‘’An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Mahatma Gandhi. Honorable judges, fellow speakers, ladies and gentlemen, Good Afternoon. Be it resolved that Capital Punishment should be enforced in The Bahamas. However, I strongly oppose this motion. In its simplest form, capital punishment is defined as; the legal authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime, in our Constitution of the Bahamas our form of punishment is still listed to this day as; death by hanging. Enforce means to compel observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation with reference to The Bahamas’ form of punishment has not been enforced since David Mitchell who was hanged in Fox Hill Prison January 6, 2000.
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Ethics and morals relate to “right” and “wrong” behavior. Ethics refer to rules provided by an external source, example; society. Morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. Many Christians believe that God commanded "Thou shalt not kill" Exodus 21:13, and that this is a clear instruction with no exceptions. Isn't the Bahamas supposed to be a Christian Nation? Is so my question to you the audience is; Why would we even consider enforcing capital punishment? “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. Capital punishment violates the right to life which happens to be the most essential of all human rights which is both morally and ethically erroneous. It likewise, disregards the right to be subjected to torment, remorseless, inhumane or corrupting punishments. “It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly.”– John Morrison. Moreover, capital punishment undermines human dignity which is inherent to every human being. With life being so precious nobody should ever be killed or murdered, by a person, group or nation. “When you use murder to end murder you guarantee murder will never end.” -- Richard Sherricky. Some of those against capital punishment trust that human life is valuable to the point that even the most exceedingly terrible killers ought not be denied of the right of their
My first reason for opposing this motion …show more content…
Ethics and morals relate to “right” and “wrong” behavior. Ethics refer to rules provided by an external source, example; society. Morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. Many Christians believe that God commanded "Thou shalt not kill" Exodus 21:13, and that this is a clear instruction with no exceptions. Isn't the Bahamas supposed to be a Christian Nation? Is so my question to you the audience is; Why would we even consider enforcing capital punishment? “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. Capital punishment violates the right to life which happens to be the most essential of all human rights which is both morally and ethically erroneous. It likewise, disregards the right to be subjected to torment, remorseless, inhumane or corrupting punishments. “It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly.”– John Morrison. Moreover, capital punishment undermines human dignity which is inherent to every human being. With life being so precious nobody should ever be killed or murdered, by a person, group or nation. “When you use murder to end murder you guarantee murder will never end.” -- Richard Sherricky. Some of those against capital punishment trust that human life is valuable to the point that even the most exceedingly terrible killers ought not be denied of the right of their