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| Death Penalty; Does the Church forbid the death penalty | |
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| Topic Started: Sunday, 4. November 2012, 19:57 (133 Views) | |
| tomais | Sunday, 4. November 2012, 19:57 Post #1 |
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On my Virginian site,( the U S A );discussion on this subject with of course various and conflicting quotes. What are the views and opinions and the interpreations on this site? Tomais |
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| OsullivanB | Sunday, 4. November 2012, 20:04 Post #2 |
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| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 4. November 2012, 20:17 Post #3 |
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Catholic Teaching is that it is permissible in some rare circumstances. The Catholic Church's stance on the death penalty is its purpose is not punishment, it is the protection of people who would be in danger if the criminal were to be free. Nowadays in most situations there are other means of containing a dangerous person. Where the State is able to provide secure prisons there is no moral justification for executing criminals. |
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| Derekap | Sunday, 4. November 2012, 20:18 Post #4 |
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Whilst I am not in principle against the Death Penalty in cases of murder. I don't think any suggestion of reintroduction in the UK should be entertained. If it were reintroduced the first person found guilty would be almost a martyr. As regards the USA I don't approve of the varying lengths of time (Many years) before the sentence is carried-out - if it is carried-out. It would be better if it were also abolished throughout. |
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| Deleted User | Monday, 5. November 2012, 00:18 Post #5 |
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Best arguments against it are simple--the Guildford 4, the Birmingham 6 and numerous innocent individuals either framed by some corrupt police officers or genuinely charged by good sincere officers who later turned out to be mistaken for one reason or another. On the practical front, the USA experience suggests that the death penalty does not deter. John |
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| tomais | Monday, 5. November 2012, 17:34 Post #6 |
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Thankyou All. Tomais |
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| paul | Monday, 5. November 2012, 20:38 Post #7 |
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interestingly, Christ was executed for fear of causing civil unrest! Personally, I am for the death penalty. some crimes are so horrific that I believe it unreasonable to expect society to keep the offender in gaol for years until he dies of natural causes. New developments in dna procedures greatly reduce the chances of an innocent man being executed. I would illustrate nazi perpetrators convicted of war crimes, other despots and those convicted in this country for their horrific murders of innocent children. Crimes such as these cause public horror and appropriate punishment should be metted out by the judiciary. Unfortunately, the judiciary have only the confines, quite correctly, of the law in which they can act. I was pleasantly surprised to read in my local rag recently that a psychopath was pleading insanity etc and the judge ruled that he was aware of what was right and wrong and convicted him of murder. |
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| Rose of York | Monday, 5. November 2012, 21:51 Post #8 |
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http://www.murderuk.com/one_off_Ronald_Castree.html The freeing of Stefan Kisko persuaded me that even for child murder, execution is inappropriate.
Fifteen years after Stefan Kisko was cleared another man was convicted of the murder. |
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