Your Opinions, and I know You have them, On the Death Penalty
I’m really torn on this, and I would like to know how you feel. When
it comes to the death penalty, I tend to lean in favor of it for some
crimes. However, if I were on a jury, I’m not sure I could vote in
favor of giving the death penalty, but if a member of my family were
murdered, I think I would be in favor of the death penalty as a means of
punishment.
Pope Francis, on his recent visit to the United States, encouraged
us, as a country, to get rid of the death penalty. He even wrote a
letter to the state of Georgia asking for mercy in the case of Kelly
Kissander, who had been on death row for 18 years and was finally
executed last night. This case is another reason why I am torn.
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I believe Scripture supports the use of the death penalty (e.g. Romans 13).
ReplyDeleteRead Gen.9:5-6 and Romans 13:4. This new position against the death penalty by the last three Popes is non infallible. Popes cannot override scripture. St. John Paul II did no research on data worldwide. After his day the UN gave world murder rates. Catholic non death penalty northern Latin America including Brazil and Mexico ( the two largest Catholic countries ) is the worst murderous area of the globe...Africa with few death penalties is second worst. The safest area on earth is largely non Christian
ReplyDeleteeast Asia. These last three Popes only looked at Europe which is safe due to being over whelmingly middle class...with or without a death penalty. But wherever there is large poor populations, the death penalty is pro life and no death penalty is anti life.