http://www.englishforums.com/English/ControversialTopics/Forum28.htm<b><font color=red>This entire section is moderated</font></b><br> Dedicated to continual re-education and our search for a broader understanding of life. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3598.39794)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#430145Fri, 08 May 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:430145Marou From Morocco0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#430145http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-430145.xmlRahul_mcsd wrote: I wonder if capital punishment has already been discussed in the forum. Recently, a man was hanged to death in India who had raped and then murdered a high school girl. Incidently, he was the security guard in the apartment complex where the girl lived with her parents. There was a lot of hue-and-cry by the human rights activists who found the execution 'inhuman'. I fully support capital punishment as there are certain crimes, for which, only death can be a deterrant. Latest: On 08/18/2004, another criminal in India has been sounded the death penalty for a similar crime. in my opinion, capital punishement wont be totaly erased in our world, i think that there are some crucial crimes which need...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#429872Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:429872YoHf1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#429872http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-429872.xmlMaybe it's a serial killer we're dealing with, who knows? Human mind works in many strange ways. - YoHfhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#425797Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:425797Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#425797http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-425797.xmlI'm not quite sure why you added the "lol" and the smiling face. Have I missed what is funny about murder?http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#425794Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:425794Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/5/wmvw/Post.htm#425794http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-425794.xmlcapital punishment i agree in one way becouse the people that murders another person should be kill as well but in other ways i dont agree becouse capital punishment / death penalty/ if it worked it would help stop the number of crimes around the world but it doesnt lolhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#166014Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:166014Sheilav4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#166014http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-166014.xmlI agree with Molly, it is better to have corporal punishment rather than capital punishment. The people who agree with Capital Punishment would argue that pushing thru with this deters crimes- giving example to criminals or would be criminals not to commit heinious crimes so that death penalty will not be their punishment. Also, it is a means for relatives of victims to finally be satisfied that the perpetrator of the crime is dead. That is, a life for a life. But the criminal if he is really guilty does not feel anything in the few minutes he is executed because death passes on him. Unless he is alive, he will feel the consequences of his action. That is why, corporal punishment is a better recourse than capital punishment. Maybe the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#162244Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:162244Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#162244http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-162244.xmli dont know much about capital punishment and i also dont know wether i am for or against it, i have a debate to write about this subject and i as i have said dont know wether i am for or against can any of you please say some examples of for and against as this would help me alot thankyou very much for reading plese reply soon.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#157884Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:157884YoHf6http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#157884http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-157884.xmlI'm neither in favour nor against death penalty, but I think it is to be kept as an option...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#147618Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:147618Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#147618http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-147618.xmlDavid wrote: Guest what about those killed in war? Is that justified? Would love to hear your comments. in my oppinion in war death is justified becouse the peopl that's init are awear what they are doing and know that its a chance there taking that they could be killed .For those who are forced into war its a terribl tragic thing and no body should be put thru it becouse remember the convicts that get capitaly punished are murderours these people arnt there there becouse they are forced!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#142030Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:142030Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#142030http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-142030.xmlRahul, India has prime ministers, not presidents.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#137730Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:137730Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#137730http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-137730.xmlI agreee somehow to ur statement but not wholly because did u ever think from the point of view of the victim. Because it is the victim who is suffering both mentally &amp;physically .So to console his/her heart there some stringent actions should be taken.But i am also agnaist of the capital punishment because every human commited mistakes &amp; blunders but it does not mean he should be punished with death sentence. Because it is immoral that if that person commited a crime he should be punished with some life sentence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#136498Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:136498Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#136498http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-136498.xmli agree with the fact that its the easy way out. The other thing that people forget to consider is that the only people who suffer from capital punishment is the family and loved ones of the accused.i believe that public humiliation is a way that makes people suffer extremely because there confronted by us the publichttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#126363Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:126363Philip11http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#126363http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-126363.xmlJust a few thoughts. Very few people will change their attitudes about capital punishment by something that other people say. I am ambivalent myself, but I find that as I age, my "broad mind and narrow waist are trading places". Still, I feel that if the human race has the ability to put people on the moon and sustain life in space for however-many-months they've been there, we should be able to come up with an effective way of dealing with hard-core criminals who commit unspeakable crimes on innocent victims, either by deterrance or by rehabilitation. I think we've pretty well proven that punishment, alone, does little. The question of deterrance to future crime is clouded by fact that so many criminals convicted and sentenced...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#126274Fri, 08 May 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:126274Pyewacket12http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/4/wmvw/Post.htm#126274http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-126274.xml“quote user="Athelas D'orion" For me, I will always support capital punishment for a crime that harm other people's life or betrayed one's country (i.e. murder, rapist, corruptor). As I believe every human valued their life dearly, and most peoples are afraid of death. Therefore, if capital punishment applied, more peoples will think twice before harming other people's life." Athelas, I find your comment intriguing. Please understand, I don’t mean to pick on you specifically, Athelas, it was just that your comment sounded contradictory and I'm just trying to get some clarification. You seem to say that you value life, yet you don’t value the life of those who murder. But wouldn’t they be the ones we want to show the most...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#126024Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:126024David13http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#126024http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-126024.xmlCapital punishment is as abhorrent as the crime comitted. It has not deterred rapists or murderers they still exist in growing numbers.They should be imprisoned for life if necessary but given useful things to do in correctional establishments.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#125691Fri, 08 May 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:125691Anonymous14http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#125691http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-125691.xmlHumans can make mistakes. Every judge can make mistakes. Someone might be executed by mistake. Also, the death penalty in the US is racially biased; in the country minorities are more likely to be sentenced to death. Moreover, statistics show that capital punishment does not deter others from committing crimes. For example, Canada abolished the death penalty in the 1970, but after that the homicide rate of the country decreased. In Oklahoma in the US, the murder rate increased after the state resumed executions. These examples show that capital punishment has nothing to do with 'deterrent'. It would be better for us to think over again about the disadvantages of capital punishment.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#103117Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:103117Amandine15http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#103117http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-103117.xmlby sending someone to the death sentence, the public is sure that he won't do any more harm in the future. What do you prefer? keeping them in jails for a couple of years and them setting them free or make sure they disappear from the surface of the planet? for the safety of all, I think the second solution would be more useful... you're right that it is an easy way, but I prefer to think of the victims side, of their suffering. These kind of criminals don't have humanity and I don't think they deserve one in return. Why should these criminals live off the "normal people" who pay taxes for prisons, who pay to keep them alive? I hope I don't seem too harsh, but the thought of jails don't seem to prevent them for commiting murders, rapes...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#103101Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:103101Guest16http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#103101http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-103101.xmlI think that killing a person lets them out the easy way. Let them suffer in prison if you want to really punish them.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#102906Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:102906Guest17http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#102906http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-102906.xmlWell, why would you agree to capital punishment? I'm not saying everyone is in favor for capital punishment, though if you really think about it capital punishment is murder but in more sophisticated terms. Many people argue that really bad people who committed a really evil crime should be killed by capital punishment, but then my question is so where we draw the line as to who is really evil or not. Also this leads to the question then when is it right to kill a person. Just because the government supports capital punishment does not mean that it is right, I mean like think about it, the government can kill somebody for a really bad crime, murder, though we can not kill people under our own circumstances. I am not saying that we or you...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43944Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43944Ryuyuki18http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43944http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43944.xmlonly to reminded every one in post the topic is 'capital punishment'. and.... again, just to reminded you all. there were a lot...lot....lot.... of people in this poor world that we live in, a person who have a simple mind in thinking : "we do this for life (crime) or to relief our need in life (like money, sex, power, authority, etc.....). when it's done, we will asked God for His forgiveness as a repentance. or they think that what they did was right because of their believe." simple as that, so what we should do about this person. put them in jail. well..... have you ever heard that it's make them larger.....(they have fans to follow their think and mind) and some people think : "well they did this but the punishment just easy...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43940Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43940chrzaszcz19http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43940http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43940.xmlhere, as in so many capital punishment discussions, some core issues are being overlooked. since what we say so often contradicts what we do the commandment pro-death sentence folks are sending is: "THOU SHALT KILL (if the justification is sufficient)". the revelation that killing people teaches us not to kill people is hard to support either logically or statistically. yet the notion persists. killing people is clearly driven by motives other than a sober, objective desire for justice. these motives are not that different from those which drove the murderer in the first place.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43600Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43600caroline20http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43600http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43600.xmlyea we did stray from the main topic that's true!! Just for the record, the point I was trying to make was that the people who follow such leaders are essentially no different from you or me in that they have common sense, and if everyone is encouraged to use it fanaticism should die out. However it's easier said than done, that's for sure. Back to capital punishment, I agree with 'Guest' in that it can have negative consequences but at the moment of the crime I doubt the criminal would have enough evenness of mind to weigh the pros & cons of his action. I agree with the bit about the jury's deliberation though in this case we aren't debating whether capital punishment is right or wrong any longer so much as if it is advantageous to the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43503Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43503Guest21http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/3/wmvw/Post.htm#43503http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43503.xmlNo one seems to have commented on my point that in some circumstances having a captial penalty may actually encourage worse crime (i.e. the rapist who then murders becasue he has nothing to lose by doing so, and may evade the authorities better without a live victim.) or my point that juries may be less willing to convict to a capital sentence. anyone agree or disagree?http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43489Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43489David22http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43489http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43489.xmlApologies Caroline but a rather difficult to understand train of thought. We all hate wars but bad leaders only survive because people choose to follow them. I bow out of this topic because the point is does one or doesn't one believe in capital punishment. Put simply I don't.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43487Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43487Guest23http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43487http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43487.xmlA somewhat naiive view I'm sorry to say.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43481Fri, 08 May 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43481caroline24http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43481http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43481.xmlDo you honestly think that most wars are those fought to stamp out Hitlers? Have you ever heard of the Football War of 1969? How crazy is that? Perhaps we see it nuts because we are so far away in time and space however our own wars are just as ridiculous if seen from a different perspective. The fact remains that, Uthopian as my previous suggestion may sound, if war cannot be eradicated, common sense can at least cut down the causes for it to perhaps the one you mentioned, and even in that case, I think you'd achieve more by shaking the neo-Hitler's army back into their senses then by killing them all & allowing their leader to imprint his name in the mouths of future generations, thereby helping this person achieve his or her so highly...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43470Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43470David25http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43470http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43470.xmlWhat happens when a lunatic like Mr Hitler is let loose in the world Caroline?http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43463Fri, 08 May 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43463caroline26http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43463http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43463.xmlWith regards to David's post, I think that of all the insane things we do in this world war tops the list by far. I watched Troy recently, as many of you surely have, & I was impressed by the brutality of the conflict. Now that actually used to happen years ago, no less realistically than it did in the film. Today we've modified the shields into bases and the spears into missiles, so that we won't even have to look into each other's eyes as we pierce hearts. How can anyone hate and kill another person who they do not even know in the name of a piece of land called a nation?! Honestly, war is proof that the world is crazy. I cannot believe it is still going on today in what we call civilised society. Just a thought... imagine everyone...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43382Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43382Elena27http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43382http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43382.xmlThanks a lot for searching Athelas D'orion. Let me say that I find naive to believe it will act as deterrent, I don't think the criminal has room in his/her brain for thinking of consequences or other things when s/he is about to commit the crime. I am against.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43379Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43379Athelas D'orion28http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43379http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43379.xmlDear Elena, I've been searching for a tangible data to support the claim that capital punishment would work as a deterrent to criminals activities. Unfortunately none of the data is adequate to provide us with a solid argument. At the end I could only agree with following quoted lines from one of the articles I found: ----------------- Quote ----------------- People support or oppose capital punishment for complex, often emotional, reasons. For supporters it can be an issue of public safety or political pragmatism. For opponents it can be a sense of justice or outrage at the inequality in sentencing. Ultimately, capital punishment may be an issue of morality. Although van den Haag believes that the death penalty deters more...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43359Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43359David29http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43359http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43359.xmlGuest what about those killed in war? Is that justified? Would love to hear your comments.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43310Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43310Ryuyuki30http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/2/wmvw/Post.htm#43310http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43310.xmlif we read caroline post, you may be feel that capital punishment were so very cruel to do for human life that God given to us (likes : God is the one who give us life, were human too powerfull than God that made them right to take human life from other human) but when you see for some reason of them who did some crime in their life, you will realized that some of them were really...really... crazy in mind and soul that were no change in life time their'll be in right path again. and in this century, laws were easy to change. like you turn your hand in other side. people who have knowledge, power, and money can buy them like buying a candy in a store. putting them in jail, just a way to say "other home" for them. with some remition,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43243Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43243janis431http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43243http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43243.xmlI agree with you that capital punishment may be a deterrant for some criminals. But what about those people who have to execute it? Isn't it demoralizing for them? How will this type of job influence their personality or mental health? What about those people who sentence other to death? They may take avantage of their position and get the feeling that they have right to decide on life and death of other people. Can you imagine the results of such abusement? In my opinion such situations are not only possible but unevitable. Justice is in the hands of people who are fallible and corruptible. Killing is wrong, no matter what the motives. We have to punish murderers- seperate them from the society for the rest of their lives, but killing...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43237Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43237Guest32http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43237http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43237.xmlI do not agree with capital punishment and am glad that we no longer carry out this punishment in the UK. To take the punishments suggested for the example given, rape, my feelings as a woman are: It is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve a conviction for rape in the UK. I'm not sure of the exact figures but recently the rate for successful prosecutions for rape have dropped below 10% of cases taken to court, due to the difficulty of proving rape. Juries are often given the choice of taking one person's word against another, and prefer to err on the side of freeing a rapist than enprisoning an innocent man. If convicted rapists were to face capital punishment, I believe that in the UK successful convictions would drop to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43180Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43180rahul_mcsd33http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43180http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43180.xmlI come from the country of Mahatma Gandhi who always maintained 'Hate the sin, not the sinner'. I couldn't agree more, but being the father of a 6 yr old girl myself, I do feel very strongly about this issue. By the way, the man in question took full advantage of the flexibility in the Indian judiciary system. He appealed to all levels of the judiciary including the President of India. He was in prison for 14 (Yes ...Fourteen years) before the sentence was carried out. He was unrepentant till the end. Please do continue the discussion. I really appreciate the views of people all around the world on the topic.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43123Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43123Molly34http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43123http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43123.xmlCaroline is right, I wouldn't know what I would do if someone did hurt my family loved-ones. But (as long as I don't that) I'm against capital punishment just because it is to easy for the criminal. When he's dead, he can't think things over, he doesn't feel his punishment anymore. As Caroline mentioned, why should we debate the humanity in the punishment of these criminals. They didn't think about it when the commited their crime. I would like re-adjust corporal punishment so they would feel their punishment. Everytime they would commit a crime the corporal punishment would get harder. If the pas out during the punishment, the executioner has to stop until the criminal is conscious again. Then he can pursue the punishment. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43078Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:43078caroline35http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#43078http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-43078.xmlWhen some people are wrecking other people's lives they do not stop to debate the humanity of it all do they? Why should they fail to receive a just punishment on the basis of a consideration which never even crossed their minds? Supposing that the person in question is undoubtedly guilty of some major offence such as the ones mentioned above, I can't help agreeing that they do deserve the sentence in question. However it is easy to agree with it and see it done from afar - put yourself in the place of the executioner. I couldn't do it myself. It's too close to playing God. Delegation to the authorities is the easiest way to agree with capital punishment I suppose; however I think that it should be up to the people affected by the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42987Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:42987Ryuyuki36http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42987http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-42987.xmlcapital punishment give to those who did a very...very....very....big-unforgiven-cruel-valiant-sadistic crime. like murdered, raped, drug-dealers, curruptor, gun-smuggler... cause it's true about the criminal and lot of people think's today, as long as they have money and power, it's save to do anything they want (they think they can buy law or something like that) and people without money and power also do valiant crime that so unbelieveable (when you watch on tv and newspaper, it's make you , and the reason when they do it .......... )http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42901Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:42901Elena37http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42901http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-42901.xmlIf capital punishment would work as deterrent, the rate of crimes would have decreased in the countries where it is being applied. If any you have any available research about this, share it please, it could be interesting to know if that has happened.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42861Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:42861Athelas D'orion38http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htm#42861http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-42861.xmlI am also in full support for capital punishment for capital crime, especially for a rapist and murderer and corruptor. Because nowadays, criminals are not afraid anymore with jail, most of them tend to think that they will always got second chance thus not afraid to do same crime or even greater crime over and over again. Like in Indonesia, a person who corrupted millions dollars of the nation's money (found guilty by the court of justice) yet he is still free (most probably still corrupting the nation's resources) until today. He even almost made it as a candidate in recent presidential's election!! While a simple chicken thief could be jailed for 3 months, where's justice? And If the corruptor not punished with capital punishment...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htmSun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:42848rahul_mcsd39http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-42848.xmlI wonder if capital punishment has already been discussed in the forum. Recently, a man was hanged to death in India who had raped and then murdered a high school girl. Incidently, he was the security guard in the apartment complex where the girl lived with her parents. There was a lot of hue-and-cry by the human rights activists who found the execution 'inhuman'. I fully support capital punishment as there are certain crimes, for which, only death can be a deterrant. Latest: On 08/18/2004, another criminal in India has been sounded the death penalty for a similar crime.