Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Death penalty
Read the article and comment: this guy is scheduled to die, even though seven out of nine witnesses who testified against him have recanted, or taken back what they said. Even Pope Benedict is weighing in. Why do you think the Supreme Court and Georgia are going ahead with the execution anyway?
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I hated reading this article. Every time people bring up the argument for and against the death penalty, I never know what side I belong to. If my life depended on it, I think that I would choose pro death penalty but after reading this article it put a face and name on this issue. I now believe that taking a life isn't a power any human should have. From the article I got the impression that there wasn't enough evidence to support the case against him and I believe that he shouldn't be killed. It seems like the Supreme Court doesn't want to go through another trial but that's seems to simple an excuse to not do. I think that they want to go on with the the execution because it was the murder of an officer, who works for the government and it seemed kinda personal. I got this impression because some witnesses were forced to say things by other officers and it would seem like that would be a logical excuse fro the Court to do so. But what I don't understand is why they would go ahead and do so when this case has been made so public that the pope and President Carter are voicing their opinions as well. It seems like that it would just reflect bad upon Georgia but someone could also argue that if they did back down, that they only did so because of the opinions of others and not the facts at hand. I still believe strongly form the information given that Mr. Davis shouldn't be killed and that if he does, people will realize the injustice that took place.
I am not shocked by the results of the Supreme Court to give Mr. David the death penalty. I think that the prosecutor and the judge have an agreement because even though the witnesses are taking back their testimonies and they still want to give David the death penalty, there is something wrong with case. I don't think that he should be given the death penalty. Mr.David has done his time. Even though I don't know much about this case, I still think that he is an innocent man. With this case being held in Georgia, I think this is a case of racism. Most likely the judge is white and the prosecutor is white, therefore, they are going to "have each others back". The family of the killed police officer would want to see anybody put into jail, I know I would. The family didn't witness the crime so they can't say for sure if Mr.David committed this crime. I think the death penalty should be used only if there is enough evidence proving that someone is guilty.
I think the death penalty is a tricky subject, I really can't say whether I am for or against the death penalty. After reading this article I thought it was strange that the prosecutors had no physical evidence or a murder weapon to present, yet he was found guilty. I also don't understand why the Supreme Court declined to her his appeal, especially after seven out of the nine witnesses took back their original testimony, with two of those witnesses claiming that they were pressured by the police to testify against Troy Davis. I also found it interested that Pope Benedict XVI and former president Jimmy Carter have challenged the fairness of the conviction. I find the situation overall to be unjust. I think that if Mr. Davis is killed, the people of Georgia, as well as people in other states, will see that an injustice has taken place and riots may occur.
First of all, I am both pro and against the death penalty. I'm pro about it because I think that people deserve a second chance. We're only human. People make mistakes. I mean, what if Mr. Davis didn't mean to shoot the person? People don't know what he was thinking at the time he shot the person.
But at the same time, I'm against the death penalty. Mr. Davis shot and killed someone. That's one of the Ten Commandments, "Thou shall not kill." God made people to love one another, not kill.
This article was sad kind of confusing I don't think the death penalty is a good idea because it kills a human life intentionally and in a scary way knowing they are going to die. Sometimes they can just be blame for something which didn't do it and die an you can do maybe they nothing about it. My opinion of the article was that their was not enough evidence it could had been someone else shooting the officer because shootings can happen quick maybe Mr. Davis was just nearby and got blame. I guess they were on the officer side because he has a job from the government which is an important job. I think executions can be unfair sometimes. I think he should not be kill he should get a lawyer and many supporters from his side and that believe in him.
This article was very interesting to read. Even though I don't know what or who to believe in. For the reason that I don't know why the man killed the officer. There aren't enough evidence to prove that it was him. However, even to this day there is still racism,so that is why the court might have said that he was guilty. But who am I to judge but only the man who killed the officer knows. They should give it more time and get deep into this case.
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