@jmo Said
That seems like an emotional reaction, not a logical one. Putting someone to death just because they show no remorse or because what they did sickens you emotionally is not a legitimate reason.
If it was a member of your family you would not be the judge or jurer for that very reason. Emotions should not be involved at all.
But I wouldn't be the judge, that's just what I would want to happen if that happened to someone I love, of course I wouldn't have any decision in it, because I'm not a judge and of course I'd be emotional!!! Also, I think it is quite logical for some people, as we're all individuals who don't all believe the same thing, to think that is what justice would be for them.
'Putting someone to death just because they show no remorse or because what they did sickens you emotionally is not a legitimate reason.'
Also, if a large group of people, a jury, a judge or all 3 agree that it was a terrible act and the person has shown no remorse - think of the likes of Ian Huntley, Myra Hindley etc - why isn't that a legitimate reason, if it is unanimously agreed? If they have took an innocent life in the most sickening and tortorous ways, made an innocent person/people suffer in ways that we could not imagine, they have thought about it premediated it and played it in their heads to do this to innocent people with loved ones. What logical reason is there for keeping them alive? I wouldn't agree with another person physically doing the killing themselves, or going back to the days of hanging but by lethal injection, so they can get the slightest idea of the pain and suffering they caused to their victim(s), imo that seems very just. It's my opinion and I'm sticking to it, sometimes I wish I wasn't so cynical and could agree with you as it would probably portray me in a better light, a few years ago I probably would have but I've experienced firsthand what pure evil people can do, a colleague of mine got murdered a few years ago I won't even go into the horrors of what he did to that lovely woman who everyone loved (I know that's a cliche but it really was true for her, she didn't have a bad bone in her body and was so funny). Also, the amount of children I've treated at work that have had such abuse and atrocities caused to them has made me so cynical and hardened to this kind of thing and that I started to think it would be very just if someone would abuse the abusers to put them through the same thing - all of this is what's got me round to my opinions and way of thinking now - it's not just some shallow, narrow minded view.... So yeah there you go that's my opinion on how I personally feel about it, but obviously at the end of the day it's down to judge and jury anyway.