Death Penalty

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root said:
I have nothing against killing murderers as "an eye for an eye". Again, the problem is innocent people do not deserve to die for murders they never commited. To kill the deserving is to accept we kill the undeserving.
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To free the deserving is to accept that they will go on to kill the undeserving.

Personally I think I am at more risk of a freed killer, having served his time, than of the State arresting me and executing me unjustly.
 
root said:
I have nothing against killing murderers as "an eye for an eye". Again, the problem is innocent people do not deserve to die for murders they never commited. To kill the deserving is to accept we kill the undeserving.
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That's what trials are for brother. You have to have witnesses and evidence. Plus in Islam, if the killing is unintentional, the killer is either freed or has to pay blood-money. If he did it intentionaly, he still has a chance that the family will forgive him and he is free. If he is executed, then Allah forgives him for the murder since he was punished by execution in this life.
Seems like a pretty good deal for the killer don't you?
 
To free the deserving is to accept that they will go on to kill the undeserving.
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hhmmm, I accept your point. Jailing a murderer and jailing innocently accused murderers is at least acceptable since you can free an innocent man. You cannot bring an innocent man back from death.

Personally I think I am at more risk of a freed killer, having served his time, than of the State arresting me and executing me unjustly.
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I disagree. Firstly, most murders (excluding terrorism) are killed for a specific reason and are not simply random killings though random killings are present. We have murderers in the UK who will never see freedom again because the risk to the public is too great, however society must draw a balance.
 
That's what trials are for brother. You have to have witnesses and evidence
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Have you never heard of "mis-carriage of justice" and thier is not a single justice system in the world including Islamic law that can protect it's citizens 100% from error.

The "Birmingham 6" undoubtly would ALL have been executed had a death penalty be in place, and this is the tip of the iceburg

http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/birmingham6/
 
root said:
Have you never heard of "mis-carriage of justice" and thier is not a single justice system in the world including Islamic law that can protect it's citizens 100% from error.
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I agree brother. Nothing is 100% accurate. We should also ask: How many are acccurate? Aren't 99.9 % of murder cases correct and accurate ? More importantly, we also have to protect the other innocent civilians called the victims. And the only way to do so, is by implemeting the death penalty. You kill, you are also killed. Period. Why do you think countries or states that implement the strict death penalty have a far less murder rate?

Besides if you let a murderer live and send him to jail, he poses a threat to other in mates like thieves, and other less dangerous people. How many times did we hear about a murderer murdering while he/she serving his/her sentence? Plus how many times have we heard about a murderer who served his time and murdered again?
 

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