The Death Penalty...Is it right?

Originally Posted by Dowly

If man kills another man, IMO he should be punished with death. "Thou shall not Kill", tell that to the murderers. If someone slowly and painfully kills someone, why the murderers death should be humane?

Just my 2 cents.

That opinion makes State government look no better than the murderers IMO. Only difference is that the State and people involved in the execution of the murderer don't have to pay the same price the murderer did.

I think life behind bars is punishment enough. Let God make the judgements on the guilty. There is no need to execute anyone. People claim it makes room in the prison system. That's BS. In the US a person gets executed like once in a blue moon. Why not release the petty criminals and have them show up to a parole officer once a week. This country is cracking down more and more on small crimes and that is what is flooding the prison system. I read in a news article that a guy in Cali has to spend the rest of his life behind bars with no chance of parole for stealing a few kids movies from a store. He had been found guilty for 2 earlier small petty crimes prior to his latest (3) crime. Cali has the new 3 strikes and your out rule on ALL crime. All 3 of this man's crimes were extremely petty but in Cali that does not matter and he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Certainly there are worse offenders out there that could be taking his place.