Post by anja on Nov 28, 2007 16:17:42 GMT -5
I read about the Neveah Richardson case and Bonnies personal comments in regards to it. I have huge respect for the Bonnie and the work she does with the blog, but I disagree about her view on death penalty.
I am against it. In some parts this is because.. after WW2 norwegians that had cooperated with the germans where put on trial. Some of these got a death penalty.
My great grandfather (who was in concentration camps in Germany himself) went down to the place where the execution was about to be held (an old castle). No-one was permitted to watch or anything, the whole place was locked. But some people had come out and they had decided to stay there for some time. Later in the evening all they heard was guns going off. The next day the newspapers announced that those traitors (?) were dead.
I guess my great grandpa came out that evening to in some sense get justice for what had been done to him in the concentration camps. He told me he wanted those people to suffer like he and his friends had.
But in fact, he told me, that when the guns went off he felt nothing. Nothing could help his feelings - what did it help that another life was taken? In his case, nothing! Just a sound and then another person dead.
I know that I am against the death penalty - but at the same time I beleive that not everyone can change. Rehabilitation works for many, but not for all. So this is my dilemma.
Don't know why I wrote this, just did. Maybe someone else have something to add? It would be nice to hear what you though of this!
By the way; we don't have the death penalty in Norway. The ones after WW2 was exceptions. The longest prison time is 21 years.
I am against it. In some parts this is because.. after WW2 norwegians that had cooperated with the germans where put on trial. Some of these got a death penalty.
My great grandfather (who was in concentration camps in Germany himself) went down to the place where the execution was about to be held (an old castle). No-one was permitted to watch or anything, the whole place was locked. But some people had come out and they had decided to stay there for some time. Later in the evening all they heard was guns going off. The next day the newspapers announced that those traitors (?) were dead.
I guess my great grandpa came out that evening to in some sense get justice for what had been done to him in the concentration camps. He told me he wanted those people to suffer like he and his friends had.
But in fact, he told me, that when the guns went off he felt nothing. Nothing could help his feelings - what did it help that another life was taken? In his case, nothing! Just a sound and then another person dead.
I know that I am against the death penalty - but at the same time I beleive that not everyone can change. Rehabilitation works for many, but not for all. So this is my dilemma.
Don't know why I wrote this, just did. Maybe someone else have something to add? It would be nice to hear what you though of this!
By the way; we don't have the death penalty in Norway. The ones after WW2 was exceptions. The longest prison time is 21 years.