Barney Ronald Fuller Jr.: The Divine Command Theory

Barney Ronald Fuller Jr. a fifty-eight-year old Caucasian male is the latest death row offender that has been executed. Fuller was executed on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 7:01 pm EDT. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2004 for the murder of his neighbors Annette and Nathan Copland. Texas being the very conservative and passionate state that it is, approves of the death penalty. Texas is a state that is known for its numerous executions over the year and also the protestors outside the unit the day of the offender’s execution. Barney Ronald Fuller Jr.’s is one of the many executions that have taken and will continue to take place here in Huntsville, Texas. On the days …show more content…
It is not our right or our decision to dictate whether we shall take one man’s life for the life of another one. The Divine Command Theory is the most relevant theory I could find. It states that “Many pe u hjople believe that God is a lawgiver who alone defines what actions are right and wrong. Catholicism has its rules of life, the 10 Commandments, in which commandment number five is “Do not kill”. Fine print does not exist within these 10 Commandments because they are pretty straight forward. One shall not kill for the fun of it or for revenge, because it is not our place to decide when it is right or wrong, when it is clearly wrong all the …show more content…
Our beliefs, our morals they are all different and so when a crime is committed, big or small, the opinions differ and the outcome is not always what we expect or want it to be. In regards to the death penalty, I truly believe that it shall be abolished. I believe it is inhumane to take the life of a man in retaliation for the life of another’s. We weren’t put on this earth for these purposes. By abolishing the death penalty and allowing these offenders to serve out lifetime sentences I believe their freedom will be put into perspective and they will grow as a person. They will understand that what they did was wrong, but there is no going back now, especially in the State of Texas since we do have life without parole. Not only is it cheaper to hold an individual for a lifetime than putting them on the road to death on death row but it doesn’t put the strain on judges who have to decide whether this “individual” goes on death row or not. By allowing the only ruling to be life without parole, you leave it up to the individual to reflect on their actions and see that only did they do wrong but are now suffering the