Wholly with you on this, Julie. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Do you know the passage in the Idiot where Dostoevsky explains why the death penalty is more cruel than other killings? His view was shaped by having faced a firing squad
Hi Julie Thanks for your article as always. I have a question though:
What do you think about serial killers like Clifford Olson in Canada who murdered 11 children between the ages of 11 and 18 and was in prison from 1982 until he died in 2011. It costs approximately $115, 000 per day for each prisoner, which of course is paid by the tax payer. There is an extreme shortage of money for rape relief centres and, if we actually started to offer exiting programs in Canada for prostituted people, some of that money could be used for that. What do you think about if there is absolutely no doubt (re: the serial killer killed at least 2 people) and they show no remorse, as with the case of Olson? Then of course there is also Robert Pickton, Investigators ultimately found the remains or DNA of 33 woman at Pickton's pig farm. He was convicted of murdering six women, and charged in the deaths of 20 more ... all of these women were impoverished, drug addicted, prostituted women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Julie, I understand your aversion to the death penalty. But I am unswayed by arguments about cost effectiveness, rehabilitation, recivitism. No one whose loved one was murdered in such a way as to invoke the death penalty should have one penny of his or her tax money go to fund that killer. But my main reason is that I know that criminal’s death means he will not be killing other innocent people. And I could care less about his rehabilitation.
Not sure why you brought up Rosalie Bolin in arguing against execution. Never heard of her heretofore. Bolin walked out on her husband and four daughters to marry a man on execution row. She thought she was signaling her virtue and the righteousness of her beliefs. No, she signaled her lunacy! In doing so, she bolstered people’s belief that those against the death penalty do not care about the victims and their families. Bolin doe not bolster your anti capital position.
I am on the fence with capital punishment. I would reserve it for the most heinous, premeditated crimes, like those committed by Lucy Letby. She merits execution, in my opinion.
"The death penalty is an example of calculated, cold-blooded, premeditated murder. As a feminist who has spent my entire adult life campaigning to eradicate violent crimes towards women and children...".
It may surprise you to learn that I, too, am against the death penalty for a number of reasons. But you could (and I would) replace "The death penalty" in your first sentence with "Abortion". It would be equally true.
The WHO estimates that around 75 MILLION abortions are carried out every year, and there's no end in sight for the largest genocide the world has ever seen, strongly supported by feminists.
The number of abortions carried out in the UK is at an all-time high - 210,000+ p.a. - 56 years after the Abortion Act 1967. More than 10 million unborn children have been killed in the UK alone. Every one of the victims is innocent, which is more than can be said for most of those sentenced to the death penalty.
Wholly with you on this, Julie. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Do you know the passage in the Idiot where Dostoevsky explains why the death penalty is more cruel than other killings? His view was shaped by having faced a firing squad
Hi Julie Thanks for your article as always. I have a question though:
What do you think about serial killers like Clifford Olson in Canada who murdered 11 children between the ages of 11 and 18 and was in prison from 1982 until he died in 2011. It costs approximately $115, 000 per day for each prisoner, which of course is paid by the tax payer. There is an extreme shortage of money for rape relief centres and, if we actually started to offer exiting programs in Canada for prostituted people, some of that money could be used for that. What do you think about if there is absolutely no doubt (re: the serial killer killed at least 2 people) and they show no remorse, as with the case of Olson? Then of course there is also Robert Pickton, Investigators ultimately found the remains or DNA of 33 woman at Pickton's pig farm. He was convicted of murdering six women, and charged in the deaths of 20 more ... all of these women were impoverished, drug addicted, prostituted women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
you are such a powerful writer. thank you, once again for your research, your bravery, your big huge brain and your wonderful way with words.
Julie, I understand your aversion to the death penalty. But I am unswayed by arguments about cost effectiveness, rehabilitation, recivitism. No one whose loved one was murdered in such a way as to invoke the death penalty should have one penny of his or her tax money go to fund that killer. But my main reason is that I know that criminal’s death means he will not be killing other innocent people. And I could care less about his rehabilitation.
Not sure why you brought up Rosalie Bolin in arguing against execution. Never heard of her heretofore. Bolin walked out on her husband and four daughters to marry a man on execution row. She thought she was signaling her virtue and the righteousness of her beliefs. No, she signaled her lunacy! In doing so, she bolstered people’s belief that those against the death penalty do not care about the victims and their families. Bolin doe not bolster your anti capital position.
I am on the fence with capital punishment. I would reserve it for the most heinous, premeditated crimes, like those committed by Lucy Letby. She merits execution, in my opinion.
Julie, you write:
"The death penalty is an example of calculated, cold-blooded, premeditated murder. As a feminist who has spent my entire adult life campaigning to eradicate violent crimes towards women and children...".
It may surprise you to learn that I, too, am against the death penalty for a number of reasons. But you could (and I would) replace "The death penalty" in your first sentence with "Abortion". It would be equally true.
The WHO estimates that around 75 MILLION abortions are carried out every year, and there's no end in sight for the largest genocide the world has ever seen, strongly supported by feminists.
The number of abortions carried out in the UK is at an all-time high - 210,000+ p.a. - 56 years after the Abortion Act 1967. More than 10 million unborn children have been killed in the UK alone. Every one of the victims is innocent, which is more than can be said for most of those sentenced to the death penalty.
Mike Buchanan
JUSTICE FOR MEN & BOYS
http://j4mb.org.uk