The Executioner and Death Penalty

[Nikkou Arashi]

Just making something to talk about.

Is the executioner for death penalty guilty of violating the "Thou shall not kill" command? O.O

 

[Mei Waxton]

Haha! death note has really got into your mind.Well if the person have did anything wrong (like killing)then the execution is right punishment for them!

 

[Rorschach]

if the person is guilty then no the executioner is not bound by the "thou shall not kill" command
to get the death penalty the accused probably must have committed murder or something as gruesome
it's the executioner's job..... someone's gotta do it

 

[Ishikage]

Regardless of the commandment or crime, killing someone is only acceptable in self defense.

There are few real ways to know if someone is guilty. Eye witness is the weakest form of proof (think UFO sightings), and most other from of evidence are circumstantial. People even falsely confess to crimes all the time.

Add that to the fact that the criminal justice system is not for vengeance, but for rehabilitation and seclusion, and I don't see any reason to ever execute someone. I don't even like to lock people up for excessive periods of time. That only serves to make dangerous people more so, and lessen the chance for actual rehabilitation.

 

[Zith Driekwulf]

Regardless of the commandment or crime, killing someone is only acceptable in self defense.

There are few real ways to know if someone is guilty. Eye witness is the weakest form of proof (think UFO sightings), and most other from of evidence are circumstantial. People even falsely confess to crimes all the time.

Add that to the fact that the criminal justice system is not for vengeance, but for rehabilitation and seclusion, and I don't see any reason to ever execute someone. I don't even like to lock people up for excessive periods of time. That only serves to make dangerous people more so, and lessen the chance for actual rehabilitation.

Hmm...your thoughts seem to promise an endangered community. Death Penalties are most likely given to those with really heavy crimes and you expect rehabilitation for them? People need to have something to fear as not to commit any crimes at all. If a chance for rehabilitation is all there is for commiting a crime, I'm sure it'll be easier for people to just pull the trigger on anyone they hate.

 

[Ishikage]

Hmm...your thoughts seem to promise an endangered community. Death Penalties are most likely given to those with really heavy crimes and you expect rehabilitation for them? People need to have something to fear as not to commit any crimes at all. If a chance for rehabilitation is all there is for commiting a crime, I'm sure it'll be easier for people to just pull the trigger on anyone they hate.

Fear of punishment is simply not a factor. Most murders are crimes of passion. And in other cases, one would expect repeat offenses of crimes to be relatively low. However, most criminals are repeat offenders and recidivism rates climb in corollary with crimes of higher punishment.

It seems counter-intuitive, but harsher punishments do not lead to less crime.