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Quote by: Warningdown  True , they are not innocent... but as a matter of principal, to commit the same crime back upon that person is to lower ourself to that same level....
although i accept this issue is purely opinion and for the record i have not made my choice...
i would ask this
what about the clinically insane or mentally ill... if they commit murder, do we kill them? i vote send them into care... |
Every case is always different, which is why a capital punnishment or eye for an eye method of justice would require absolute certainty and/or a repeated offender.
Stopping to their level? I don't see it as such, rather just reflecting a crime onto those who enacted it..... if they did not commit the crime in the first place, then they would not have to worry about the consiquences.
As for mentally challenged cases..... as above.... each situation would have to be determined case by case, as not all situations in life fall under the same end results.
I'm not saying to act this out blindly on everybody who does a crime that is similar..... the severity of the crime, the amount of victims, the amount repeated, the level of disregard for human life/safety, etc.... would all have to be accounted for, respectively.
I'm not saying kill all first time offenders, or mentally challenged people, just people such as the one here in this topic, where the person should be of an adult/sound mind, know the consiquences of their actions, and yet continue to disregard all this based on their personal desires in life.....
Not everybody deserves the same treatment based on situations. Hope that clarifies my stance. I'm all about compassion with tough love.