Wednesday, October 12, 2011

My Responses To Your Death Penalty Post Comments

Thank you so much for the thoughtful responses, guys. Many of you agreed with me and shared great insight. For some of you (besides ZR) who have disagreed, here are my responses:

@ZR, I appreciate your thoughtful (and controversial) post. I agree with pretty much everything you had to say. Thanks for your input!

Vengence7times
said:
"I can see both sides of the argument, but I think that it is a good idea to kill someone, who aims on killing others, so you are killing them, to save other people's lives."


Publius: And what if the person being executed turns out to be innocent, as has happened many many times before? Still a good idea? Any sure-fire away to avoid that happening again? Didn't think so.





Morph1n3 said:
"On my behalf I believe that they should keep the death penalty. For example if you rape someone for the 1st time. Get thrown in jail. 2nd time you get your pp cut off and 3rd time. Death Penalty. Kindda went off topic but ya :)"

Publius: How are you going to rape someone a third time if you already had your "pp" cut off? lol.

By the way, I'd hate to have my "pp" cut off/executed if I was one of the many men who was falsely accused of rape because, for example, a girl didn't have the bravery to tell her parents that she got pregnant because she was having premarital sex. And, I personally know of a case of a man being incarcerated for many years for just that happening personally. Imagine that being you?


1HipHopBlog said:
"The topic of should it still be used is a big debate, but it should only happen with allot of hard evidence is towards the person.There is a reason that we have the death penalty. And yes I do think that what happened to Troy Davis was tragic and horrible, for a man, whom all the evidence against him became moot, to still be killed. That is a fault of the people in the system not the laws. The death penalty not only acts as a way to rid the society as a whole of people who are past rehabilitation, but as a deterrent for those who would commit crimes if there wasn't such a punishment for doing them"

Publius: Perhaps, if there is video evidence of a man killing someone, I'd allow for the death penalty. Or possibly a taped confession and a massive amount of evidence corroborating the confession. But even then, you never know. What if the cops/feds put him up to it and it was a set-up?

As long as people continue to lie, have faulty memory, racism remains a factor, corrupt law enforcement, having crafty lawyers/not being able to afford good lawyers etc. there will be innocent people executed for crimes they never committed, as there has always been. And that is terrible reality, and one that should not be allowed since we can not determine the innocence of a man with any certainty without having video footage of it happening, really. People should be kept alive to have the chance to be able to clear their name and gain freedom, unless there is evidence that puts it beyond ANY doubt. Also, research has shown that the death penalty doesn't serve as a significant deterrent to violent crimes at all. So, you can scratch that as well.

Thanks again for following my blog, I appreciate all feedback!

I have the honor to be affectionately and respectfully your humble servant,
Publius

27 comments:

  1. I agree with your stance on the death penalty. Since inoccent people can be convicted it shouldn't be used!

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  2. I would be for a death penalty ONLY IF there was a surefire way to determine whether a man is BOTH guilty and shows no remorse. So far, the only way to be 100% sure that a man is guilty is to either have him confess (which can also false), or catch him on video. Even if a man is guilty, but truly remorseful and pleads for his life... killing him would still be murder.

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  3. I didn't get a response.
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  4. The death penalty is wrong for many reasons. It should only be in use if there is 100% proof that the person will kill. But, when is anything in life 100%?

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  5. I go both ways on the Death Penalty. Everybody has good points.

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  6. Life in jail is good enough for me, as long as they are doing things like picking up trash and building useful things.

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  7. I agree, even today people are often executed only for us to later find out the person was innocent.

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  8. Interesting post, keep them up.

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  9. Everyone has their own opinion I guess, but good you got back to people

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  10. They should really do away with the death penalty it's long overdue.

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  11. Just the replys are an excellent read, looking forward to finding the original post!

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  12. Nice to see you're reading others' responses. I enjoy hearing feedback from others as well.

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  13. Life w/o parole in 22-23 hr solitary should be their life, it shouldn't be an electric chair or a needle. good to see your responding to everyone's comments.

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  14. anyone see the movie The Life of David Gale? was a good one.

    We need to have a better system, I think Finland or has some nice apartments for criminals, which is what the non violent ones need, introduction to a stable environment and good habbits.

    On National Geographic a show called Taboo showed place in India or somewhere in Asia that has prisons with Open Doors!? free to come and go as you please, with a curfiew or something

    But those who are violent and will continue to do so, find an island somewhere, mark it of so no one goes, make sure they can't build a boat/plane, and drop them off, don't waste money on these problem people.

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  15. It was like 3am when I made that comment. LOL

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  16. Im in the middle on this subject because yes there are still many things that need to be worked out

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  17. death penalty should no be a question long time ago...

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  18. youre right, and i agree with Neeko, both side have valid arguments. i'm not sure which i would side with if i had to though. i havent been affected in a personal level anyway.

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  19. Hmm come to think of it i agree with you... and i was for death penalty just 5mins ago....

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  20. Cool to see a blog that replies to comments

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  21. i like that u respond to ppl's comments. keep it up!

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  22. Tough issue and it always will be. I don't want to post my views because one side will undoubtedly hate me.

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  23. Both extremes are wrong, so a middle-ground solution would be the ideal. I am not totally against the death sentence, though.

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  24. i still think some people are just so messed up in their nature that they dont deserve the right to live, i mean im sure everyone has seen some person and wished death upon them for such a horrible crime

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  25. When the death penalty is applied in the modern age, which it is rarely, it is the duty of the criminal courts to assure that there is no error in the evidence of a criminal's conviction. Infact I am fairly sure that any death penalty case is never convicted until the arrival of DNA/Print evidence.

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