Cruel and Unusual?
In class today, we discussed the 1976 case Gregg v. Georgia, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is NOT cruel and unusual punishment. Individual states, however, may decide whether or not to impose the death penalty as a punishment for their worst offenders. Illinois currently is investigating its own death penalty system, as it has imposed a moratorium on executions. What are your thoughts? Do you believe that the death penalty IS cruel and unusual? What should Illinois do to either revamp or eliminate its death penalty system?
posted by JLBinChicago @ 12:51 PM
1 Comments:
I agree that death penalty is morally wrong. But I think, in some cases, the really henious criminals must've commited horrible horrible crimes that no way on earth could be forgiven, by then they've already given up the right to live. From the beginning, the person should know his conduct would lead him to death. If they want to die, why not grant it to them? Personally, I hate to see any human being die for whatever reason, so I wish the criminals could choose between life imprisonment and death, but is this possible?
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