Captial Punishment
...ry, might find himself trapped in cages hung up in public places where others could observe his slow death. Right before being pronounced dead, he was taken down and quartered until the pain finally killed him. Another weird punishment was the brank, also known as the bride's scold. The brank was a punishment enacted on women who gossiped or spoke too freely. It was a large iron framework placed on the head of the offender, forming a type of cage. There was a metal strip on the brank that fit into the mouth and was either sharpened to a point or covered with spikes so that any movement of the tongue was certain to cause severe injuries to the mouth. The woman was then led by a city official through the streets of town by a chain, then usually tied to a whipping post or pillory to stand in view of the cruel and verbally abusive public. “According to the film Punishment” Nowadays these torture devices seem cruel and heartless, but in the sixteenth century cruel punishment was a normal everyday thing. Under the Tudors, torture flourished throughout England. The result was a country living in fear of being the next victims. But that came to be desensitizing to the public eye, and once something becomes immoral to the publics eye things are changed. Although a public execution deters crime somewhat, statistics still show that the same crimes are being committed over and over again. In every generation the people get weaker and wiser. One must realize that everyone that looks at punishment doesn’t see the same consequence, some look at the person as a martyr and are inspired by the punishes act and tries to do something remotely similar, for their own self serving gratification. “Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime? Mark Constanzo” Although some people look at executions as entertainment and eventually a profitable business as time goes on, it’ll be just like going to the theater. Oh! We had that back in the day also (theater in which ones supposed to die within the play and is placed on stage and killed when his part comes around. Torture and Punishment keeps the next man in line for a while. Capital punishment protects public safety much more effectively than does life in prison without parole. Convicts serving life sentences can still kill guards and other Inmates. Moreover, convicts who escape often commit murder other violent acts against innocent people. When a murderer is sentenced to life without parole, it does not mean that he will carry out that entire sentence, the average prison sentence served for homicide is five years and eleven months. Laws and parole boards change over the years and convicted murderers serving life may suddenly be eligible for parole. While a murderer is alive, there is always the chance that he or she will murder or harm an innocent person again. Although theirs always that slim chance that he won’t?? There’s many ways to look at Capital Punishment and one must see that sometimes through the eyes of some it glorifies murder and sends a message that it’s okay to take ones life for doing harm to another. “Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime? Wesley Lowe.” Agape, Christian love, is unconditional. It does not depend on the worthiness or merit of those to whom it is directed. It is persistent in seeking the good of others regardless of whether they return the favor or even deserve to be treated well on the basis of their own incessant wrongdoing. An ideal community would be made up of free and equal citizens devoted to a balance between individual self-fulfillment and the advancement of the common good. Communal life would be based on mutual love in which equality of giving and receiving was the norm of social practice. Everyone would contribute to the best of ability and each would receive in accordance with legitimate claims to available resources. “Just Revenge, Mark Costanzo” What would a community based on this kind of love do with those who committed brutal acts of terror, violence, and murder? Put negatively, it would not live by the philosophy of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life." It would act to safeguard the members of the community from further destruction. Those who had shown no respect for life would be restrained, permanently if necessary, so that they could not further endanger other members of the community. But the purpose of confinement would not be vengeance or punishment. Rather an ideal community would show mercy even to those who had shown no mercy. It would return good for evil. The aim of isolation is reconciliation and not revenge. Agape never gives up. It is ever hopeful that even the worse among us can be redeemed so that their own potential contribution to others can be realized. Opportunities for confronting those who had been hurt most could be provided to encourage remorse and reconciliation. If a life has been taken, no full restitution can be made, of course, but some kind of service to the community might be required as a way of partially making amends. I know I’m trying to live in an unrealistic world, but it would be a nice place to truly live and a raise a family. “Is the Death Penalty Fair” Ones mentalities belong to history, reflecting upon ones willingness to deal with a person that exhibits undesirable behavior in one way or the other. The way one acts is determined from the society in which he’s adapted too. In olden days publicity and infliction were the two elements used as far as the penal system is concerned. The Discovery of the Asylum and the inflicting of pain are all in the same, once placed in a room with no one to converse with and on the other hand pain inflicted upon your body and then you’re left to hang, lay or just die there is hard for one to endure and still stay sane. “According to ...