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Death Penalty

Should there be a death penalty?

  • Yes

    Votes: 55 47.0%
  • No

    Votes: 45 38.5%
  • Under certain circumstances, please explain

    Votes: 17 14.5%

  • Total voters
    117

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What do you think of the death penalty.
 
What do you think of the death penalty.

Yes, for certain murders. There are some crimes people can commit that are so heinous the perps forfeit their right to life, in my opinion. These "certain murders" might include, off the top of my head, the murder of a child and serial killers. If I thought about it longer, I could probably come up with a longer list. But rarely.

Let most of them rot in jail and die alone without family and friends at their sides. Lethal injection? Much too easy. Hell, I'd like that way out, and I haven't killed anybody. ;)
 
If you commit murder, you deserve to be murdered back. This is, of course, it can be proven with valid multiple witnesses and/or DNA.
 
I feel if there are 3 or more credible witnesses then they should be hung within a month of the ruling. If they are ruled guilty with less than 3 credible witnesses they are incarcerated for life without parole pending their decision on appeal.
 
Absolutely, we need to use it much more often and much more quickly.
 
For extreme certain cases and after their appeals have been used.
 
Does anyone know what the cost is for lethal injection?
 
Yes, if there is 100 % proof they are guilty. DNA, etc.
Serving a life sentence would not be feasible to me although a long suffering existence would be pretty bad. However, in prison, they would find a way to exist on our dime. Frankly, I don't want to pay to keep someone locked up for life. Snuff 'em and save me some money.
 
Yes, if there is 100 % proof they are guilty. DNA, etc.
Serving a life sentence would not be feasible to me although a long suffering existence would be pretty bad. However, in prison, they would find a way to exist on our dime. Frankly, I don't want to pay to keep someone locked up for life. Snuff 'em and save me some money.

I agree with this, but at the same time if it costs more for the lethal injection than imprisonment they should be put imprison. I am curious as to how much lethal injection costs and hope someone can let us know.
 
Does anyone know what the cost is for lethal injection?

The chemicals cost realtively little, it's all the idiotic legal wrangling that make the DP expensive.
 
The chemicals cost realtively little, it's all the idiotic legal wrangling that make the DP expensive.

Thank you for your answer. What legal work goes into it?
 
No simply because the justice system is heavily flawed, far too much room for human error to entrust life and death decisions to random jurors.
 
Yes, if there is 100 % proof they are guilty. DNA, etc.
Serving a life sentence would not be feasible to me although a long suffering existence would be pretty bad. However, in prison, they would find a way to exist on our dime. Frankly, I don't want to pay to keep someone locked up for life. Snuff 'em and save me some money.

The studies are pretty clear that, because of our country's lengthy appeals process, it actually costs more to execute someone than to put them in prison for life. To execute or not: A question of cost? - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com
 
Under certain circumstances

I support the death penalty in undeniably true cases of mass murder, in which case the appeals process would be eliminated.
 
Society can do better, I think, than to kill people who kill people to demonstrate that killing people is wrong.
 
No simply because the justice system is heavily flawed, far too much room for human error to entrust life and death decisions to random jurors.

Then how can you trust it for other decisions?
 
I honestly believe in someone doing the time for the crime the commit. If they kill someone they too deserve the ultimate price.
 
Society can do better, I think, than to kill people who kill people to demonstrate that killing people is wrong.

Authority is given to government to carry out punishment for crimes. So a criminal choosing to kill people is different than a government carrying out punishment it decides is appropriate for certain crimes. Some crimes are so terrible that it is the only fair option.
 
I honestly believe in someone doing the time for the crime the commit. If they kill someone they too deserve the ultimate price.

The ultimate price might be drawing and quartering in the town square. Lethal injection? Much too easy.
 
No.
But only under one circumstance for war criminals. Thats it.
 
The ultimate price might be drawing and quartering in the town square. Lethal injection? Much too easy.

Are you suggesting public hangings?
 
People, it's not about what they "deserve". It's about whether or not the punishment acts as a sufficient deterrent; 20 years on death row does not.

Otherwise it's really just the two wrongs make a right fallacy, which evolved in the first place out of a need to deter others from harming you. So yeah, unless the punishment acts as a deterrent, then it is simply reduced to a bunch of pseudo-moralistic nonsense.
 
I am against the death penalty.

I believe revenge should not be the motivating force in a legal system and I don't think death penalty is an effective deterrant.

The most pragmatic argument against the death penalty probably is that mistakes happen in any legal system, and death penalty cannot be reversed when a mistake was made.
 
i support teh death penalty,because i am more humanistic than those who claim to be humanist,in my opinion...it is a necessary punishment for serial murderers ,psychopaths and psycho rapists
 
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