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Yes.
But, there would have to irrefutable proof that the alleged murderer did indeed commit the crime
accused of.
Beyond reasonable doubt.
Possible even be on video tape, with eye-witnesses as well.
To address your other comment about justice for the victims.....
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but there is no justice in this world!
How many rapists and child-molesters actually PAY for their crimes against women and children?!
How many wife-beaters serve time?!
The answer: VERY FEW.
You get justice for THESE types of people, and then get back to me on this one.
Justice rarely happens for victims - in the Real World.
But, again, I agree with the premise of this, your debate topic. |
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They should be given a death penalty or at least a life sentence which they can't get out of. In
Malaysia if you have a gun you have a death penalty |
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If they have killed someone they should get killed unless it was by accident or they watched it
happen!! .... |
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Ya, I think that the death penalty should be more common...
Even if you don't count the whole 'they got what they deserved' thing, it costs millions of dollars
a year to keep someone in jail. And that's just for one person. Higher security jails, the ones we
use for people who really should be on death row but aren't, cost even more.
Think about it. We're paying for the energy to cook their food, light the halls, warm them, run
expensive security systems, etc. We're feeding them thrice a day and clothing them. We're hiring
jextra ail guards to guard all the convicts.
Then, there's always the chance of them getting out because they escaped, or because they managed to
not get a lifetime sentence. You know what they do next most times? They kill again.
I do think that our definition of 'murder' should be made a bit more lax, and our criminal justice
system definitely needs improving, but that doesn't have a ton to do with the topic (it does have
something to do with it, though, before any of you yell at me) |
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Absolutely. There are some crimes which are so heinous that the convicted criminal loses their
right to breathe the same air as the rest of us. They are too dangerous to ever let loose on the
streets again and therefore, what constructive purpose is there in feeding them and housing them for
the rest of their lives?
Put them down like the rabid dog they are and clear a cell for someone else who might actually
benefit from it. |
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Yes. There are too many naive, comfortable people in this country to realize that sometimes you
have to act in a violent, vicious and cut throat manner in order to maintain control and prevent
things from happening. This isn't kindergarten, there is no "two wrongs don't make a right" in the
real world, there is only what should and has to be done. Criminals who commit murder should have
their lives taken away as they are a threat to innocent people in the community, and if left alive
are perfectly capable of repeating their crimes once released. The death penalty ensures that the
culprit will never commit such crimes ever again, while no amount of rehab could ever make such
claims. |
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I do think that ALL people who intentionally murder another person should get the death penalty.
They choose to take another human life or to behave in such a horrible manner, that they should
loose their dignity and be put to death. It provides closure to many families. Many people who are
sentenced to prison are not able to be rehabed and when put back out on the streets, will commit
another crime.
I also think that people who rape or molest should be put to death too. I wish they'd hang them in
public and put it on national TV. That would definately help keep down on the sociopaths that
choose to commit these crimes. |
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If you kill some one you're a sicko and you're taking lives away for no reason so yes killers should
receive the death penalty for ending someones life. |
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I am for this idea if the murdered committed the crime intentionally. If the murder was committed as
a form of self defense, then I disagree. However, if one person goes out and kills another person,
then they should have to suffer the same thing as their victim. As the Bible says, eye for eye,
tooth for a tooth. Murder is wrong because no human has the right to take another human's life.
Therefore, if someone murders another person, I would agree on letting them starve to death so that
the death is long and painful. Forget the electric chair...let them suffer, as they deserve. That
way not only do they loose their life; they also feel pain like the victim’s family. |
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What about those who murder people who threaten to kill their loved ones in an immediate manner? Or
have raped them or plan to? What about women and men who are domestically abused for years and years
and cannot divorce due to religious beliefs and threats from the family to have their children taken
from them and they will kill them like in the case of Ahluwalia? |
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I don't think so because nobody has the right to kill another person...if someone kills the killer
than they will also have killed and then they need the death penalty as well... |
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The problem is we don't know who the murderers are.
And there is not usually enough evidence to convict people to that extreme degree. |
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I object to this on three separate grounds:
1. The state should never kill it's own citizens. It has a duty to protect them, and for this reason
I oppose the death sentence at all and advocate life sentences.
2. It is very difficult to state with any certainty that all murderers cannot be reformed. We punish
people for three reasons: Retribution, rehabilitation and deterrence. I believe that if a murderer
has served a reasonable time to harm them for their crime, and has changed their ways then the
deterrence effect of the death sentence is debatable but very possibly negligible. I would let them
go free.
3. ALL murderers, all? What about a man who kills a man who is sleeping with his wife and provoked
him? Or what about a man who can prove he was coerced (but not forced) or any of the countless other
mitigating factors that are argued every year in courts. Maybe all mass murderers (though even
then...) but certainly not just all murderers. |
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I would feel more comfortable with the death sentence if I had more confidence in our legal process
to get the right person. In my opinion being wrong about something like that just once is completely
unacceptable. |
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Killing the killers makes you no better then them. And no one has the right to choose when someone
lives or dies, even if that person did so them selves. Also there is always the chance of convicting
the wrong person, which could case even more hurt |
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Eye for an eye is everyone’s answer, but if we are to punish someone for the sin they have
committed in the same way, where does it end? Should every robber get robbed to see how it feels to
lose everything! Should rapist get rapped, to understand the emotional and physiological effects it
has on their victims! Don’t worry I won't get to carried away, but I just want to express my
opinion, that it will never end, are we as a human race the most advanced species in the way of
evolution, to stoop to the level of a killing in the way of justice! There is no justice in that.
Killing a killer will continue throughout debates in years to come, there will always be people who
support and those who are against, and there is nothing humane in killing anyone no matter the crime
committed. And just one more thing, in killing someone are you sure you are getting justice! I see
that in fact, they are escaping a sentence for the crime that they have committed, to finally be
free of the antics and consequence of their actions. I’ am totally against in having the death
penalty as compulsory to every killer, it isn’t a solution to a growing problem, and I the words
of a wise man “an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind” |
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If the person can escape the death penalty by proving their point let them have the satisfaction
that they beat the system. The world isn't about a eye for an eye it may seem fair but in the world
their is no true right or wrong and thus a man can believe he killed another for a good reason even
when the rest of society thinks he did wrong. |
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I have recently changed my stand on this issue. Do you have any idea how much it costs to put
someone to death? A lot more than keeping them alive. What would be a better solution for these sick
people? Keep them in solitary confinement for the rest of their lives. They will go insane. And when
the guards have to make contact, no talking to the prisoner. Just walk in, walk out. This, by the
way, is only for the murderers who kill more than one human being. |
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Yes I see, "an eye for an eye" But I feel life imprisonment is enough of a solution. If those who
commit these crime are a "menace to society" simply remove them from society. This "killing for any
reason" justification belief , just keeps killing as a solution to a problem that's in ourselves not
outside of ourselves. |
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