Comments on: What happens if a criminal survives execution?

By: Chrystani

Chrystani — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:02:00 +0000

I believe in the death penalty. Especially for severe cases like baby killers, and baby rapist, mass murderers. Why should they get to live on my tax dollars in a jail cell. Thats to good for those low lifes.
ANYWHO!!! I thought about Green Mile while reading this, and Sin City… Man.

By: Cris

Cris — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Thanks for citing the source of the photo — me :-)

By: BOB

BOB — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:04:00 +0000

I think that the death penalty, at least now days, is not necessarily for the punisment of the guilty, rather for the deterrent of future criminals.

By: zanbowser

zanbowser — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:53:00 +0000

@A.S. (and others convinced that killing is “inhumane):

Whether you believe it “biblically” or simply from the perspective of survival, there is “humanity” in killing – even simple murder. Whether by Cain or by selfish lust, by human hands other human life is easily taken for furthering a goal.

Eye for an eye, as squid said, stands as the only semblance of justice most will accept in context of capital punishment. Personally, I feel that most folk in receipt of such a sentence suffer not enough.

What it really boils down to – in my opinion, at the least – is that humanity as a whole is incapable of the kind of altruism it takes to forgive all transgressions. That’s the only way that capital punishment will ever disappear, and THAT is most certainly NOT human nature.

By: A.S.

A.S. — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:35:00 +0000

There is no humane way to kill a human because killing is by nature inhumane.

As long as the death penalty exists no one shall be truly safe.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:22:20 +0000

Didn’t go to the website, as I can’t stomach reading about these things, but I’m almost certain it mentioned the faulty electric chair in Florida that set a man on fire.

He was innocent.

His story was told as part of the off-broadway play “The Exonerated”. His wife had also been on death row, but was exonerated before her execution date. The play was incredible to watch, but very difficult to hear. The play was also made into a movie (not quite as touching, but still good).

By: jodie

jodie — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:31:10 +0000

I just watched a documentary called “How to Kill A Human” and it was searching for the most humane way to execute a human. Very interesting if you have an hour to check it out, please do so. Here is the link. I’d like to know what you think of it…
(there is a worldwideweb dot before this)
tv-links.cc/documentary/how-to-kill-a-human-being.htm

By: kat

kat — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:53 +0000

i was told, years ago, in a high school criminal law class that executions are done at 11:59pm the day of the death warrant so that the criminal has one last full day to appeal their case, as well as giving the governor up to the last minute to call in a pardon.

By: squid

squid — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:38:46 +0000

eye for an eye septer

By: septer

septer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:07:21 +0000

why this barbarism in today’s world? murder for murder hardly seems just.