What do you think of the death penalty?
Well what you think? I only justify the death penalty in cases of Screwed up Murderers, who never have any guilt after what they have done.
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I am against the death penalty, but for different reasons than most people.
I think that criminals get off too easy when they are given the death penalty.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, a person kills one of your loved ones and it wasn't a quick death. It was a slow, painful murder that the killer enjoyed committing. Something like throat slashed and they're still alive, suffering while the killer is stabbing the victim multiple times before finally letting the victim bleed to death.
The killer is caught and there is an overwhelming amount of evidence against that person and they are sentenced to death.
Now the killer is put to sleep before being injected with poisons and what not. Did he suffer? No, of course not, he didn't feel any pain because he was numbed up and put to sleep beforehand and her or she dies a peaceful death. Is that fair to the victim? I think not.
As long as there is undeniable proof that a person has killed another person, they should be put to death in the same manner. But that's just my opinion.
I believe the culture created them through not nurturing good things in them,,, they are abused and repressed people. that snap. i say segregate them but not kill them,,,,,
i think there are certain acts that deserve the death penalty.
however i think there should be irrefutable evidence, nothing circumstantial or vague in the least.
unfortunately, our judicial system is just as messed up and corrupt as any other governmental institution, so i don't really trust it to always convict the right person.and therein lies the rub
i do not believe in the death penalty. we are taught from the time we are old enough for time-out that two wrongs do not make a right. how is killing a murderer [or any other criminal] going to fix anything. a criminal should have to pay for their crime and the death penalty is an easy way out. i also believe that any person who believes in God and redemption should have the chance to pray and be forgiven for their sins before their death, and prison is a great place to do so.
Old question asked a million times.
Sometimes I'm for it but looking at it objectively I'd say it should be banned. If they are going to keep it they should also allow assisted suicide in prisons. Let prisoners kill themselves if they want.
I don't like the idea of expensive prisons. Prisons shouldn't cost so much. Move people away from big cities and give them more space. Let non-dangerous prisoners grow their own food etc.
If it were applied more consistently and more swiftly, it's be a great deterrent. Already, it assures that the particular person put to death won't kill again. But they're in prison for life, you say! Yeah, tell that to the guards who have to work there and who know that they can't be punished any more than they already have been.
Life in prison thanks to the ACLU isn't great, but notice not many prisoners say put me to death, I don't want to live in prison. Meals, health care, cable TV, exercise, books. Google (sorry, "Yahoo") Richard Speck and see how horrible he thought his life sentence in prison was.
The libs will not let us force prisoners to work, make their life miserable in prison, etc., so life in prison cannot be an appropriate punishment for the worst murderers.
To the boring comment that two wrongs don't make a right, putting a guilty man to death isn't a wrong; only the original crime of taking an INNOCENT life is a wrong.
If proven the person is guilty without ANY doubt it needs to be used more!
The only problem with the death penalty is the legal system that uses it.
There are just to many mistakes made by investigating officers.
Its just to easy to sit and pass judgement.
Why not be honest and ask your self.
How would you fell if one of your family or friends was another victim of a stuffed up police investigation and that person is about to be put to death?
Yes maybe only a few are mistakes but be honest with your self.
Picture you are looking in your fathers eyes for the last time and you say.
Its ok dad, we know your innocent but it’s all for a good cause.
I don't think it is enforced enough.
I was pro-death penalty for a long time, but I have changed my stance over the years, for several reasons:
1. By far the most compelling is this: Sometimes the legal system gets it wrong. Look at all the people who have been released after years of imprisonment because they were exonerated by DNA evidence. Unfortunately, DNA evidence is not available in most cases. No matter how rare it is, the government should not risk executing one single innocent person.
Really, that should be reason enough for most people. If you need more, read on:
2. Because of the extra expense of prosecuting a DP case and the appeals process (which is necessary - see reason #1), it costs taxpayers MUCH more to execute prisoners than to imprison them for life.
3. The deterrent effect is questionable at best. Violent crime rates are actually higher in death penalty states. This may seem counterintuitive, and there are many theories about why this is (Ted Bundy saw it as a challenge, so he chose Florida – the most active execution state at the time – to carry out his final murder spree). Personally, I think it has to do with the hypocrisy of taking a stand against murder…by killing people. The government becomes the bad parent who says, ‘do as I say, not as I do.’
4. There’s also an argument to be made that death is too good for the worst of our criminals. Let them wake up and go to bed every day of their lives in a prison cell, and think about the freedom they DON’T have, until they rot of old age. When Ted Bundy was finally arrested in 1978, he told the police officer, “I wish you had killed me.”
5. The U.S. government is supposed to be secular, but for those who invoke Christian law in this debate, you can find arguments both for AND against the death penalty in the Bible. For example, Matthew 5:38-39 insists that violence shall not beget violence. James 4:12 says that God is the only one who can take a life in the name of justice. Leviticus 19:18 warns against vengeance (which, really, is what the death penalty amounts to). In John 8:7, Jesus himself says, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
i don't like the death penalty or life in prison. i think that people should be given a chance to return to a normal life if they ever can. and they're not really learning from their mistakes if they're automatically put to death. and i also feel that when a person murders someone, then the gov't decides to give them the death penalty, that's murder too. and the death penalty doesn't bring the original person back, so now u just have 2 deceased people. so i think our justice system needs to change.
The death penalty isn't an effective way to prevent or reduce crime and because it risks executing innocent people. Here is some information about practical aspects of the system with sources below.
Risks of executing innocent people-
124 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and its not a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.
The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that don’t.
We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.
Death penalty costs. The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process. When the death penalty is a possible sentence, extra costs start mounting up before trial, continue through the uniquely complicated trial in death penalty cases (actually 2 separate stages, mandated by the Supreme Court), and appeals.
The death penalty doesn't apply to people with money. Its not reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?
The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.
Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.
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