Injection of Reflection

It has nothing to do with vengance it's about getting rid of the "trash" the "violent" the people with no consideration for others. Too keep these monsters in jail without parole comes down to one thing our tax dollars going to these monsters. As far as "Minority defendats given the death penalty far more often than white defendants are" is a load, if you murder someone and it's proven, than that same fate should be
placed on them as well. All this talk about color of your skin determines death or life is crap it comes down to parenting!!!

I find it ironic that so many Christians seem to support the death penalty. It seems to me that anyone who had their supposed savior executed by the state might be hesitant to tolerate anyone else being forced into the same demise? Or is it that those who refuse to recognize the reality of their own mortality might be more comfortable in administering death? Well I have some tragic news for the born again crowd, in that death is real and absolute. Within the next few years I am sure we will have irrefutable proof of the execution of several innocent men, and it will be FASCINATING to watch them twist on the hook in avoiding the reality of their dogmatic requirement for the eternal damnation of all those who where involved. No one should ever be put to death when we are unsure if justice is being served, and we can never be sure because we are mortal, and their are no divine beings or books who can legitimize murder in ANY form.

Texans aren't relucant to sentence a convicted murderer to death any less. The percentage of death sentences dropped only because the Life without Parole option became available to jurors in 2005. Also, the statement that not many doctors are willing to participate is false. I saw a poll by the AMA in which over 50% of doctors were willing to participate if it wouldn't cause them to lose their license to practice medicine.

This article would lead a person to believe that everyone is innocent and there are no murderers, rapists and molesters in prison. What a couple of idiots! If you've never had a family member or friend murdered, then shut up! People say the death penalty isn't a deterrent? It sure is, that particular criminal will never kill again, I'd say that's the best deterrent!! You want to talk about expense, what about taxpayers keeping those criminals in prison with healthcare and tv and all the other stuff they get. While the people they've murdered are gone forever. You whiners need to meet up with one of these murderers that you defend on the street at night and see how sorry you feel for them when they are slitting your throat.

religion is about social control, morals for the ignorant, and enabeling horrible behaviour for those who pray for forgivness ,, hooey and PPC7 you are a religious kook and our country was not based on religion, it was based on freedom, religion sucks wind and shows ignorance

Yes, the Bible does say something about an eye for an eye. You a Christian in favor of capital punishment, PPC7? Here's what Jesus said:
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you." I take from this that Jesus was against capital punishment.

widgit you confuse self defense with murder. Vengence is Mine said the Lord Don't believe it? Wqit until you meet Him, He'll set you straight.

How is death a punishment? I find that argument ludicrous, since I can't reform my behavior if I'm dead. The Jesus analogy is faulty, since it also suggests that killing innocent people by the death penalty is somehow a good thing. It's also akin to saying there'd be no people on earth without incest, since Adam and Eve's children had to populate the planet.

And I wholeheartedly agree with liberal1947. They're pro-life for unwed, teenage mothers, but pro-death for murderers? Do I hear a double-standard?

Cruel and unusual? I wonder how the people they murdered felt while they were dying. Do you suppose those who have raped and murdered small children did so quickly and painlessly? Doctors a bit sqeamish? Give a crash medical course to a parent or wife of someone who has been killed by the bastards and I bet they dont mind injecting it. Dont like the chemical injections? Then lets put them to sleep like the dogs and cats left unclaimed at the pound!

Who am I? A mother of three. I lost someone I loved very much to a heartless killer out to get away with an armed robbery. All he had to do was run or walk away, but no....he chose to shoot a man to death and leave his loved ones with an empty place in their hearts and lives forever. His family can visit him and talk to him on the phone. His family can stand beside him as he appeals his sentence. His family can correspond in letters. All we have is a memory. Give me a needle and I will show him much more compassion that than he has shown us.

Give me a knife or a gun and I will show him the same mercy he gave others. This same man was let out of prison early before....after killing a man with a brick. Something about being reformed and good behavior...
I say execute and allow God to forgive or send straight to hell. Dont ask me to pay taxes to support a killer and pay for his medical bills, his food and his cable tv. Spend that money on our school system and medical care for the people who need it.

My personal belief is that lethal injection is being used to paralyze the inmate who is then taken behind the curtain and his eyes, organs, skin, etc are harvested while they are still alive. The inmates body is worth over one million dollars thus making this a very profitable venture indeed. China has been doing this for many years so why should we think it isn't being done in the U.S.? I have always felt the rush to execute is for profit motivations. Orders are put in by hospitals who bid on organs and other body parts so these orders have to be met by certain dates. The family of the inmate loses all rights to the body, the state owns the body and can part it out as they wish so it is in the states best interest to dispense of the inmate in a timely manner, resisting appeals that would interrupt profits and timelines.

Don't you just love the Christian Republican Doctrine that states, "Life begins at conception, and ends at execution."?

I believe if you take a life so cruely without thought for anyone except for your sole pleasure and it's beyond a reasonable doubt that you did in fact take a life, then yes I believe and am completely for the death penalty. I am sick of paying for these monsters to stay on death row, they are clothed, fed, and housed with our money. I believe that they should be executed the very next day or even that same day they were convicted. For the people who say that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment how about sitting back and looking at the crimes these monsters have committed. What about their victims who suffered? I personally don't care if these monsters feel pain or not....they should have thought before the deed was done. Eye for an eye......

My personal belief is that lethal injection is being used to paralyze the inmate who is then taken behind the curtain and his eyes, organs, skin, etc are harvested while they are still alive. The inmates body is worth over one million dollars thus making this a very profitable venture indeed. China has been doing this for many years so why should we think it isn't being done in the U.S.? I have always felt the rush to execute is for profit motivations.

I'm interested in knowing what happened to the prosecutors who were so willing to violate the civil rights of so many defendents over the years there in Dallas, TX. I mean this is not a surprise to me that these things go on, but I would really like to know if something was done about these people who were sworn officers of the court and law enforcement as well. This is also a clear example of what minorities, especially black, have been saying even to this day. I have a problem with the apparent willingness to deny individuals their due process. If there was fairness in the judicial and law enforcement system, I would support the death penalty. But not in it's present form. I would not be at all surprised at Bush's unwillingness to review a death penalty case, because his attitude is probably worse than Wade of Dallas, TX.