For me the death sentence is wrong, I truly believe in the power of forgiveness. For the evil doer's they will all get their comeuppance.

I just feel we cannot decide a priori whether we support the death sentence or not.

This sort of decision should be left to the kins of the victim.

Nominally I dont support the death sentence, but there are crimes you hear of
that just makes you befuddled about the continuous existence of the perpetuators

An eye for an eye boy -

@doyin13
You said it all.

Has the death penalty served its main purpose ie deterrence? The answer is no.

That is if assuming the sole purpose is deterrence.

Retribution is also a primary motivation

Now let us test the genuineness of our positions especially for those that are opposed to death penalty.

How many of you are in support of the war on terror especially those targeted at Osama and Al qaeda?

Oya, make we see the objectivity for hia.

N-joy:

For me the death sentence is wrong, I[b] truly believe in the power of forgiveness.[/b] For the evil doer's they will all get their comeuppance.

Thank you my sis!!!!  Please Preach it!!!! I think these sentiments will fall along gender specific preferences.  Guys are more prone to call for the hang man than women.  Any blood thirsty females in the house It will extremely difficult for most women to agree with the death penalty--just because if you have kids---even if yours have been killed by some monster--that maternal instinct will always rear it's sensitive head.  It is a difficult position to assume for most women.  But the men? Of course---every thing na war!!!!

[b]Hosa hosa ho!!!----Hosa hosa ho!!!----[/b]you guys will sing war song for everything!---Make una chill oh!!!!  If you cannot create a human life, you have no business taking one.



_{At least no one go accuse me of "Flirting"----Fear no let person participate for political section again oh!!!   Na so so boys full here!!!  Where are these girls:-----Osisi where you dey sef?-----}

Afam:

Now let us test the genuineness of our positions especially for those that are opposed to death penalty.

How many of you are in support of the war on terror especially those targeted at Osama and Al qaeda?

Oya, make we see the objectivity for hia.

I do not support any war on terror--especially when you do not know who the real terrorists are. Please let us not even enter that arena.

Thank for that point AFAM. BABEELOVE come out and defend this now. there is a news of a 5 years old boy that was kidnapped and set ablaze by terrorist. if this culprits were caught, what punishment befits them?

Mamajama:

Thank for that point AFAM. BABEELOVE come out and defend this now. there is a news of a 5 years old boy that was kidnapped and set ablaze by terrorist. if this culprits were caught, what punishment befits them?

Send his arse to the darkest "hole" for 23 hours a day---for the rest of his natural and unnatural life--one hour to see daylignt --the best form of torture. Solitary confinement!!! Throw away the key! Like I said--if you have never created a human life--and I do not mean by the process of "lying down" -------you have no business taking one!!!!

BABEELOVE:

if you have never created a human life--and I do not mean by the process of [b]"lying down" -------you have no business taking one!!!! [/b]

Real talk, but why waste resources and tax payers money on a cage lion that might escape and terrorise or unleash its vengeance on the society?

Why can't we just do away with him now and save everyone the agony?

What if the caged lion didn't actually commit the crime. it happens more frequently than you think.

Well they have to evaluate all resources available. No one is saying to kill people once convicted. Some of this dead man walking were on death row for over 2 decades. How do you justify telling someone we are going to kill you when the time comes. How do you boost such a morale?

SOme criminal deserve to be publicly executed and some can be reprehensible.

Mamajama:

Real talk, but why waste resources and tax payers money on a cage lion that might escape and terrorise or unleash its vengeance on the society?

Why can't we just do away with him now and save everyone the agony?

We are talking of a "human life" here! "do away" Like it is some insect or something? I wll rather waste resources than waste a human life. he he he he he he he!!! Now this is someone that cannot kill a chicken oh! You will have children someday and you will understand!

Seun:

What if the caged lion didn't actually commit the crime. it happens more frequently than you think.

Thank You Baba!

That is my greatest fear--Killing an innocent man in error---although if you come to think of it--most people that were killed may have committed some kind of heinous crime in the past to land in the "hang man's" net. But how do we know?

BABEELOVE go marry Seun now. abeg una leave talk. I do have children and there is nothing you can tell me to spare someone who kill or attach my kids.

In the olden days they say when someone smack you on the right cheek, turn and give him the left cheek. These days someone smack me on the right cheek you bet there will be a fight, LOL Who ever wrote that mess must don't know how to fight. lol

Mamajama:

BABEELOVE go marry Seun now. abeg una leave talk. I do have children and there is nothing you can tell me to spare someone who kill or attach my kids.

In the olden days they say when someone smack you on the right cheek, turn and give him the left cheek. These days someone smack me on the right cheek you bet there will be a fight, LOL Who ever wrote that mess must don't know how to fight. lol

I always suspected all along that you were not normal.------You just confirmed my suspicions!  Please get some help!

death penalty is ok as long as you are the one not being wrongly condemned. I bet if you where wrongly condemned you would still support the death penalty


and I bet most of the people that support the war on terror especially those of Naija descent would do a 180 if they instituted a draft and called your ass to the front lines

Cruelty is always ok as long as it is not happening to them and is happening to others. Once it is on you people like Mamajama start singing a different tune.

if people support the war on terror then PLEASE JOIN THE SOLDIERS IN IRAQ, THE SURGE CAN BE MORE EFEFCTIVE WITH MORE TROOPS, the more people the higher chance of "victory" so please join up.

BABEELOVE we can't all have your spirit. I see why we need women to make the world a peaceful environment. Men and our testosterone. lol

There is a difference between executing someone that has killed a human being and executing someone wrongly.

I am interested in executing anyone that takes another life.

Anyone that kills another does not deserve to live, is this not simple and rational enough?

Afam to BABEELOVE and Seun it is not rational enough, they want us to put them behind bars and continue to work to pay for their medical bills and continue to feed them.

@Mamajama

That is what I find most irrational

Why keep someone till they die without any use of their labour

It is an existence worse than death I feel.

doyin13 impressive response. My point is an eye for an eye. if you kill someone with no remorse then you should be hang as well. forget about in humane or what ever this OYINBO people called it. If you show no mercy for your victims, why should you be spared? In JAMAICA they say No MERCY FOR THE MERCILESS.

I think one of the purposes of executing these killers is to put that fear in those who intends to kill or on their way to kill. if they kill your relative and
succeed they will have the cuts to come and kill another.

remember its not a crime until you are caught and found guilty

Not all murderers get death sentence but premeditated murder and murder committed in complete disregard for human life deserves double death sentence, if possible. I'll turn the switch in a second and feel a lot better thereafter. I cannot fathom killing another human for no justifiable reason and getting a break due to some moral mumbo jumbo. Kill an innocent man and get fried. Period.

funny how Christians advocate Death Penalty when the New Testament says God will be the final judge.

The hypocrisy of Christians gets me everytime, Jesus, the person we Christians are supposed to emulate, forgave robbers and thieves and killers but we think we should be executing them?

The hypocrisy kills me.

shango doesn't the same bible said an eye for an eye? Please leave religion out of this this is moral and ethical issue. Why should the government used my tax payers money to feed and house and clothe someone that brutally killed my friend or family member for unjustifiable reason? Why should he be spare?
Let me ask you a question, on CNN couple days ago, a young 6 years old was kidnapped and set ablaze. Luckily he survive the ordeal and is still in critical condition. What punishment befits the perpetrator of this crime?

Kazakhstan's nuclear orphans are a distressing sight: heads that don't match their undersized bodies, and legs and arms twisted in awful contortions

shango:

funny how Christians advocate Death Penalty when the New Testament says God will be the final judge.

The hypocrisy of Christians gets me everytime, Jesus, the person we Christians are supposed to emulate, forgave robbers and thieves and killers but we think we should be executing them?

The hypocrisy kills me.

If you want to insult Chriatians come out and do it openly, stop hiding behind such silly comments on what people feel and think should be done to people that kill others.

an eye 4 an eye. innit.

A serial killer who murderers hundreds of people is apprehended then locked up for life, housed and fed with tax payers money, has access to top quality free healthcare. . . .meanwhile there are homeless law abiding citizens who are left to die of hunger on the streets.

How stupid is that?