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I will just say that I believe very strongly in justice and consequences, but that are brought along by non-violent means. Call me a "tree-hugger," call me an idealist, call me a fool, I can live with those but there are some things that my concious would never let me live with...
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This is a commendable attitude, it however, is not the predominant attitude in our society. When you have responded to crime scenes and seen first hand what depravity the human species is capable of...your attitude towards the monsters of the world might change. When you have tried to save victims only to watch them die, you may feel differently. There are some souls (or people that lack them) that are not worth saving. What it comes down to for me, is does the criminals life have any redeeming value? The answer in most cases is yes, in this
particular instance....I don't know, I'm glad I'm not the judge.
It costs an average of 49.00 per day to house an inmate in the state of Florida. There are some people with sentences that do not warrant spending the money.
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It is something I struggle with quite a bit but I just feel that killing a man, any man, is and always will be murder, no matter who that man is or what he has done.
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I personally would appreciate if you would retract or clarify this comment. I have, during my career, come very close to killing 3 people (3 seperate incidents), each time I would have been totally justified, but opportunities for other solutions provided themselves before the trigger was pulled. Had those opportunities not arisen, I would not have been a murderer. Every human has a basic right to protect themselves and there loved ones (and any other human for that matter) with deadly force, if the situation calls for it. If I walk in on a man raping your mother and I shoot him, he dies...am I a murderer? I realize this was (probably) simply a short sighted comment on your part, but it hits close to home.