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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle  Wow, I'm glad he didn't have to die. I really enjoyed that story, very powerful, very true to life. They should abolish death row. It doesn't do anything for us except kill more people. |
I support life and do not believe in the death penalty. I have some experience in personally understanding the consequences of the death penalty.
My fathers murder conviction was overturned. It would not seem that justice would have been served to execute him yet it was uncertain up until a very short time before he was to die, that he would live.
If he was guilty of the crime and had been executed, would that have made society a better place? I think the answer is no. I think the taking of a life even of someone who has committed murder and heinous crimes is a violent act, which serves more to perpetuate violence than deter violence. In my opinion it does not deter crime.
Who would this execution affect and how? I can with some clarity say my fathers execution would have affected me and the rest of his family. What crime did I commit that government should deprive me of my father as well as my mother?
I abhor killing. I do not desire for the government to kill people in my name. If a Ted Bundy or Charles Manson type of murders happen and the perpetrators are found guilty sentence them to life in prison and let them experience that as payment for their crimes.
Do not kill in my name and then go on about how "justice has been served." If those who believe that the death penalty is appropriate wish, they may continue to support that punishment.
I support forgiveness.
Gene