March 20th: Matthew Puckett to Keep a date with the hangman’s noose

Matthew Puckett is slated for ‘execution’ by the state of Mississippi on March 20th, 2012. The death penalty – regardless of the heinousness of the crime – continue to raise dust and controversy wherever it is applied worldwide. It is about time we re-engage with the rationale, the humanity, as well as the emotional and spiritual arguments against the death penalty; especially, when it potentially raises the possibility, however slightly, of a wrongfully convicted person being taken to the gallows.

Jamie Arpin-Ricci (Author and Pastor) makes a powerful, emotional and ‘reasoned plea’ why Mathew Puckett should be spared the guillotine.Read herehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-arpinricci/death-penalty-is-not-christian_b_1341706.html There is still enough time left to stretch the law to its limit. How you may ask? By signing the petition or contacting Mississippi’s Governor, Phil Bryant. A link is provided at the penultimate paragraph of the article

4 responses to “March 20th: Matthew Puckett to Keep a date with the hangman’s noose”

Joachim Kübler | March 17, 2012 at 1:24 pm | Reply

Daniel, you wrote:

[quote]..It is about time we re-engage with the rationale, the humanity, as well as the emotional and spiritual arguments against the death penalty;.. [/quote]

that’s true – because both death penalty proponents and abolitionists often discuss in a very polemical matter. But the death penalty is a very emotional topic, so personally I prefer the rational discussion. Especially when death penalty proponents say a murderer isn’t a human being (and often they dehumanizing them and call them “monster” etc.) so I try to discuss with them and ask what makes a human being – well, to a human being.

But to make a long story short: difficult stuff, very difficult to find an answer 😉

Greetings,

Joachim
Daniel Ehighalua | March 17, 2012 at 2:51 pm | Reply

Thanks Joachim. The Germans have made their decision on it. There are still jurisprudential, philosophical, moral and religious arguments to overcome.
sara ward | March 19, 2012 at 9:15 pm | Reply

I believe an eye for an eye but at the same time I dont understand how killing a man by lethal injection is any different than killing by any other method. Yes, he should be punished for taking someone’s mom, daughter, wife, sister, and so on but making his family suffer the loss of their son, brother and so on isnt any more fair to them than it was fair to the victim’s family for what he did to them. By putting him to sleep, I feel like is making his parents pay for his crime & he is getting the easy way out. I say make him spend the rest of his life in prison so he will have to remember what he did every single day.
Daniel Ehighalua | March 20, 2012 at 6:48 am | Reply

Thanks Sara. Today is D-Day for Matthew Puckett. Let’s watch where the pendulum swings.