling the truth" might get some 
of what I got!

 >  ri> If 1000 severly twisted individuals are put down, and one innocent goes
 >  ri> with them... I'm very sorry.  It's very sad, but we are human, and we
 >  ri> make mistakes.  We will do everything in our power to prevent these
 >  ri> mistakes, just as we do everything in our power to prevent auto
 >  ri> accidents.  I don't think we should stop driving because of them, and I
 >  ri> don't think we should allow twisted individuals to live because of the
 >  ri> potential for error.
 > 
 > I'm sorry, personally I don't mind the death penalty, but I think it
 > should be used only for the most extreme cases, where there is absolutely
 > no doubt... how you get to this point is unknown to me.  I just wish there
 > was a way to be absolutely sure before executing a human being.

We must make do with what is within our capabilities.  It's tragic anytime 
a human life expires.

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