This movie SUPPORTS the death penalty.
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Captain_Beeble — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 04:02 PM)
Do you think the death penalty is a good thing or a bad thing? I think as long as the person being executed is known to be guilty, and as long as the execution isn't sabotaged by doing something like Percy does, it's not a bad thing. I highly doubt I'd have the courage to be one of the people that executes the condemned person though. It must really be horrible for the soldiers that are required to kill other men in wars. I wonder if that's the main reason they have boot camp - so they can get the recruits to turn off their emotions and look the other way when they're about to kill somebody.
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IceboxMovies — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 06:32 PM)
I personally dislike the death penalty because I've always had a subconscious fear of being executed. Yet I can understand the idea that "executing" certain guilty criminals can bring a sense of closure to an extended period of grievance.
I have no definitive opinion on the issue. This film, however, supports the death penalty, though it may seem like it's anti-death penalty simply because it's about an innocent man being executed for a crime he didn't commit.
Many anti-death penalty activists want the death penalty abolished because it runs the risk of ending the lives of innocent people but to me, that avoids the issue at hand, which is: If a person is guilty, do they deserve death?
In Frank Darabont's other film,
The Shawshank Redemption
, Red is in prison for murder. He could have been sentenced to death, but instead he was sentenced to life imprisonment, perhaps because murder was the only extent of his crime.
So, I guess the message of
The Green Mile
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Captain_Beeble — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:59 PM)
Arlen Bitterbuck wasn't a rapist, but he got the death sentence as well. But in the book there were some characters that got their time commuted to life sentences. That poses the question, how come some prisons have the death penalty for murderers, and others don't? Another argument I've often heard in favor of the death penalty is it saves money on having to feed, clothe and shelter the convicted murderers.
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IceboxMovies — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 01:21 AM)
Another argument I've often heard in favor of the death penalty is it saves money on having to feed, clothe and shelter the convicted murderers.
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Mr_Recchia — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 03:30 PM)
Do you think the movie advocates John's views and choices? Especially since he's portrayed as a naive, simple minded manchild? Michael Clark Duncan's acting coach told him, flat out, "your character is five." He got that from reading the script. Certainly we shouldn't take the spontaneous actions of a child seriously. Paul in his old age also refers to John as a "force of nature," meaning many of his choices aren't fallible, but that he can't necessarily be blamed for them.
John's actions are random and impulsive, and the movie knows it. It's not trying to use him as a thesis for its themes.
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KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 04:48 PM)
I would say the opposite. The only characters who died through the chair were shown dying in emotional scenes that made you feel bad for them. If the movie was pro-death penalty I would have expected more villains dying in the chair to show how effective and important it was.
When
Percy kills Wild Bill
, I think that is also in support of the death penalty. It was a pointless move by Percy because Wild Bill was doomed anyway, and the fact that Percy doomed himself by making a rash decision like that is supportive of the more organized structure of the electric chair process. It also was certainly not portrayed as justice. -
IceboxMovies — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 05:32 PM)
When , I think that is also in support of the death penalty.
Did you mean to say "against"?
It was a pointless move by Percy because Wild Bill was doomed anyway, and the fact that Percy doomed himself by making a rash decision like that is supportive of the more organized structure of the electric chair process. It also was certainly not portrayed as justice.
It may have been pointless of John to make Percy pull the trigger. But I bet audiences felt pleased to see Wild Bill get it. Admittedly, I sure did. -
Citation_Needed — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 01:13 AM)
Good! We need to kill more criminals and broken people. They don't appreciate what life offers and are a negative influence on society, who ruin other people's lives. No different than putting down viscous or unwanted dogs.
I'm so in favor of the death penalty, I think if any innocent person gets killed from it, the prosecutor should get the death penalty. They won't even get a trial. Just a hearing where they have to prove the innocent man who died was guilty and when they fail, they get executed. That will teach them to flaunt that power recklessly to try and force a plea or confession without the proper evidence. The only way they can survive is if they show that new evidence was presented and why they didn't find that evidence in the first place. -
AnthonySocksss — 3 years ago(September 19, 2022 05:46 PM)
Death penalty is a violation of human rights and also doesn't solve anything and just creates more suffering and death of innocent people
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(September 20, 2022 07:12 AM)
Like Delacroix comments, for Coffey to look after Mr. Jingles until this "foolishment" be done. It might give an outlet for the victims families to feel some relief, but as depicted in the film, many were just ignorant rednecks and thrive on the biblical OT eye for an eye mentality.
It doesn't solve the inherent issues of violent crime in society, by using state sanctioned killing as a crutch to infer killing is wrong.
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holatKolnoa — 1 year ago(December 20, 2024 10:16 AM)
"many were just ignorant rednecks who thrive on the biblical eye-for-an-eye mentality." - I know. I kept asking myself, "Who are these people who come to view the execution?" They were self-righteous ignoramuses who got validation for their ignorance by watching the executions. I mean, the women dressed up, for God's sakes, like it was a party.
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Folks, calm down! This is not the last chopper outta Saigon!
