Ronald Smith - Canadian on US death row. Should he live?
Here is a man who is Canadian, but committed a crime in the United States. After he committed this crime, he asked to be sentenced to capital punishment. He changed his mind shortly after. This led to 3 decades of time in jail while the State of Montana tries to figure it out. Ronald pleads that he regrets the things he's done, and that he would take it back if he could. He claims that he is a changed man.
I believe that Ronald Smith should live. I believe that Ronald Smith is truly a changed man and he truly regrets killing the two people. This topic directly relates to the question:" Should capital punishment be allowed?". I believe that killing is definitely an unforgivable crime and should not be ignored unpunished, but when the government kills the criminal because the criminal has killed someone, is that not using violence and absolute power to overwhelm the criminal? Capital punishment is no less than killing someone. The government might make it sound better by saying it's the capital punishment, but the truth is that the government kills people when they carry out the capital punishment.
I understand the pain the families must feel towards losing their family members. I also understand the hatred that they must feel towards Ronald. But can't they put down the rage and pain that blinds them and consider the pain that they will cause if Ronald died. Ronald has a family just like them. He has a daughter that is at home pleading everyday for her father to be spared. Ronald's family would suffer as much as the victim's families. It just causes one more family to be in pain.
Hopefully the government will spare Ronald's life and have one less family in pain.
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Good job with you post Mark.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on that "Capital punishment is no less than killing someone" because capital punishment is like murder. Tell me if you disagree with me, so the government is saying that murdering,for them is ok but it is illeagaly for someone else to kill. I agree with you capital punishment is no better than muder. I wish you would put alittle more facts in. You did a good job.
Great work Mark! You used a very formal and serious tone here and it suits the situation very well. You also gave very good reasons to why his punishment should not be himself being put to death. Your post persuaded me to agree the same point of view with you.
ReplyDeleteTo make your post a bit better, you should try and describe more about the scene that led the killing because the audience won't know just by looking at your post. Perhaps state the reason about why he did it. You can say something about him doing drugs and drinking alcohol.
Overall, you did a great job with this post with good wording.