Mercy and Justice in Capital Punishment
When you think “Capital Punishment” I bet the first thought that crosses your mind is not “mercy.” In fact, in Amanda’s opening statement she believes that sparing someone the death penalty is both merciful and just.
When I first started trying to respond to this line of thought, I had the problem of pinning down exactly what mercy means. In my mind it’s a shifting and subjective concept. But when we finally agreed on what it was, we came to the following:
Mercy is not getting what we deserve.
The problem with stating that Capital Punishment is both merciful and just is that you have to define what just is first.
- Capital Punishment Debate
- Mercy and Justice in Capital Punishment
- What is Mercy? Who Decides What is Just?
- You Can’t Have Mercy Without Justice
- Capital Punishment: Justice, Jesus and the Cross
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