Upvoting for thoughtfulness though I disagree with you.
There comes a point where a man has committed so much evil that he is nothing but a rabid dog and, being a continued threat to all around him, must be put down for the safety of others.
I share your concern regarding state sanctioned killing of the innocent and suggest that execution should be reserved for the especially egregious (repeat) offenders, and for those times when the evidence is so strong that there can be no doubt of guilt.
I think people who are convicted of murder who then murder someone else while in prison should get an immediate death sentence. I think people who are convicted of three separate violent crimes by three separate juries should get a death sentence. I think people with a violent crime conviction and one murder, heinous rape (not date rape but actual violent rape), or child molestation conviction should get an immediate death sentence. I think anyone who commits first degree murder, violent forcible rape, or child molestation where firm evidence of absolute certainty is present (a giant stack of videos, DNA inside the victim, etc.) should also get the death sentence.
If the above were implemented a lot of very bad people would be dead in very short order and the world would be a better place.
Murder is against God's law, putting murderer to death is sanctioned actually. Two of the commandments are misinterpreted, the main one is "Thou shalt no kill" should be correctly translated as "Thou shalt not murder".
There is a reason for putting down murderers, that is to protect the family/friends of the victim from becoming murderers themselves by taking revenge. It is also to let the victims family/friends be able to put the incident behind them over time. The same goes for an animal that kills a human being, that animal is put down. Granted the animal didn't murder the human, but imagine every week walking past your neighbors bull after it trampled your uncle, at some point a lot of people would start thinking wrong thoughts that might veer towards getting some sort of revenge on the bull's owner.
I'll add the other commandment that is misinterpreted since I typed the other out. Taking God's name in vain doesn't referring to swearing. It correctly means that you claim to be an advocate/emissary of God in your actions by claiming what you did is representative of what God wants,. For example: Person X kills 20 people, then claims that they did it because God wanted the to do so. God will not hold one guiltless(unpunished), to anyone that claims to be his representative in this manner. That is not a position I would ever want to be.
Upvoting for thoughtfulness though I disagree with you.
There comes a point where a man has committed so much evil that he is nothing but a rabid dog and, being a continued threat to all around him, must be put down for the safety of others.
I share your concern regarding state sanctioned killing of the innocent and suggest that execution should be reserved for the especially egregious (repeat) offenders, and for those times when the evidence is so strong that there can be no doubt of guilt.
I think people who are convicted of murder who then murder someone else while in prison should get an immediate death sentence. I think people who are convicted of three separate violent crimes by three separate juries should get a death sentence. I think people with a violent crime conviction and one murder, heinous rape (not date rape but actual violent rape), or child molestation conviction should get an immediate death sentence. I think anyone who commits first degree murder, violent forcible rape, or child molestation where firm evidence of absolute certainty is present (a giant stack of videos, DNA inside the victim, etc.) should also get the death sentence.
If the above were implemented a lot of very bad people would be dead in very short order and the world would be a better place.
Murder is against God's law, putting murderer to death is sanctioned actually. Two of the commandments are misinterpreted, the main one is "Thou shalt no kill" should be correctly translated as "Thou shalt not murder".
There is a reason for putting down murderers, that is to protect the family/friends of the victim from becoming murderers themselves by taking revenge. It is also to let the victims family/friends be able to put the incident behind them over time. The same goes for an animal that kills a human being, that animal is put down. Granted the animal didn't murder the human, but imagine every week walking past your neighbors bull after it trampled your uncle, at some point a lot of people would start thinking wrong thoughts that might veer towards getting some sort of revenge on the bull's owner.
I'll add the other commandment that is misinterpreted since I typed the other out. Taking God's name in vain doesn't referring to swearing. It correctly means that you claim to be an advocate/emissary of God in your actions by claiming what you did is representative of what God wants,. For example: Person X kills 20 people, then claims that they did it because God wanted the to do so. God will not hold one guiltless(unpunished), to anyone that claims to be his representative in this manner. That is not a position I would ever want to be.