Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.
It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.