Comments on: The Death Penalty http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/04/17/the-death-penalty/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: simon http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/04/17/the-death-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-2702 simon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:54:49 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1635#comment-2702 <blockquote>No matter what critis say executing condemned criminals is not racist.</blockquote> You are the one who brought race up here not us? If executions worked then America being the only Western nation to do it would have the lowest murder rate. It doesn't. Can you provide any emperical evidence that capital punishment lowers crime?

No matter what critis say executing condemned criminals is not racist.

You are the one who brought race up here not us?

If executions worked then America being the only Western nation to do it would have the lowest murder rate. It doesn’t. Can you provide any emperical evidence that capital punishment lowers crime?

]]> By: ck http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/04/17/the-death-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 ck Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:36:26 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1635#comment-2701 I don't think we've ever had a comment on the blog I disagree with so wholly. To take a life is the antithesis of humane - no matter the severity of the crime, the judicial system, the legal system and the detection of the crime will always be subject to human error - the death of one single innocent person is one death too many. Neither could I ever stand shoulder to shoulder with my peers and make a decision to reduce the sanctity of life - the death penalty has not deterred the criminals in your over flowing jails to date. And the report relates to capital punishment around the world. Crime prevention should begin in far more fundamental and holisitc a place than a solution that is no better then the original crime. The causes of crime are a universal problem. I don’t think we’ve ever had a comment on the blog I disagree with so wholly.

To take a life is the antithesis of humane - no matter the severity of the crime, the judicial system, the legal system and the detection of the crime will always be subject to human error - the death of one single innocent person is one death too many.

Neither could I ever stand shoulder to shoulder with my peers and make a decision to reduce the sanctity of life - the death penalty has not deterred the criminals in your over flowing jails to date. And the report relates to capital punishment around the world. Crime prevention should begin in far more fundamental and holisitc a place than a solution that is no better then the original crime. The causes of crime are a universal problem.

]]> By: Lyn http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/04/17/the-death-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-2669 Lyn Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:38:34 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1635#comment-2669 I just hope states will take this opportunity to really empty out death row. Executions are a humane, civilized way to reduce crime. There can be a real deterrent factor if enough criminals are executed. I am not concerned with Amnest International nor their report on Middle Eastern executions. Not my problem. I'm an American living in America. Crime and the lack of punishment here are what concern me. No matter what critis say executing condemned criminals is not racist. I just hope states will take this opportunity to really empty out death row. Executions are a humane, civilized way to reduce crime. There can be a real deterrent factor if enough criminals are executed.

I am not concerned with Amnest International nor their report on Middle Eastern executions. Not my problem. I’m an American living in America. Crime and the lack of punishment here are what concern me. No matter what critis say executing condemned criminals is not racist.

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