Is it normal to wish for the death of a criminal?

people want revenge, that's a natural response.

Hi, I think its a normal and natural human response to wish revenge on someone and that its a feeling that cannot be helped.

However I 100% agree with you, I cant help but just put myself in their shoes and it makes me sad to think my life would be taken from me like that. I also believe that whatever someone may have done wrong ultimately it is not their fault, its down to their inherited genes and upbringing and experiences of life that led them to it

I just see every life as hugely precious as I consider mine and any death is just hugely sad and its also a terrible burden on the families and friends of the victim.

Also if 1 innocent person gets killed then the whole system is just wrong.

I hope you can feel some comfort from this when all I ever seem to hear is things like "rot in hell" and "he deserves to die"

I understand and agree with your point of view.

I absolutely understand when people wish death upon others who have themselves unjustifiably taken life. I mean, if somebody killed your child, your parents, your siblings, you'd probably want to rip their heart out.

The difference is when revenge killing is written into law. When you hand the power to the government to kill people on your behalf, legally, to use murder as a punishment, it opens up a whole world of potential issues: abuse of power, execution of wrongly accused individuals, human rights violations, ethical issues (the 'two wrongs' proverb).

I prefer living in a country where killing someone will put you behind bars for as long as necessary, where it means what life you live is so limited to be almost meaningless. Those who can be rehabilitated at least have that opportunity, and might get the chance to re-enter society. Those who are beyond help, remain beyond society.

If somebody wishes to kill someone who killed their loved one in cold blood, then that's a murder they should commit. They should be the one doing the killing. Not the government on their behalf. If they are so desperate for this person to die, then surely they must be willing to risk going to prison, or dying themselves, to enact revenge? If they aren't, then how can they justify permitting the government to do their 'dirty work'?

So yes. In my opinion, it's the most progressive stance to take :)

That there is one of the most logical view points of the death penalty I've ever heard, And i must say in my own opinion its almost all black and white to me. I mean since the beginning of civilization and society death for crimes wasn't only common and justified it was also a form of entertainment. So the ideas of executions and the public's enjoyment of knowing the already damned will be dragged further into hell, just tickles the mind to think we are just that much closer to a cleaner society.

How in the world could you feel empathy for this guy? "33-year-old Anders Behring Breivik killed a total of 77 people (mostly children) in Oslo and on the island of Utoya" Do you honestly think he can be rehabilitated? Why should he have a life of any kind when he snuffed out so many other lives?
I am wholeheartedly in favor of disposing of the trash. I don't want them to spend decades on appeals. I don't want them to enjoy even one day more than necessary and I certainly do not want to support them or pay for an education, health care better than I can buy and eat three squares a day while hard working people can barely feed their families.
Take out the trash with a all due speed and efficiency, and honestly, I couldn't care how "humane" their death was.

"I never gave it too much thought, yet now I can't understand how someone fails to see the sad irony of killing a person because they killed a person"

You're letting go of ignorance, it's a good thing.

I'm against the death penalty, but not because of the irony. I'm against it because it doesn't work, there are just as many murders in death penalty states. It has been proven over and over to have no effect because somebody who is going to kill, will do so. Shit, there have even been instances of serial killers deliberately dumping bodies just over state lines, daring us to give them the death penalty.

The real reason some people think the death penalty is good is because that's what THEY fear, only a coward would have somebody killed but never do it themselves. Morally speaking, a death penalty supporter is worse than those they condemn.

It's disgusting, it doesn't work and it costs more.

Yeah, that is totally normal. They need to use death penalty more often. Jails are coming too over crowed.

You should watch a film called dead man walking

Personally, I'm more likely to wish death on people who do evil in ways that are not considered criminal and therefore get away with no punishment.

I'm not really for the death penalty because I see it as an escape from the living hell that prison is when you kill/rape a child or when you're put into solitary confinement, that being said, I never enjoy the death of another human being.

Now that I have a friend facing the death penalty I wish it didn't exist. She is one of the most interesting people I've ever met. She just has some major psychological problems that, aside from murder, didn't interfere with her ability to succeed at life.

There shall be only 1 death penalty: lynching

I only support the death penalty for people who are later proved to be innocent. Then we can all say, "Oh well, that's why there is a death penalty" and other statements which don't just miss the point but fester moronically in the abjuration of a point.

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