Pros And Cons Of Capital Punishment
Good Afternoon, I am honored to be here, and I thank you for having me.
Today I would like to speak to you about a very controversial issue-
capital punishment. What do those two words mean to you? To most people
they mean a murder victims family receiving justice for their deceased.
Let me see a show of hands. How many people in the audience believe in the
death penalty? I conducted a weeklong survey of two hundred people of all
ages. The purpose was to see how many people believed in the death penalty
and how many opposed it. My results are shown on this overhead.
As you can clearly see, 98% believe in the death penalty. 57% believe that
the death penalty is a deterrent for ...
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that capital punishment is
wrong. "I invite you to look at a picture of Timothy McVeigh and to
forgive him," said Miller. "If we profess to be Christians, then we are
called to love and forgive." Once the sermon ended, Rev. Miller, Clinton,
and their wives got together for brunch at the Sweet Life Cafi.
What the Rev. did not know was that 24-year-old Jeremy T Charron; an Epsom
New Hampshire police officer was gunned down in cold blood just hours
before Miller's sermon on forgiving murderers. That Sunday marked
Charron's 44th day as a full time police officer, the job he dreamed of
since he was 6 years old.
Jeremy Charron leaves behind his parents, two sets of grandparents, two
sisters, two brothers, a wide circle of friends, and a girlfriend whose
engagement ring he had begun to shop for. Maybe the Reverend Miller would
advise those grieving for Charron to look at pictures of Gordon Perry, the
robber accused of pumping the bullets into Charron's heart, and 18 year ...
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brim with such pity for criminals that they have none left over for the
victims. "Forgive Timothy McVeigh," he says, as if we have that right.
Absolve the man who slaughtered 168 innocent men, women, and children in
Oklahoma City. Pardon the killer of Officer Charron. Nothing could be more
sinful and indecent. How sad that Miller, enjoying his brunch with the
president at the Sweet Life Cafi, should lack compassion for the sweet life
of others.
Executions at U.S. prisons reached a 40- year high last year. There are
going to be more executions in the future as these cases are speeded up, as
a result of federal and state laws shortening the appeal process. I would
now like to direct ...
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