As a Christian you believe that all life is sacrosanct but to be honest majority of these monsters on death row have no remorse about the pain they inflict. Listen to these guys on death row. It’s all about them, how they feel about being executed and how it’ll affect their loved ones. The irony. It didn’t matter when it was them doing the killing but now that it’s their turn to be executed, they suddenly get an epiphany that murder brings alot of pain. Btw many die denying their role in the crime. Like the guy executed last week, on his death bed he was denying the fact that he tortured and killed his 2 yo daughter over child support. He was called Bourgeois.
There’s the mental torture of waiting for your death. Especially when you know the exact date and time.
Its poetic justice. The people they killed weren’t expecting or waiting for death. They have to wait and think about it 24’7. For 12,20 or more years. Appeal and plead for their lives until they exhaust all their opitions and have all their hopes dashed. This is the most fitting punishment ever.
It’s human and easy to get sentimental about people when they are in captivity, because they seem defenceless then, even harmless. Some women on death row may even look lovable due to physical beauty. But be not fooled: as a rabid dog that mauls children is not a pet anymore, so is a murderer or a rapist–he ceases to act as a normal person, and to deserve to be treated normally, because he has become an enemy to humanity by not showing mercy to an innocent victim. The same way a mad dog tears a child to pieces mercilessly, one shouldn’t hesitate to hang or shoot it. Yeah, I know it sounds extremely harsh, but we all get to have only one chance at life on earth. If someone takes away yours unprovoked, they ought to forfeit theirs, and let God sort it out. There are hard decisions that people must make to protect life, and to live as people. Execute them and forget they lived.