tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post4665524955256973796..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: The Devaluation of Life in New Jerseyprincipled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-483562213175714322008-01-02T21:04:00.000-05:002008-01-02T21:04:00.000-05:00ronpaulmountainbiker;There are certainly legitimat...ronpaulmountainbiker;<BR/><BR/>There are certainly legitimate reasons for opposing the death penalty. <BR/><BR/>The possibility of executing an innocent person is a serious concern and, in my opinion, the only valid one for opposing the death penalty. The issues involved here are legal ones and belong to the field of law, which I did not address in my post.<BR/><BR/>Life behind bars may indeed be worse than death for some. But <EM>justice</EM>, not the suffering of the convicted, should be the basis for any criminal sentence. I.E., the punishment should fit the crime.<BR/><BR/>But the abolition of the death penalty in New Jersey was based primarily on humanitarian, not practical, grounds. It is this that I object to. Hence, my response. <BR/><BR/>My argument was strictly a moral defense of capital punishment.principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-38030026407146175002008-01-01T20:52:00.000-05:002008-01-01T20:52:00.000-05:00According to the innocence project, there are ofte...According to the innocence project, there are often people wrongfully convicted. <BR/>It can take a long time to prove that those people were wrongfully convicted. With an active death penalty, sometimes a buried corpse is all that is left to exonerate. <BR/>To me, a life behind bars is worse than no life. In prison I imagine there is no freedom, life is ruined.<BR/>I think it is more important to value the life of the wrongfully convicted than to value executing prisoners.RonPaulMountainBikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649083053894354414noreply@blogger.com