Reasons to let killers live
1.He or she loves and is loved; or has a family, a spouse, a kid
2.The family of the victim has mercy/compassion
3.He or she can live a useful life, or has or will have money.
4.He or she is mentally ill or retarded
5.The legal system is fukt up: other killers like him or her were allowed to live
6.Morality is subjective; there is no good; the murder served the public interest
7.You would have killed, too -if you knew the victim,
-if you were the murderer, had his genes, experiences.
8.CP is inhumane, barbaric, cruel and unusual punishment.
9.CP is evil, a sin, debases our society, makes the state no better than the criminal.
The death penalty is murder, pure and simple.
10.CP is racist, and unfair.
11.CP is expensive
12.B.F. Skinner's adage that he can condition anyone to become anything still applies.
13.Society should be compassionate and merciful.
“I am convinced about the veracity of my opinions, but I do consider it likely that they may turn out to be incorrect. Likewise, I am convinced about the incorrectness of the views different from mine, but I do concede the possibility that they may turn out to be correct.” — Imam Shafa’i
Here's the Amnesty International update on the Death Penalty.
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