A man kills his three of his children and his half-sister. Does he deserve death? Maybe yes, maybe no. Does he deserve death via the electric chair? Absolutely not.
Whether or not you agree with capital punishment, the thought of being electrocuted to death makes a person cringe. I do not feel that anyone deserves to be killed in that fashion. Personally, I believe that the death penalty is a necessity, as it is the ultimate punishment for people who have abused the rules of society to the most extreme degree. However, despite my belief that the death penalty is necessary I cannot condone the electric chair being used as an execution method.
The interesting part of this story and the reason that human activist groups did not pick up this story and publicize it aggressively is that the convicted murdered actually enacted his freedom to choose between lethal injection and the electric chair, a freedom which was taken away in 1999. Thankfully, the right to choose your own method of death was removed some years ago and this man, by his own choice, was tone of the few criminals subjected to such a cruel ending.
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I like the point of view of this comment, and I agree with it. What that man did to other people ahould be punished but not in that form. Men and government are not allowed to play with the life of another individual, and that should be judged by God. The State should have punished this man with years in prison or life sentence, but never taking his life.
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