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Right to Kill? is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Erman and written by Joyce Eliason. It is based on a true story of two teens living in Wyoming, Richard Jahnke and Deborah Jahnke, who were charged for the killing of their psychotically abusive father, Richard Jahnke, Sr.
- Crime Drama
Right to Kill?: Directed by John Erman. With Frederic Forrest, Christopher Collet, Karmin Murcelo, Justine Bateman. Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
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- 1985-05-22
- John Erman
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The right to die, also known as the right to death, is an ethical and legal concept that supports the freedom of a human being to end their life or undergo voluntary euthanasia.
- Why does Amnesty International oppose the death penalty? The death penalty violates the most fundamental human right – the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
- Don’t victims of violent crime and their families have a right to justice? They do. Those who have lost loved ones in terrible crimes have a right to see the person responsible held to account in a fair trial without recourse to the death penalty.
- If you kill someone else, don’t you deserve to die, too – “an eye for an eye”? No. Executing someone because they’ve taken someone’s life is revenge, not justice.
- Doesn’t the death penalty prevent crime? Not according to the research. There is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than a prison term.
War has been puzzling philosophers for centuries, and it isn’t hard to see why. What could be more intuitive or ethical than the belief that it is morally wrong to kill on a massive scale? However, many would argue that there are times when war is morally permissible, and even obligatory.
May 22, 1985 · CONTINUING on its binge of fact-based TV movies, all of them graphically depicting some sort of sociopathic behavior, ABC is now offering, at 9 o'clock this evening, ''Right to Kill?''
When and why is it all right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Three theories on the ethics of killing are critically examined in the book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism.
