Tainted Love

Death inevitably comes to us all. Some experience death untimely because of actions that are beyond our control. When catastrophic events such as hurricanes, floods, or tornadoes arise we are not prepared for the number of people that are sometimes killed. Yet there are other times when other people take our lives and these murderers end up setting on death row for what seems like an eternity. But when you try to steer clear of having a personal opinion that is not too extremely jaded by our own personal belief system is extremely hard. When we intertwine our personal feelings about the ‘right and wrong’-ness of murder we start to run into a lot of red tape. This is especially true when it comes to the execution of ‘death-row inmates’.

These men and women are on death row for murder themselves. But the controversy lies in the dark corner of people’s mind when they try to figure out whether or not it is justice to kill a man or woman who has killed someone else. These people are sentenced to death and most of them are ready to die. This would seem like a formidable match but a lot of the people in society (and the government) are not agreeing on this matter.

Most people are confused about the justice that sitting in a jail cell wasting tax payers money for the average of 10 years that it takes for the court system to cancel out the appeals that come up over and over again. I can only imagine how impatient that a person can become, sitting in a cell waiting for the moment that they are supposed to die. Many men and women are doing what is been dubbed ‘volunteering’ so that they can go ahead and get their sentence carried out. They waive their appeals and ask for the death penalty to go ahead and be carried out.

In these situations some people are thinking whether or not justice is being carried out. Some believe that they are truly not punished enough just by letting their lives come to an end. Allowing them to sit and sulk in the misery that they have produced is a better way to punish them. Making them relive the days, nights and afternoons that they murdered people. Seeing the gory photographs and hearing the moaning and groaning of the families that they have destroyed.

But when a murder is committed, it affects more than just the accused. The family and friends of the victim is tortured with memories of their lives and tragic death. In my opinion a murderer on death row is not taken out of his misery by allowing his death to be early. I think that justice is truly served by taking the life of someone who purposely takes the life of another. Whether you are someone who believes in capital punishment and opposes the death penalty, or whether you are someone who embraces the fact of taking the life of someone who kills another human being…we all must agree that some sort of retribution has to take place. The mere disagreement that we all have is severity of the punishment that we think should be given to that individual.