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I support the death penalty but this video is challenging my thoughts about outlawing it in countries where the criminal does not have the "protections" our nation has.
I found this video very unsettling to watch.
There is nothing gory or graphic in this video.
It is of two middle eastern men talking about their jobs.
I support the death penalty but this video is challenging my thoughts about outlawing it in countries where the criminal does not have the "protections" our nation has.
I found this video very unsettling to watch.
There is nothing gory or graphic in this video.
It is of two middle eastern men talking about their jobs.
View it with an open mind.
What do you think?
As long as there is a death penalty, ANYWHERE, there will be people that have to carry it out. Not a job I would want but I do understand where these men are coming from, in that they do not take thier job personally. It is their JOB and the government is the employeer, same applies in this nation. Yes, we still have some growning to do as a species, we cannot claim to be a finished product so long as we continue to kill eachother, I wonder if we will ever evolve to that point before we kill ourselves off.
Casper
I found that I was disturbed by their view of executing people as just another job. Though I realize that they believe what they are doing is right, it still gives me a chill to think that their children want to grow up to be executioners.
The discussion of the lack of distinction between the different kinds of "killing" made me wonder how far we will go in this country. I don't think that we will get to that point of nondifferentiation in crimes/actions causing the death of another, but the protections that help keep up from executing too many innocent people are being eroded, year by year. At what point do they cease to be protections at all?
Two more men cleared of rape, decades after the fact. This comes on top of a case a week ago, where a man was cleared 30 years after being convicted after and spending 8 years in prison.
This is the reason that this site exists: to highlight the injustices emanating from wrongful rape claims; to give voice to the wrongfully accused. For 30 years a man has been labeled a rapist, spent time in prison, and likely has lost friends and family, not to mention his good name, his dignity, his honor and his self respect. All for something he did not do.
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Over and over again it happens.
The innocence project estimates a full third of the men doing prison time for stranger rape, that's rape where the victim didn't know the attacker beforehand, are innocent. DNA testing is bearing this out. A full third and here most of us should view one in a thousand as unacceptable.
Men were routinely sentenced to death for rape 100 years ago. Makes one wonder.
I support the death penalty but this video is challenging my thoughts about outlawing it in countries where the criminal does not have the "protections" our nation has.
What protections? We torture and execute innocent people all the time..and many^^^ have excused/justified it..We can't "outlaw"/critisize something in another country that we do right here. That's the whole point of ending torture and closing Gitmo. This is a total pot calling kettle situation. President Cheney and company surrendered the high moral ground.
Interesting video. I understand these men are doing their "jobs" and go about it in a professional and calculated manner as to not bring any un-needed pain and suffering to the subject (as if having a body part lopped off in any manner won't hurt a little). But what blows me away is the "bring your kid to work day" thing that seems to be celebrated. To me, it is blood lust and nothing more. I get it that our cultures are light years apart, but watching a human head beaing chopped off, even if it is a convicted murderer is something no one should be forced to see, let alone want to see. Wow, is all I can say.
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