It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
If people want to take their lives and are helped to do so, the punishment is tragic for all concerned.
In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.
You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!
Very few of us playing a murderer will actually have killed someone.
I don't have to see a murder in order to condemn murder.
Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens.
There are all sorts of ways of murdering a person or at least his soul, and that's something no police in the world can spot.