Should The Death Penalty Be Banned?

   Al Jazeera on many occasions will pose a question to its readers and then post their comments.

   Here's a question which was asked after Saddam Hussein was hanged in December of last year.

Do you think the death penalty should be banned?

Added: Friday, 23 February 2007

I as a human being believe that killing others is not making justice, but being vengeful, and that is wrong. I am against the death penalty. Jail is better. Everyone deserves the opportunity to change, and to have a second chance to correct what they did wrong. We must be merciful as our creator is merciful.

fimime, Chicago, USA

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Added: Wednesday, 21 February 2007

Well, you have to admit that the death penalty had deterred the executed from murdering again. I think this principle was valid for Saddam the man.' Unquote; My take on this is, that, then this principle is also valid for Bush/Blair and their zionist collaborators both in America/Europe and the illegal zionist entity in the ME, for cheating and lying to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent muslims. I challenge you to answer what punishment you propose for these war criminals, enough to deter them from committing murder again?

azzi, mumbai, India

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Added: Tuesday, 20 February 2007

The death penalty was a perfect form of punishment that held up justice high in the past. But in todays world it has been subjected to extreme misuse, especially in corrupt countries. The time is right to ban the death penalty which may accidentally silence a victim of todays corruption forever.

S.H. Raja, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Added: Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 11:19 AM Mecca time, 08:19 AM GMT

I firmly believe the death penalty should be banned. The Almighty, who was, is, and will be until eternity, created the earth and all that is in it. Since human beings can't create life, so we have no right to destroy it. When it comes to ex-president Saddam Hussein and his friends who were found guilty of crimes against the Iraqi people they should have got life sentence, combined with hard labour.

Ricardo-Germany, Cologne, Germany

 

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