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Debate Score:75
Arguments:35
Total Votes:103
Ended:02/26/10
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If your spouse confided in you after committing murder, would you turn them in?

Yes

Side Score: 51
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No

Side Score: 24
9 points

As extruciatingly painful it would be admit my husband's action, not to mention the pain it'd cause me knowing that he could actually take another life, I couldn't change the fact that he did commit a murder; he had no real reason to justify taking another life. It may be "easier" to pretend it didn't happen so that our marriage wouldn't be at risk, or so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with a "murderous" father, or just because the murder itself was so easy to cover up, but the guilt would eat me alive. It's not the I wouldn't love my husband unconditionally, like I promised in my vows to him before God, it's that crime he did he must be held accountable for. With crime there is punishment. I could find it to forgive him but he'd have to do the time. If he didn't turn himself in, then yes, I would. I'm the kind of person who thinks about the person who was murdered's mom and dad, his wife or her husband, his or her kids that are left with one, maybe no parents. I'd turn my husband in because of my love for him, and I'd want him to understand what he did was wrong and to figure and fix things between God and himself.

Side: yes
3 points

If the person who confided in you was able to cause harm once before who's to say that they won't harm you if they thought they should. If one of my spouses were to kill someone then turning them in would be an automatic yes because I do not consider anyone who can murder as my family so I feel now need to try and defend them in any way.

Side: yes
3 points

If I was married to someone who has an anger problem that bad and chooses to kill someone then I need to find someone new in the first place. But if I was to keep the secret and then somehow someone finds out about it, then I could end up being a suspect, which isn't worth the trouble. So I would rather turn them in, they deserve jail, not me.

Side: yes
1 point

I agree, forensic technology is so advance today. So sooner or later they will find out.

Side: yes
3 points

People say that if your truly love someone you will do anything for them, but everyone has their breaking point, and murder is with out a doubt a breaking point. But I believe if you truly love your spouse you will do the right thing for them which is to turn them in, they deserve to be punished for their crime. And of course if they are able to kill once with out having a guilty conscious then maybe they can do it again and know you will protect them. Also the family of the person they killed deserve some justice and be able to be at peace. Love is a powerful thing but so murder is unacceptable.

Side: yes
2 points

First reason is because I am a true believer of justice and nobody has the right to take away somebody elses life and be free like nothing happened. Second, if I don't turn him in he might do it again with other people, including me. If we really love that person, we need to turn them in because that's the only way they will learn their lesson and receive punishment for it. That way, maybe next time they'll think twice before they act.

Side: yes
2 points

MURDER IS MURDER..NO EXCUSES! Murderers should be put to justice and given what they deserve. Sure you love your spouse with all your heart and soul but thats not the point. The point is think about the safety of the future family you plan on having with this man/woman, you sure you him/her around your children? Not only that, put yourself the other person's shoes, what if you were the spouse of that vitcim who was murder? You and him/her were about to be at the alter but in a instant he/she was taking away from you and nothing was done to the person who commited this heinous act. How would you feel? How would you react?

Side: yes
1 point

Yes, i will, because if she is trying to kill me because she might think you turn her in. Then sneak out of then house and ran to the police and find prove that she did it. Then leave town asap.

Side: yes
1 point

I would turn in my spouse after him telling me he committed a murder. I wouldn't turn him in right then and there but I would think about myself and if kids are involved I would watch out for them as well. Who knows after him killing that was his first or last doing it. Even if it was an accident I would still want him to turn himself in if it really was an accident. He could be a danger to me. If you love him well you love him but you also have to think what is more important do you want to risk your life over someone you "love"?

Side: yes
1 point

Yes, Because if he killed one person he would want to kill more. See it this way obviously he was really mad; so what if one day y'all are arguing alot and he gets mad, don't you think he will kill you too? since he got away with the first murder? so therefore yes i would turn him in.

Side: yes
1 point

People say that if your truly love someone you will do anything for them, but everyone has their breaking point, and murder is with out a doubt a breaking point. But I believe if you truly love your spouse you will do the right thing for them which is to turn them in, they deserve to be punished for their crime. And of course if they are able to kill once with out having a guilty conscious then maybe they can do it again and know you will protect them. Also the family of the person they killed deserve some justice and be able to be at peace. Love is a powerful thing but murder is unacceptable.

Side: yes
1 point

I believe that if you done the crime you should do the time. Because in the end someone is going to find out and tell. And if they found out that I knew then I would be held accountable for what he has done. And I'm not going down with my spouse because murder is a very serious crime.

Side: yes
1 point

If you dont turn her in she could start to get very suspicious. She might start to think that you are going to turn her in. Then most likely she will try to kill you in your sleep. On top of that it could also drive her crazy and then she might confess to the murder, or ending up geting herself caught. Also you will be charged for being an accomplice to the murder.

Side: yes
1 point

Marriage is all about being truthful and being there for each other in the worst of moments.Since he told me the truth i would listen to,him know how he did it;defensive or on purpose.Then we talk to each other,look for an attorney and turn them in to see how it goes because i do not know if i am next Also nobody knows who they marry very well enough.I might be married to a murder because pretenders are worse than murders.This one may be one pretending to be innocuous yet a piece of iron in the inside.If it was you would you stay there to be next?

Side: yes
1 point

If my spouse were to commit murder and confide in me I think I would turn him in even if i did love him because i wouldn't be able to live with a murderer as my husband.

Side: yes
1 point

When someone kills another being they must have problems to comitt such a serious crime. If my wife were to take part in a act like this i would have to turn turn her in because its the right thing to do so the victims family can know the killer is no longer capable of killing another person. also i jus wouldn't feel safe laying in bed next to a murderer after a argument ,mightest well be suicide.

Side: yes
1 point

If my husband were to confided me that he had commited murder.I would have to turn them in I may love him.But living with a murder i would not feel safe or protected.

Side: yes
1 point

If my spouse told me that he murder someone. I was turn him in a heart beat.Taking someone life just for no reason at all is just wrong. If turning in that person to the police willl do him right because he will learn what he did was wrong and might not do it again in the future.

Side: yes
1 point

Yes I will turn him in, because once he mudered someone he might do it again even to me or somebody else, I think if a was in that case I inmediately call the police and put him in jail, so he can learn a lesson and take the punishment.

Side: yes
1 point

I would turn them in. Because if you really love that person you know that he has to learn his lesson in some way, even if this signifies that he would never trust you again.

And not just because that person is important to you. You have to undertand how other family is feeling about it.

Side: yes
0 points

yes i would turn them in because if the committed murder ones,the most likely to do it again i think the just goin to feel the got away with it.i just dont want to be there second victim on there list.

Side: yes
-1 points

It depends on what kind of murder, if she had run over someone with her car on accident and told me about it I'd totally think about turning her in but who's to say she didnt get some sort of sick thrill out of murdering that old lady crossing the street. Theres that slight chance that she could run me over one day. Theres a small chance i wouldnt turn her in i mean when i didnt wanna do the dishes or something i'd pull that card and all that but yeah if my wife had gone to her ex boyfriends and stabbed him in his face I'd turn her in. because i could possibly be her ex in the future who knows then i'd get stabbed in the face. I'd turn her in so fast it wouldnt even be funny. I'd even tell her nah baby i aint gonna turn ya in right after i called the police, because she'd stab me in the face. I hope I never encounter this experience in my life time I'm not prepared to deal with this.

Side: yes
-2 points
5 points

No, I wouldn't turn them in. I would question my spouse as to why she did what she did. I would also try and reason with her as much as I could if she was in a crazed situation.

I would wait until the law came and did their own routine, and answer whatever questions I have to during interrogation. I would never directly turn my spouse in although the situation is dire.

Side: No
5 points

Love is something thats unpredictable, something unexplainable and so powerful. It dirves people insane and brings out the best and worst in them. Once your inlove, well thats the worst because you'd be willing to do unspeakable things.

Love is really hard to find now a days and personally, I couldn't do it. I woulnd't turn him in for anything. I mean I dont know if that's the kind of person I am or maybe im just crazy? But what ever It might be I know one thing, He trusted me, and Ill honor that.

If I ever commited murder and told him about it I hope to god he wouldn't turn me in. After all that trust I just threw out there, He best have the heart to not Fail me, That's love.

Side: No
1 point

I wouldn't turn my wife in, but I wouldn't lie for her either. I wouldn't want my wife to go to jail. If she was a suspect and I was being interrogated, I wouldnt lie to them, i just wouldn't exactly tell the full truth. My answers would be filled with I dont know's and I'm not sure's. If she did the crime, she has to be willing to take the punishment.

Side: No
tr3rr3llj(11) Disputed
1 point

By saying "I don't know" you are lying because you DO know. You're just trying to sugarcoat it, which in the end won't work. The truth always find a loophole in the system.

Side: yes
1 point

I wouldn't turn them because if they came, and told you they had trust in you. They wouldn't came in told you in the first place if they knew you were a snitch. I would act like nothing happen because in the end they will eventually confess or get caught. I believe in karma so it will later catch up with them.

Side: No
1 point

"Till death do us part". I'd help her hide the body instead.

Side: No
1 point

"To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness."

Personally if, and when i do happen to marry another person; those vows will go above the law. I'm not saying i'll support their actions, but turning them in would be against my marriage vows.

Side: No
0 points

No i wouldn't turn my spouse in. I wouldnt lie if someone asked me about it but I wouldnt personally turn them in. I'd try to help my spouse as much as I could but if he gets caught in the end then that's that.

Side: No
0 points

Honestly I wouldn't have to turn him/her in because today's technology is too advance for law enforcements not to have some kind of clue or answer to the mystery.

Side: No
Leesnow(8) Disputed
0 points

lame!

What if i were to drive to Austin Texas then shoot some person on the street at random with a weapon i bought from some gangstas? What are my chances of getting caught? I mean I'm baffled myself but when you think about it how do you connect all that together. real life isnt csi

Side: yes
-1 points

Im the type of person that if you tell me something your promise is safe with me. When your married to one another you made vows to one another and i would think trust be one of those vows. Then to it is against the law, if its for the one I love then i would do anything.

Side: No
austinm(11) Disputed
3 points

Oh my gosh, like Cosmo is my love and I will always feel the need to protect him even when he's wrong. WRONG! First of all, Cosmo ain't the best thing in this world. LOL. You put your trust in him but now he has broken that trust. Cosmo might be standing to the right of you, looking cute, but it's okay to say you can turn him in. And you can QUOTE me on that one GIRLFRIEND!!

Side: yes