LOTD
Convicted killers should be executed after one appeal
No one who has been executed has been able to kill again. Killers should be executed within a year from the time of sentencing.
Why does it have to take 10 years? They should not get more than one appeal. An appeal should have to be in the first six months and then the execution date set and carried out.
I do not understand people who say the death penalty is cruel or unjust. I do not think death should come easy. How easy was it for their victims and their families?
The Bible tells us to do unto others as we would have others unto us. I take this to mean death right after killers are found guilty. Why should we have to pay to feed and clothe them for years?
Thelma Harvey, Marshallton
Amazing how bloodthirsty are some supposedly religious folks.
9 Responses to “LOTD”
 Comment by Heather June 22nd, 2007 at 8:41 am |
Sheesh. And to think I just had a talk with my kids about this Golden Rule thing. I was focusing on the “as you WOULD have them” part, making it clear that the line wasn’t “as they DID to you.” Seems I was really off there, I guess. Maybe I should read a Bible once in a while. |
 Comment by Michelle June 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 am |
I totally agree. The Bible also says to live by the law of the land. The law of the land coincides with the Bible, as thou shall not kill. The law of the land goes on to say that, you died if you kill. Very just I think. |
 Comment by Daryl Cobranchi June 22nd, 2007 at 9:44 am |
However we have recently seen that hundreds of (mostly black) men have been sentenced to die unjustly. Does the Bible say anything about DNA evidence and rushing to execute people? Capital punishment is WRONG. Just because the state has the power to kill people and the ancient Israelites worshiped a bloodthirsty God (or projected their bloodlust upon Him), does not make it any more right. |
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Comment by Heather June 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am |
I just remembered a bumper sticker I saw years ago. It said, “Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?” |
 Comment by Nance Confer June 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 am |
Does the Bible say anything about DNA evidence and rushing to execute people? *** Nope. Just not to destroy stem cells. Apparently, it’s somewhere in there. . . Nance |
 Comment by Crimson Wife June 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm |
If the gentleman had read a bit more of the New Testament, he would’ve also seen Jesus’ famous refutation of “an eye for an eye” where He instead tells Christians to “turn the other cheek”. I hate the amount of Biblical ignorance of certain self-proclaimed “Christians”! |
 Comment by Skip Oliva June 23rd, 2007 at 12:44 am |
“I just remembered a bumper sticker I saw years ago. It said, “Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?” It’s the same argument that (mostly religious) folks use for hitting–er, spanking–their children. |
 Comment by Alasandra June 24th, 2007 at 9:30 am |
After reading John Grisham’s An Innocent Man, I will never be able to look at capital punishment the same way. Too many innocent people end up on death row, for a decent human being to advocate rushing to carry out a death sentence. |
 Comment by JJ Ross June 30th, 2007 at 7:15 am |
“Self-proclaimed Christians” — is there any other kind? |