Capital Punishment

The following response is in regards to a fellow colleagues blog on the issue of capital punishment. Blog my be viewed at http://acitizensthoughts.blogspot.com/

Capital Punishment is and always will be a very controversial subject with the American public. There are many people that disagree with the use of capital punishment due to moral, religious, and the emotional effects. There are currently 34 states including Texas that allow executions. This form of punishment is used to penalize those who have committed horrifying crimes. I believe that this is a much-needed form of punishment that will make people think about there decisions. Along with bobby I believe John McAdams makes a bold and clear opinion that many can agree with when he said,” If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call." With that said I hope that this form of punishment stays in effect for along time.