Death penalty kills guilty life, abortion kills innocents..Pro believes in death penalty not abortio

Sorry it took me so long to respond…finals week. Anyways, here I go. 1.While I understand that you may feel that the death penalty is somewhat hypocritical, you must realize that some life is more valuable than others. It is a terrible thing to say, but is the driving force of civilization since the dawn of society. The force drives consistently because it is true. Since biblical times it is seen that the death penalty existed "Whoever sheds man's blood by man his blood shall be shed" (Genesis 9:6). Straying away from Bible, Jean Jacque Rousseau wrote an in depth essay on the Social Contract. "Again every rogue who severely attacks social rights becomes, by his wrong, a rebel and a traitor to his homeland. By breaking its laws, he ceases to be one of its citizens: he even wages war against it. In such circumstances, the state and he cannot both be saved: one or the other must perish. In killing the criminal, we destroy not so much a citizen as an enemy." He describes the most important part of the death penalty; criminals are enemies. They give up their rights once they decide to break the law. When they decide to take life, they become less valuable and more hazardous to society. We must protect the most people as we can. It is the basic principle of utilitarianism. If we fail to help the greatest number possible, than we fail as a society. Sometimes it is a harsh reality, but killing is necessary. 2.The criminals that are killed are not contributing members of society. We are not killing anything but the potential for more crime. The average inmate on death row has an 11th grade education, 8% have been convicted of prior homicide, and 65% prior felonies. Those numbers are far to high for my comfort. We are talking about guilty criminals being convicted by a jury of their peers, who find them too dangerous and unfit for life. Something must be said for our Justice system. Innocent life must be held at a higher value than that of a dangerous criminal. "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" (John McAdams). 3.There are three main problems with a life sentence as opposed to the death penalty; escape, living above their means, and the potential for more crime. The average death row inmate is held in a medium security prison. Though it is rare, there has been death row inmates who have escaped. It is a risk to have the possibility of a killer on the streets. Think if Saddam Hussein would have been put in jail for life. Don't you think that Al Qaeda would have gone to great lengths to free him? Next, criminals who are extremely wealthy, i.e. drug lords or mob bosses, can bribe guards and live a decent life in prison walls. They can have all of the luxuries of home, comforts that are undeserved. Finally, if a murderer is kept in a medium security prison it would be easily achievable for them to kill another inmate. Don't confuse in believing the death penalty for every crime with that of when it is necessary. Moving on to abortion… I do see where you are coming from. I think that we just have different ideas on how circumstances should be handled. You do seem to disagree with abortion though, am I correct in saying that? I firmly believe in taking responsibility for your actions. If a young girl or woman gets pregnant, than they have an obligation to that new life. That obligation should not stop at birth, though for many, it does. If you can not raise a child our government has ways of helping with that. To give life is a woman's most powerful gift. To destroy that gift serves only to demean female populous. I am not female, so I certainly can't speak from experience. Only my convictions, which I hold firmly. Once again sorry it took so long to respond. Let me know if I need to clear anything up. As far as abortion goes I think we stand on the same platform as far as the execution of the act goes, only the law remains in speculation. And I agree, there is always much more than a check in a box to describe your beliefs.