Should a death row inmate be saved from a suicide attempt?
Title: Should a death row inmate be saved from a suicide attempt?
Category: /Social Sciences/Controversial Issues
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Should a death row inmate be saved from a suicide attempt?
Category: /Social Sciences/Controversial Issues
Details: Words: 502 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
If a person is set for execution on a particular day and that death row inmate attempts suicide, I do believe that he or she should be rescued from killing themselves. From an ethical standpoint, killing oneself would take away justification for the victim that the inmate killed. From a religious outlook, committing suicide is a sin, according to the Bible. And from a political perspective, a last minuet exoneration is feasible.
Ethically, I do
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punishment. Had there been such the chance of a clemency, the prisoner would have killed himself or herself for no reason at all.
While a death row inmate might want to commit suicide for various reasons including: to end the suspense of waiting for their execution, to deprive the government of its justice or just out of hardcore remorse, I ultimately do feel that a death row inmate should be rescued from a suicide attempt.