Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act.
Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.
There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Criminals don't care what the law is.
If there's one crime for which there has to be a certainty of punishment, it is gun violence.
Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to you.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.