Tag Archive For "death penalty"
Rick Perry and the Value of Human Life
I am not a US citizen (though my wife is), so I can’t vote in the US presidential election anyway. And I support the death penalty in very limited circumstances. But I could not vote for Rick Perry, much as his conduct and policies are admirable in other areas, because it seems to me likely that …
On the Death Penalty
There are occasions when the death penalty may be the only way to protect the community from a particularly vicious criminal. There is also some evidence that states with the death penalty have lower rates of murder. So it is possible to make a pro-life argument in favour of the death penalty. The death penalty should be on …