Atheists and the death penalty
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Date: 2008-05-08, 11:09PM CDT
I am an atheist. I believe in capitol punishment. It is called PUNISHMENT.It is not called capitol deterant. It's job is not to deter the crime- how can it do that after the crime has been committed? It is to punish a specific individual for a specific crime (murder) committed against a specific person (a victim). Its job is not to deter crime- no one commits a crime thinking they will get caught anyway, or they would not do it. It is like removing a bad spark plug from your in order to correct a bad thing that has happened to your engine. When you remove the bad spark plug, is it to encourage other car owners to change their spark plugs? Obviously the answer is no. IT IS TO DEAL WITH ONE SPECIFIC BAD SITUATION. Since when is it wrong to take action to provide justice for a murder committed? Does not the victim , family members, friends, deserve justice? Forget about all the theoretical murders that could occur in this country in the next 500 years- just take care of the murder that has ALREADY been committed. You can not solve problems that have not happened yet, or controll what people can do in the future- but we can hold them accountable for what they have done in the past. By the way a "life sentence" is about 10 years, and about half of murderers released kill again. So do not give "life sentences" , they just mean more deaths.
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