The one and really, imo, the most important aspect is that innocent people have been, and will be, murdered because the majority of our population supports capital punishment.
We should not allow our government to have that much authority over our lives. It's counter productive to what our goals, as a nation, as a society should be.
We shouldn't be occupied with punishing criminals, we should be occupied with administering righteous justice. Real justice, that which the criminal or the innocent deserves.
It's wrong to harm any innocent person. It's wrong to condemn a person to death based on inconclusive evidence. It's wrong to judge a person based on what makes you feel good regardless of the facts.
Child rapists, rapists in general, murderers, theives, these people are terrible, but advocates of the death penalty must understand that our judicial system makes mistakes, it's not perfect, which means innocent people go to the gallows. This, to me, is unacceptable, regardless of how many people we execute justifiably.
We should not allow our government to take our lives. This is absurd. We live in a country surrounded by boundaries and laws none of us agree with 100%, this, again, to me, means such a punishment is not, and cannot be acceptable to any human being capable of compassion. You don't have to "support" what criminals do, you just have to oppose the undeniably unjust system our current government abides by.
The death of any innocent man is murder. To an honest, ethical human being, this is unacceptable. Regardless of emotion, regardless of perception. Blatant murder is unacceptable. Those that support capital punishment, I would recommend taking a good hard look at the history of the practice, what it takes to be executed, why people think other people deserve to die at the hand of the state, and how innocent people are put to death because passive approval among an uneducated population rules.
Those that are deemed 'terrorist' by the state, those that stand up for their rights who are labeled 'terrorist' deserve equal representation regardless of political affiliation. We live in 2011, in the western world with centuries of judicial practice to build upon, we know what's right, we know what's wrong. Capital punishment is obsolete, as well as those that support it.
Please consider what you are actually advocating. State sanctioned murder. By supporting capital punishment, you are giving the American government the RIGHT to kill you if they deem you a threat to the current system. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with whoever is president in this moment. Some other political party will control the executive branch during your lifetime, they will deem what is "appropriate" political unrest/disagreement.
Today you're a "hero", tomorrow you could very well be the "terrorist". Is this enough a reason to be executed?
Consider what I've posted. This is not an attack, but an appeal to humane behavior. I want you to think about this stuff, admitting you are wrong is a POSITIVE characteristic. You will gain respect if you admit a mistake. "Stay the course" and you get hostile responses.
Please consider what I've said. I don't want to argue, I wan't to find common ground and appeal to what is right, what is moral, what is humane. Killing innocent people because you will feel better, you must understand, isn't REAL. It's an illusion of morality. It's a false morality.
Real morality comes from within, from KNOWING what is right and acting upon it.
I hope this makes any impact at all. I apologize if you take offense to any of this, it's pure, genuine, honest. Please read this and consider it, I'm not trying to argue, I'm trying to get through.
