capital punishment

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i dont understand the logic behind killing a killer. i know that the crimes these people commit are sometimes horrific and barbaric but do we need to add to the killing?

i've always been interested in medieval europe, a time and place where people were executed for crimes against the State. i accept that this is part of human nature, to want to take the life of someone who has wronged you or a loved one.

but i just don't think i would feel that way if i found myself in a similar circumstance. i don't want to see or be behind the death of another. if they were to take the life of someone close to me. i would be saddened and repulsed by the act, but i would not be crying for more blood.

there are sadly, many out there who think that this is too soft an approach. that Hammurabi's law of "an eye for an eye" is surely applicable in this day and age.

i just don't think it's right. And hats off to former PM Brian Mulroney, when a motion was put forward in the House whether or not to bring back capital punishment (c. 1990), to voting against it - even though many in his party wanted to see it brought back.

i hope we don't bring back capital punishment. of course, there's a strong likelihood that as the world changes (water shortages, economic crises), so to do the people living in it and thus the laws of today, will not necessarily apply to tomorrow. i'll still vote no, but there are others who will no doubt vote yes.