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Death Penalty for other crimes

Will the US ever execute someone for a crime that does not result in the loss of life

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • No

    Votes: 13 76.5%

  • Total voters
    17
  • Poll closed .
Do you think the US will ever execute someone for a crime that does not involve loss of life. Such as petty theft, tax evasion, etc.

NO-and doing that guarantees far more victims being killed.
 
What about espionage and treason? They dont have to result in success (for example if their information is intercepted) for the accused for them to get the death penalty. They just have to commit those acts.
 
Do you think the US will ever execute someone for a crime that does not involve loss of life. Such as petty theft, tax evasion, etc.

Large scale drug trafficing is a federal capital offense in the technical sense (the death penalty is not often asked for).

Even still, there are two or three people on the Federal death row for purely large scale drug trafficing convictions (no murder conviction etc.). As to whether they actually get executed is another matter.
 
It's interesting how the US has wrongfully executed people, but no one seems to care. So basically in America you can get executed for committing no crime at all.

Cite needed.
 
I don't mean treason, I mean things like tax evasion.

I can only answer the question you actually ask, which I did. They do execute people for crimes not involving the loss of life. If that's not the question you want answered, ask a better question.
 
I can only answer the question you actually ask, which I did. They do execute people for crimes not involving the loss of life. If that's not the question you want answered, ask a better question.
So basically we're no better than China.
 
It's interesting how the US has wrongfully executed people, but no one seems to care. So basically in America you can get executed for committing no crime at all.

Wtf!! Firstly, there are those that care about the death penalty, and its potential for injustice. There are those who do not support the death penalty at all, there are those who support a very limited use of it, and those that think it should be used more. But as one poster pointed out, public support for it is waning. There is a group of attorneys, who's name escapes me at the moment, which has been working, I think basically pro-bono, that since the advent of DNA science have brought for retrial, cases that have resulted in the reversal of many rulings, and the release of prisoners, possibly some death row prisoners. And there's no end to advocacy groups lobbying against the death penalty and stricter regulations for its use. So when you say "no one seems to care", you poke holes in your own argument, way too broad a brush. There is also by-partisan legislation in the works right now for prison reform.
 
Wtf!! Firstly, there are those that care about the death penalty, and its potential for injustice. There are those who do not support the death penalty at all, there are those who support a very limited use of it, and those that think it should be used more. But as one poster pointed out, public support for it is waning. There is a group of attorneys, who's name escapes me at the moment, which has been working, I think basically pro-bono, that since the advent of DNA science have brought for retrial, cases that gave resulted in the reversal of many rulings, and the release of prisoners, possibly some death row prisoners. And there's no end to advocacy groups lobbying against the death penalty and stricter regulations for its use. So when you say "no one seems to care", you poke holes in your own argument, way too broad a brush. There is also by-partisan legislation in the works right now for prison reform.
But the public does not make laws. We have no say. Law makers make the laws.
 
No, it'll never happen. As much as we all squeal like greedy little piggies for our share of the carnage, there's no political support on any level for expanding the death penalty as a penalty for any crimes other than 1st degree murder and treason.
 
But the public does not make laws. We have no say. Law makers make the laws.

The electorate would not stand for an elected offical trying to make petty laws have the death penalty. And quite frankly no official in Congress would want petty crimes have the death penelty.
Also you do realize that we do have a say, every two years right, and every day in between. Please think before you post next time.
 
The electorate would not stand for an elected offical trying to make petty laws have the death penalty. And quite frankly no official in Congress would want petty crimes have the death penelty.
Also you do realize that we do have a say, every two years right, and every day in between. Please think before you post next time.
We have zero say! Only rich people get to run for politics. How does that give us a say. When a truck driver is elected President then we'll actually have a discussion, but until then we are powerless.
 
No, you're wrong. The Republican controlled Congress and Senate will expand the death penalty to non violent crimes. And Obama will sign it into law.

Wut? Are you vying for the "Most Number of Stupid Posts in a Single Day" award?
 
No, you're wrong. The Republican controlled Congress and Senate will expand the death penalty to non violent crimes. And Obama will sign it into law.
How do you think the SCOTUS would feel about the constitutionality of such laws?
 
I'll be reporting you to the moderators for that comment.

Do you realize how much of a joke you are. I hope tomarow you are going to tell us that you were just kidding. but you are still; sadly going to be an whining, illogical, little b****.
 
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But the public does not make laws. We have no say. Law makers make the laws.

You made a blanket statement that "no one cares" that people have been falsely sentenced to death, and you're simply wrong about that.
 
We have zero say! Only rich people get to run for politics. How does that give us a say. When a truck driver is elected President then we'll actually have a discussion, but until then we are powerless.

Why do you countine to say old, overused propaganda. Not every polition is rich, this election cycle my state of Iowa rejected the wealthier trial lawyer, over a middle class, small town, woman for the U.S. Senete, so try to tell me again only the rich get a say.
 
But the public does not make laws. We have no say. Law makers make the laws.

The public does not directly make laws, we elect representatives that are supposed to do what we want them to do. Are you really unaware of how a representative democracy works?
 
The public does not directly make laws, we elect representatives that are supposed to do what we want them to do. Are you really unaware of how a representative democracy works?

He sure is, I find it very difficult to take him, and people like him seriosly.
 
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