Originally Posted by
LLama
Life in jail, no parole, fine. The point of punishment isn't to kill, it's to rehabilitate. The person had no right to take your grandfather's life, but no one has a right to take his life either. Let him sit in jail, and think long and hard of what he did... maybe he will truly change and can help others... managing a library or something in there... Maybe he won't, and he'll die after a long life of mental torture. I'm all for life in jail, I'm not for the death penalty though. Taking someones life crosses the line of punishment.
You must understand also, people are the way they are because of their background. If you had lived the life of the guy that shot your grandfather, had been taught no different, had been used/abused so much you had no value for others lives, had no parents possibly, maybe you could kill an innocent person also.
The early developmental stages of a child can REALLY screw them up at the core. All children aren't given the same chance, and those less fortunate typically never do well. Lots of people never had a chance from the beginning. Sure, as an adult, it's our responsibility to make choices... but if you're mentally abused, or just in an awful environment as a child, you usually aren't capable of making good judgement.... you're capable of survival instict, and that's it... almost like animals in a way. Please, try to sympathize for people and understand them.
I completely understand, and I really hate things like that. I understand that things in a child's life sriously plays a role in what they do. But what about the ones that aren't like that? How do you know? If you make a decision in your life to kill someone, 99% of the time they know what is going on. Do you think people are going to kill more people if they know they aren't going to live?
My neighbor told me a story once where he had a friend that was fired from his job and was in huge debt. He was also having problems with his wife. He looked for a job for a long time but could not find one. He told my neighbor once that it was funny because you could kill someone and live the rest of your life unbothered, worry free, and fed. He later killed his wife and acted like it wasn't his fault and he didn't mean too. My neighbor said he knew what happened. To get out of debt and become worry free, he killed his wife and went to jail. Never had to work or do anything again.