Death Penalty August 28, 2008
Posted by ianbob08 in Uncategorized.Tags: death penalty
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As a Christian, I oppose the death penalty. ["He who is without sin, cast the first stone."] But as a member of society, I cannot say I oppose its use in the most extreme cases. And such a case just took place in Boise, Idaho. Convicted sex offender, rapist, torturer and murder Joseph Duncan III has just been sentenced to death for the murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene. But it does not end there. Duncan also used a hammer to fatally bludgeon Dylan’s 13-year-old brother, Slade Groene, his mother, Brenda Groene, and her fiance, Mark McKenzie. But it does not end there. Duncan was also convicted of the rape-at-gunpoint of a young boy in 1980, the murder of 2 sisters in Seattle in 1996 and he is charged with killing a young boy in Riverside County in 1997. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/27/duncan.death.ap/index.html
This guy is an animal. He’ll do more wrong if he’s allowed to live. Can anyone make a case against the death penalty in this situation?
Dude I totally understand, I used to think I was totally for the death penalty, then I watched a video of Tukie Williams (I think that was his name) getting lethally injected, and it kind of messed me up. Just watching us take this guy’s life seemed so wrong. However on the other hand, there was a guy who while on death row, organized the killing of I think 5-6 other people. Obviously this world would have been a better place if he was hung as soon as we caught him. So again, another thing I just don’t know about. Is the death penalty good? Yes and No, thats all I can come up with. I guess things aren’t as black and white as I thought they were.