I don't know people can root for someone else's death. He got his punishment, but having people gloat and cheer about it makes me sick.
Civilization is just a ruse, at the core we are all still a bunch of primitive animals. Violence is inherent in our nature. I am not sure why y'all are weirded out by this non-revelation.
you are nobody to decide that. more death is not the answer. I'm not sure what the alternative should be, so don't ask. I know this guy was a monster, but more people losing their life is never the correct solution. The death penalty doesn't work as a deterrent and it doesn't work as a form of reparation. so it's friggen pointless.
People shouldn't be paying to watch another person's certain death, for sheer entertainment purposes. But I don't know what that says about war documentaries. And I'm not sure why the government or taxpayers should be refunded for imprisoning someone, which was ultimately our choice.
I still find myself struggling with the death penalty, but to me this is not the best example for the anti-capital punishment crowd. A lot of people use the argument that it's worse for these murders to rot away in prison than get the death penalty, but this guy clearly wanted to continue living in prison for the rest of his life. I'm not disappointed he didn't get what he wanted. I'm also less inclined to be against capital punishment when the unquestionably guilty person never fesses up to his crime or shows remorse. He was proclaiming his innocence until he died. Overall, I'm against the death penalty. And I know it's really an all-or-nothing issue, but man it's hard for me to be adamant about it in this particular case.
if execution is to be shown to public, it should be free so that it will be effective to remind people that murdering innocent lives will result to this. if it's PPV, it's plain SICK! That guy who made that suggestion should be evaluated mentally. Murder should be punishible by death. That is just fair.
My oldest son was going to college in the DC area and we canceled a trip with his younger sisters to see him because the week before that trip was when the word got out that he intended to kill a child. As astronomical as the odds were that it would have been one of mine, we still canceled the trip.
Yeah, I remember ducking down in the backseat of my car at gas stations as a pre-caution. The shooting at the Sunoco in Manassas was the gas station I most often frequented during that time because it was on my way home from work.
Not to be all semantical, but the definition of murder is the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. I'm not sure if court-mandated death qualifies considering it is not unlawful.
Yes that is true that we have a case of pretty clearly established guilt but the justice system is inherently flawed and if we are talking about the death penalty in the abstract you have to consider all the possible situations where it could be applied. Thanks to DNA testing and other new forensic technology we are finding people wrongfully convicted all the time. As much Muhammed might have deserved death there is the very real possibility that there are many out there who don't.
