re when are two people married in god s e jblanken ccat sas upenn edu james r blankenship writes the only reason for the death penalty is revenge if you are going to try to refute a position try to refute the whole position or acknosledge that you are only speaking to small piece of the problem broad sweeping the only reason etc on as tough nut to crack as the death penalty reallly doesn t help much every year the fbi releases crime stats showing an overwhelming amount of crime is committed by repeat offenders people are killed by folks who have killed who knows how many times before how aobut folks who are for the death penalty not for revenge but to cut down on recidivism your point is well taken i acknowledge the fact that there are some who take this position sorry about that of course i still believe that the vast majority of those who favor the death penalty do so for reason of seeking vengeance i m curious if you favor the death penalty to keep killers from killing again what do you think we should do with people who commit other crimes such as rape or robbery isn t it the muslims who cut your hand off if you re caught stealing
