If you believe in the death penalty, could you do the job.

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I do believe in the death penalty in certain cases. When there is zero doubt and for certain crimes. As an example, Rose West and Wayne Couzens, wouldn’t be against them getting the death penalty.
I couldn’t be the one to kill them though, mainly because of the idea that there is a heaven/hell.. I’m not sure, I murdered someone but it was my job to do so would matter, I’d just be judged as a murderer.

There are so many examples of hardened soldiers who either couldn’t kill when the moment came, or who did kill and suffered horrendous mental health issues afterwards. Asking the OP’s question on an internet forum is kind of pointless - plenty of people claim they could execute someone whilst they’re at home having a cup of tea and scrolling on the internet. The actual reality is wildly different.

Blimey, that’s pretty shocking. You’d honestly be ok with killing someone yourself if you were 80% sure they were guilty?

So I guess if someone you loved was executed despite their innocence, you’d accept that as just one of those things.

Yes, I believe I could if necessary.

I am opposed to the death penalty, but I couldn't do it. I have withdrawn medical care from dying patients, so I know I can take action that makes death inevitable (although by that point it has been decided that death is inevitable anyway), but I couldn't actively bring about the death of an otherwise healthy individual.

I do hope the executioner is being looked after. I can't imagine how awful it must have been to be trying to place needles and having the condemned person trying to help you decide where to put the needle so you could kill them more efficiently. Or to see that your IV line was badly placed and it didn't work.

It's awful on so very many levels.

I think I could. But only if it’s 100% deserved

I don’t think anyone would know unless they were in that position. If somebody had done something terrible to my child? I think yes I absolutely could.

The problem with that is that ‘deserved’ is subjective. Humans are the only ones who can decide whether something is deserved, and humans have got quite a lot of form for not all being agreement with each other all the time.

The people charged with killing Christa Pike weren't up to the job.

But surely the only person I’d have to agree with, would be myself?

i would say No in general,i would not harm anyone.but if someone caused serious harm to a loved one of mine.i think i would be okay with administering there death..

Bugger that. No.

No one has the right to make me a murderer.

Well no, executions are decreed by the criminal justice system, not the executioner, obviously.

Absolutely not.

I’ve been horrified by the Christa Pike story. I just fundamentally cannot rationalise the idea that killing someone intentionally as a punishment can ever be ok.

For me it is so unbelievably simple - either killing someone is wrong or it isn’t. I can’t make the logic work that it’s ok sometimes, but only when the state does it.

I’ve thought about this ever since I heard they were going to execute her. Of course of course of course she’s done something awful. And of course, if it was my child she’d murdered, I’d want vengeance and retribution. I think that’s only human

But for me, the state is a way to regulate the worst parts of human behaviour, not amplify them. Just because I’d want vengeance doesn’t make it right.

So no, the idea that I could be the person in charge of killing another person, on purpose, is an abomination to me

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When Dad had a huge stroke, the doc asked me the one question I’d always dreaded ‘do you want us to try to save him regardless’.

I said no, cos I don’t think he’d have wanted that - he wouldn’t have liked it. He’d been fading & lost interest in life for some months, and his dementia wasn’t great. He was dapper, in his prime.

And my aunt, a very good doc, had said no to last-Ditch rescues generally too.

When the hosp said shortly afterwards ‘there’s nothing we can do’ I was beyond relieved it hadn’t been my decision.

Dad had a superb hospice care death with all the family round him & me telling him we loved him and that he’d wake up in a lovely garden.

But I’m so relieved it wasn’t my call in the end.

Yes I believe I could because I am very good at compartmentalising. That doesn't mean I don't have feelings though.

I think the death penalty turns the murderer into a victim. Christa Pike's victim is the one people should have sympathy for, not Christa Pike, this would be the case if Christa Pike was serving a life sentence.

I have watched the video of the witnesses. of Christina Pike's execution. Apparently, she was still singing after the first dose.

I have always been against the DP, so it is a no here anyway.
From what I gather, there is no single person that kills someone on death row anyway.

I would do it without being paid for those disgusting men that rape babies.

Don’t think I made myself very clear.

If someone was sentenced with the death penalty and I felt it was unjust, I wouldn’t do it.

If someone was sentenced and I felt it was the right decision, then yes I think I could do it.

If you eat beef, could you kill a cow?

No

Yes, and as a veterinary nurse who regularly has to get IV's into tiny rabbit ear veins the width of a thread I'm confident i could do a much better job than whoever was responsible for that complete fuck up. I can't get my head around how it went so badly wrong.
It would actually be possible for the injections to be administered by a syringe driver rather than a person, you'd still need a patent IV though.
The limited amount of pentobarbital makes no sense. We give as much as is needed to animals, always have extra ready just in case.
But yes, I've had to assist in the euthanasia of puppies and kittens, sometimes simply due to lack of funds so I don't think I'd have difficulty in the case of child rapists and murderers.

That’s what makes it wrong.

I could.