Wouldn't do it to a dog
It was a significant moment for me when, at the age of eleven, I came to believe that the law of the land of my birth was wrong. I was immensly pleased when the death penalty was done away with in 1965. Not all of the so-called civilised world has followed suit.
Now I am amazed to read that the techiques for criminal execution in the USA would be illegal if applied to an animal.
. . . suggest that the current practice of lethal injection for execution fails to meet veterinary standards
Read more here.
Now I am amazed to read that the techiques for criminal execution in the USA would be illegal if applied to an animal.
. . . suggest that the current practice of lethal injection for execution fails to meet veterinary standards
Read more here.
posted by DaPi | 8:44 pm
4 Comments:
In principle, I agree with you that the death penalty does not have the deterrent factor that so many maintain. On the other hand, though, I am also very grateful that I no longer need to worry about the likes of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez. I don't believe the death penalty is an appropriate measure in many cases, but homicidal maniacs like those mentioned above need to be permanently removed from society for society's sake. And you must admit, execution is the most permanent and direct means of achieving that end.
That article was certainly disturbing - makes me wonder why someone somewhere in this country (USA) isn't looking into this?
Bill S.
Bill: . . . homicidal maniacs like those mentioned above need to be permanently removed from society for society's sake. And you must admit, execution is the most permanent and direct means of achieving that end.
I find it hard to believe that 21st century man can't protect society from these people without resorting to killing them.
And the permanence of the execution "solution" is one of the strongest arguments against it. The execution of an innocent Timothy Evans contributed strongly to the move to abolition in the UK.
(I'm sure you're not advocating execution as a cheap "solution".)
And here is an executioner on the subject: Pierrepoint saying:
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people.
(I'm sure you're not advocating execution as a cheap "solution".)
No, definitely not. In my mind, there are certainly "monsters" among us. Life in prison is not always a workable solution (so far, Charlie Manson is still in jail, but I think he is more the exception here). The risk that these types of offenders will escape is too high. I would dearly love someone to come up with a viable alternative to execution, but I also have an overriding desire to keep my family safe from harm.
I guess I am advocating limited execution. As for the execution of innocents, well I guess that's why I would only advocate it in situations of overwhelming uncontroverted physical evidence. I don't believe that the death of one innocent can be justified by the deaths of hundreds of guilty ones.
It's the struggle between doing what's right and doing what's safest that we all go through. Not sure what the best solution is, but I do agree that execution is not the best "civilized" answer.
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