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Gabriel Morote
Sister Merrell
FDENG 101-D1
06 June 2017
Introduction
The death penalty around the world has being used as a mechanism of justice
and sign of great punishment on crimes which are considerate extremely severe. In this
context, it involves the culture, and believes on the society to be the moral
extremely severe, that having a moral solution with a few years in prison could not be
appreciated as a real solution to the damage, but also for the social context in which
we live. The actual codes of conduct reveal that the values people are constantly
changing with a double moral. How can be giving a permanent solution to protect the
lives of the children? What are the codes of conduct that we choose to follow? How do
we measure what is right and what is wrong if the punishment is not a clear statement
The Bible reveals one of the hardest moments of discipline in Israels people,
when the Mosaic Law sets a religious standard, even for some cultures, as it states
eye-for-eye, which means that religion and our personal beliefs, will directly affect
they are accused of being a pedophile, and morality can become a personal
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interpretation of what is right or wrong. Dr. Palmer D. Edwards says, "The principles
of the Ten Commandments are at the very heart of any legal system based on justice.
[U.S. President] Woodrow Wilson said that the laws of Moses... contributed
suggestions and impulse to the men and institutions which were to prepare the modern
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under the age of puberty, which is a clear statement of what actions a man who
One of the most relevant and modern public accusations of child abuse was on
the pop singer Michael Jackson. This was a dark chapter in Michael Jacksons career
and image, without proven guilty; it generated controversy and created extreme a
passionate position on what is the right punishment for those who assault a child. This
generated also great exposure of the victims, who would be judge as well as true
victims, or false extortionists, and last but not least, the social consequences on their
future. Others considered these accusations extortion Michael Jackson, just because of
his behavior.
question a father would probably have a hard time to analyze and respond! The world
is seeking for justice, and there are true evidence of the damage these children suffer
after they are victims of pedophiles who are a source of money for human traffic
organizations, professional hackers, and catfish profiles on social webs. How can
this equation of justice be balanced and useful to deterrence child molesters? Is the
death penalty the way right way to finish this crimes in the world or would it increase
it?
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The death penalty has being necessary in some cases, against the will of the
many times the situation or condition, in which we live, can emphasize the motivation
to suggest or protest for a hard punishment. In many parts of the world, the common
denominator of these attacks are the lack of control, and excess of confidence in most
cases with relatives who get the chance to abuse their children, and sometimes get
away with a minimum sentence. How can we serve justice in a childs future when its
aggressor will come out free in a few years? Or when the rehabilitation process
solutions, the way we analyze important things, the values we practice daily, the
modern life style that surround us, and the legal context on laws to punish sexual
offenders, affects our perspective of the real theme. This involves not only the
possibility of an aggressor or child molester close to our children, but how much are
we involved and interact with our children, our school students, and how we manage
to alert them about the dangers on the web, more than just seek for a physical
punishment, but the resources society has to prevent and protect our children from
pedophiles.
protect, and in worst case scenario, alert our justice about any danger our children are
suffering, when the child has the courage to report an aggression. This can perhaps
become the reason why justice must search for an appropriate solution and punishment
In recent studies, the data shows clearly that child abuse, especially sexual
abuse, is an increasing statistics, that involves not only many violation of the human
rights of these children, but the sense of governmental divorce of the daily situation in
which their children are confronted. Lets point out that sexual abuse is one of many
forms of violence, and there are only 16 countries in the world that prohibit corporal
punishment against children, meaning many countries whose laws do not protect
children from many ways of violence. Nevertheless, the governments will do their best
to protect children after a criminal abuse, its actual solutions do assault their
innocence, and then more children are abused by the system, taking them to foster
parents, abusive tutors, separation of their nuclear family, and making the solution
even harder to the abused child. This is a key to understand situations in which the
In the case of Patrick Kennedy, v. State of Louisiana, it is very clear that the
position of the aggressor was to demonstrate the damage it is made to the victim, is
greater when the aggressor is sentenced to the capital punishment. This is a very
specific case, in which the State of Louisiana had very clear laws about child rape
cases.
This also sets a different point of view on the risk to violate the Eight
Amendment, meaning that the punishment overpasses the criminal actions. According
to this consequence for pedophiles, and any child molester, is considered as a cruel
victim.
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They also consider that death penalty, adds the risk of non-reporting victim
environment, becoming a long suffering environment for the child. Because most of
pedophiles are close to the family circle, this is a very crucial situation that can turn
against the victims protection, when the close family circle sees the risk of capital
punishment to the aggressor, who most of the times is a family member, they will
mostly deny the actions, and will persuade the victim to remain silence. Victims will
long suffer because offenders will remain protected by the family at the risk of the
punishment.
Now, most religious laws, demand clear justice and severe punishment to all
child aggressors. For example, the Mosiac Law was based not only in doctrinal
statements, but also on very strict control over the body, in which sexual sins where
condemned, very serious, and greatly punished, even to the death penalty.
demanding that the aggressor is a sons of God, and just for that reason, the sinner life
demonstrate their will to change, repair, and overcome the past actions, moving
This only doctrine about Christ atonement, and the possibility of bringing
peace to anyone who has committed a sexual crime, is the most powerful reason for
others to believe that there is a chance in someone who offends, even an innocent
child.
All these positions manifest that we all have different values; the moral ethics
in society are not the same standard in everywhere. Men show a constant change on
their moral values, but also extreme religious reactions and doctrines, which
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sometimes cant be applied to the reality of a specific situation, and others will widely
We always want to be right, and not being able to have tolerance, can make us
In one hand, we can see the values of justice, which are clearly established in
the constitution, will favor sometimes the offenders position, which is a valid action,
for they are humans, and their rights must be protected as well.
In the other hand, justice and religious judgment states that we can demand
severe punishment, but also the mercy doctrine; to love the sinner, but reject or hate
the sin is part of a process to forgive the aggressor, in which case, justice will be not
Somehow, it is clear that there are more than one position on people who are in
favor of the death penalty for pedophiles, such as the reasons to do it and the condition
of the aggressor. Also, there are other reasons to avoid the death penalty, like the
religious values, and the studies about how negative would be the impact of such
Works Cited
D.C. 1959
https://www.unicef.org/lac/full_tex(3).pdf
http://www.theonomyresources.com/pdfs/Bible-and-Penalty-for-Rape-and-
Child-Molestation.pdf
Padstow 2010.