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Re: Utah killer executed by firing squad
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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars
Are you trying to justify execution by somehow asserting that *not* executing them would be morally wrong?
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Not executing the murderer shows that society has no power (or will) to provide restitution and justice to a victim's family. This is an issue of displaying to the people governed that their justice system will provide appropriate restitution and there is no need to resort to vigilantism, which if a society devolves to that, is much worse than a death penalty execution.
And from a strictly non-spiritual view, being alive and locked up is a lot better than being dead. If being locked up was so terrible, near the same as death, why are there not more suicides in jail?
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