The commandment that says "thou shalt not kill" should actually be rendered "thou shalt not murder". If someone did a crime that calls for the death penalty, they should die. The only problem with the death penalty is that it takes to long to actually get the deed done. It is more inhumane to drag it out for years rather than do it quickly.

First I would not take that job, I am conflicted about the vallue and morality of the death penalty to begin with. I am of the oppinion that such was being refered to when it was written, Vengance is mine sayeth the lord. But at the same time I would be lieing if I said I had never thought some one deserved to die for acts they had committed. If this person had raped and murdered your child? What say ye then?

I had a dream that I killed Osama Bin Laden and I felt guilty as, felt like I had commited murder.... My subconscious says it all. My answer is yes, it would feel as though.

Murder defined: To kill unlawfully. Execution defined: To kill lawfully.

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I will take that job and have no regrets. Even if the one who is lawfully sentenced, might be innocent. I still must do my duty as executioner under the law of the people. If the sentence was a mistake, that is not on my head, but on the head of the jury and judge, who should have made their decisions based on the hand of God. The law covers these things.

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*Job vs conscience*

"I would consider the scenario above as murder because you are still killing someone..."

From below is incorrect. execution is NOT murder they are actually absolute opposites of each other.

Death penelty should be unconditionally pardoned by congress, etc. I watched something on a channel on TV, and it was rating man-slaughter murderers and other criminals, and one man said something like 'I want the death penelty for the safety of others because once I get put in jail, I'll do everything I can to escape, including kill prison guards, and I'll get right back out on the street doing what I did before', and the judge asked what that was and he said, plain as day 'killing and raping little kids'. He got the death penelty for that, and requesting it.

If a person who is responsible for a crime admits it, and agrees to the death penelty, he should get it. ONLY IF YOU HAVE REAL, HARD CORE EVIDENCE AND PROOF AND THE INDIVIDUAL CONSENTS. If no consent is made, it's murder. If no consent is made, solitary confinement should be required for the safety of others. If the death penelty is consented to, the person administering the injection (which I think is the only form of death penelty besides hanging that should be allowed...the chair doesn't always kill and the torture of an individual should not be used, reguardless of the crime he/she's committed) should be unconditionally pardoned and have a clean slate.

We must remember, however, that people get out of jail every day, after being in for half of thier lives, because they are found not guilty.

Let's not put someone to death if they could possibley be innocent.

Yes. I see the death penalty as state-sanctioned murder. It's one of the characteristics of a modern society; that the state is the only "thing" that can legally murder someone.

I would consider the scenario above as murder because you are still killing someone, even if they have done something wrong. They are still a person. I think even if it was your job, you would feel guilty and horrible. You would go into life realising that you have killed someone and the guilt would stay with you forever. What do you think?