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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (169366)8/9/2001 2:06:22 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
The Bible's reference is to murder, not killing. One might logically say that if the death penalty is wrong, then self-defense would be also. Our society says
that it is acceptable to kill in defense of your own life or others. If the same assailant succeeds under a no death penalty scenario then he no longer
would face the possibility of death. Sounds illogical to me.

Is the death penalty a deterrent? Is is punishment? Is it murder by the state?

Although it is often claimed that the death penalty is no deterrent, I disagree. The executed will never kill again. As further proof I only offer that fact that
few, statiscally kill. Many are angered. Many are enraged. Many have thoughts along this line. To interview death row inmates and accept their claims that
it was not deterrent is preposterous. Better to interview the rest of us and inquire if the threat of execution or any punishment is a deterrent to our behavior
from the heinous act of murder to parking in a red zone.

If you argue that the justice system is flawed and that is reason to suspend the death penalty the argument is not against the death penalty and it also indicates
that any punishment should be withheld for other crimes for the same reason. This is a recipe for anarchy.

Actions have consequences. It isn't necessary to view the death penalty as punishment when it can simply be the consequence of one's actions. It's part of
the social contract.

If the state executed someone without due process it would be murder, i.e. illegal. That is the prime definition of murder. that it is unlawful.
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