http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/30/us-usa-execution-georgia-idUSKCN0RT20X20150930
Was the execution the right choice?
For the first time in 60 years the state of Georgia carried out the death penalty on a woman who had someone kill her husband. The killer was sentenced to life. Also, the killer was her boyfriend and through a plea deal he saved his own life.
The woman’s name was Kelly Gissendaner. She was killed at 12:21 a.m. at a Georgia Detention Center. Although, the man who carried out the murder, Gregory Owen, received a life sentence.
Pope Francis who was on his six-day trip in U.S. spoke against the execution but obviously this effort didn’t succeed. The Pope and the Catholic Church teach that the death penalty is immoral in our modern democratic world.
In the photo above Pope Francis is shown as a servant leader of all people. He has visited prisoners in different countries including recently in the US. Pope Francis believes as the leader of the Catholic Church that all human justice should also show mercy.
Similar to the Pope, I believe that Kelly didn’t deserve to be executed because she didn’t actually kill her husband by her own hands. Although, she definitely deserved the consequences of her decision. Just like the pope, I believe that nobody deserves to be executed. However, in this situation, if the state was going to execute anybody, the murderer should’ve been the one who was in Kelly’s position.
ivan • Oct 30, 2015 at 12:49 pm
This caught my attention both of them should have had the death penalty. The man for killing her ex husband and the women for planning the death of her husband.
jaerae529 • Oct 8, 2015 at 1:08 pm
Though she was the one who planned out the murder of her husband, I feel the one who committed the actual murder should have been the one to be executed if execution is completely necessary. Capital murder, in general, is unethical to me; the reason being, people should live with the consequences to their actions like a life sentence.
lilliz • Oct 7, 2015 at 8:21 am
This was an intersting thing to read… I dont really understand why she got the death penalty. She absolutley deserved to have consequensea but the dealth penalty doesnt make sense to me.
nathalie031 • Oct 6, 2015 at 9:58 am
I don’t think it was right that she got a death penalty, not that planning her husband’s death was okay but this kind of stuff does happen often. And we don’t just go around killing everyone. A better option would have been to let her rot in jail for life. She would have to think about it everyday.
Jackie • Oct 5, 2015 at 2:30 pm
I agree with you, I don’t think anyone should be executed. Even though she did plan the murder of her husband, she should’ve just gotten a life sentence.