Capital Punishment

Capital punishment has for more than a century been a controversial issue for discussion. The idea of taking a criminals' life for their sins stretches back to the dawn of civilisation and, because the rules for it has been written down in holy scripts and commandments, it has rarely been questioned. However, in the 20th century up to our early 21st century, the issue of whether it really is right to take somebody's life if they have committed a crime, has been subject to debate time and time again. Here are my personal views and opinions on this difficult topic.

 No matter what the circumstances are, no matter what has been done, do I believe it is right to take a life from this world. Every single life is valuable. Murder is wrong. In my opinion the question of whether or not death penalty should be enforced should only be discussed if there is talk of the murder of somebody and not anything else such as stealing. Still, it does not matter who has committed the crime and  is the victim. The executer is just as wrongdoing in taking lives as the one that has been to die. It is very difficult for many people to undertsand this concept. In most societies the concept of justice is engraved into the people's mind but it must be understood that death penlty is wrong, like the crime committed. Who has any right to judge the value of life? Who has the right to say who shall die and who shall not? These are questions that must be asked. In fact nobody has any right over a life and it only brings more death and does certainly not solve the horror of a murder. It does not contribute in any way to the betterment of society.

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 Still, there are people striving for decades just to put one person in the 'chair', rather than spend time  mourning those who have been lost. This desire derives from feelings such as hatred and revenge. Many want to see somebody dead only because it gives them a sense of justice. But what it really is, is just the craving for petty revenge and such judgments should under any circumstances not be included in a court. We must use our reason to judge, not our emotions, for then the justice is only an illusion and disappears into twisted moral concepts of ...

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