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I believe in the death penalty. I agree it could be a deterrent to crime...if it was carried
out...death penalty cases automatic State Supreme Court Review within 30 days, sentence carried out
within 45 days.... Why society should pay for murderers, who die easier than their victims is beyond
me....oh, lets be clear...there is a big difference between a murderer and a killer...what is it you
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I am for it. I also believe that the following crimes means the death penalty. Child molestation,
raping a kid producing kiddy porn. Another case for the death penalty is taxing people too much.
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The reason that the death penalty isn't as effective as it should be is that it isn't used enough!
What gives me the right you say, well the FACT is that I have the RIGHT to walk down the street
without being scared, beaten, robbed or killed. We are willing to put them away and throw away the
key but not to have the strength to do what is necessary because of our concience.Thats pretty
hypocritical to me.. Execution is different than murder, after you cross that line with murder you
have given the rights to your life away, they have a choice. The victim doesn't . There should be no
mercy for someone who has shown no mercy in his or her own life. People need to be held responsible
for there actions and a message needs to be sent to people eye for an eye. . These people arent
sorry they're cold, they dont care what you have to say. If it would have been you they killed they
wouldn't have any more remorse then they do already. Yes people can change but a person who was
murdered doesn't get the chance to have any life changes or see their kids grow up. I think some of
us have forgotten that the only reason that you have the ability to cry about death row inmates and
there feelings is because brave young men and women have taken many many lives in war so suck it up
and have the backbone to stand up for yourself and for your rights as an american . One in every 31
adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of
$47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.Criminal correction spending is outpacing budget
growth in education, transportation and public assistance, based on state and federal data.
I think saving money would only be a bonus, let us build more schools and teach every one about how
its wrong to take innocent people's lives. P.s. I'm sorry for all the innocent victims of the system
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I think if someone kills another person, they should be killed themselves. Its really not fair that
people get a few years in prison for murder and other extreme cases. Its not fair.
The death penelty is stilll around in some places in America which is a very good thing as people
like that really really shouldnt be granted the privilage of a life. |
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What is a fair punishment for killing someone
sitting in jail and getting TV three square meals and facilities that some law abiding citizens do
not even have?
The simple punishment for murderers should be death!!! |
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Yes. If you murder somebody, you do not deserve to live. Instead of murderers languishing in prison
for decades, paid for by tax-payers, they should just be executed. Those who show no mercy to the
innocent deserve no mercy themselves.
Of course, one has to make sure that the accused is definitely guilty before proceeding. |
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This is very simple.....an EYE for an EYE.... |
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First of all, my response will be well-considered, and I will not cuss you or use name-calling for
having the courage or audacity to bring up this, debate. Plenty of other debaters, likely will, so I
will leave the verbal-abuse to the lesser mortals. The domain of the animal to them. And bring this
topic to a higher level = The Mind.
Good topic, by the way.
No matter what the religious community says, and I have heard it all; there ARE degrees of
wrong/sin/crime.
This topic presents a very good venue to analyze this fact :
1. Murder is taking someone's life with malice-aforethought.
2. Execution is the State taking the life of a convicted murderer.
3. Killing can be the hunting of animals for sport or for food,
and in Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy etc etc they killed
for sport and for "fun" only it is of fellow-human-beings.
4. Accidental-Death is when someone's life is taken but not
with knowledge-aforethought, like a car-accident.
5. Euthanasia, and this is called, "mercy-killing" suicide, only
the hiring of a Physician's hand to administer the poison,
the medical equivalent to the gunner in the back of a black
limo by the Mafia......Some think this is murder too.
6. Self-Defense : Someone tries to rape or murder you, you
do them in before they can do you in. Dog eat dog world.
There are many levels and forms of taking of human life.
To understand this fully one must look at this topic from many
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ABSOLUTELY!!!
From a prior posting in a similar topic:
Hell Yes!!! Bring back the Death Penalty! First it would save the different levels of government
(ultimately the tax payers) a whole lot of money. Not having to pay for the babysitting services of
thousands of adults would please everybody's wallets. Secondly, the number of prisoners in the
United States is staggering...bringing back the Death Penalty would enable us to free some space
which would in turn again save a ton of money (not needing upgrades to prisons or new prisons,
etc...). Thirdly, bringing back the Death Penalty would (hopefully) lower the crime rates...if the
criminals know that there actually is an ultimate punishment then prehaps they would think twice
about breaking the law. And if the crime rate did not drop because criminals didn't care about the
penalties of their actions...then oh well, they would be sentenced to death so their loss...I would
not lose any sleep.
I only wish that if they did / when they do bring back the Death Penalty that they decrease the
amount of time between sentencing and the actual carrying out of the sentence. Give the person a
little time to appeal and then (provided they lost their appeal) kill them.
Cleanse the community!!!
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Some people say its not right to kill a killer and if you do that , then your no different from the
murderer. Oh really? Big difference between killing, murderering, and executing. Murdering is
killing an innocent person purposefully for some messed up reason, killing is the ending of ones
life, and executing (death penalty)is the killing in the form of punishment for a person who
murdered and ruined the lifes of others.
People will argue that it doesn't solve anything. Well you may be partialy right. I don't believe it
deters anyone from murdering and or raping but i feel the person doesn't desearve to get pleasure or
enjoyment out of life wether its masturbating or looking at the sky or seeing any sights for the
slightest fragment of a second after wat they have done because now the victims cant either. I
really would like some one to prove me wrong |
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I believe it is. |
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As long as it isn't painful, it isn't cruel, and it isn't unusual. |
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It is highly necessary. Considering all the innocent lives that are taken is rediculous! It majorly
depends on what they do, though. |
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Some people deserve to die immediately for what they've done(ex:9/11,Columbine,VTech,Helter
Skelter's group) but i also believe that others should live a few years because death is too good of
an easy way out for them, but i'm the type of person that believes that if you've killed someone,
you deserve to die. Same thing goes with rapists,child molesters, and such |
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Yes, I believe the death penalty should exist. I think there are crimes that people cannot come back
from. Point and case, Joseph Edward Duncan, who had a history of child assault and molestation
charges going back to his teenage years, gets out of prison and kills an entire family save for a
young boy and girl. He then takes the boy and girl to a campground where he sexually molests the boy
over and over. The boy eventually stumbled out in front of the girl and Joseph puts a gun to the
boy's head and kills him. The girl saw her brother get his brains blown out. Then Duncan takes the
girl to a restaurant a week or two later where the waitress recognizes the girl and calls the
cops.
Are you telling me this guy can be saved? If you think he can be saved, why don't you let him live
in your neighborhood and play with your kids...maybe then you'd understand after you kid turns up
raped and murdered. I say a quick death penalty is letting these people off the hook too soon. I
like when the chair acts up on people like Duncan and doesn't kill him the first couple of
times...
Besides the fact that keeping people like Duncan in prison and paying for his psychologists,
psychiatrists, and all the meds he'd be on would be costing the taxpayers an arm and a leg. Slap 'em
in the chair and let 'er rip! |
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I believe if someone kills another person the murderer should be killed. |
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I agree there are already high crime rates in the u.s. No matter what party holds the presidents
seat. Why do we want to keep people alive and continue paying taxes on them to eat three meals,
have an exercise activity, smuggling drugs in prisons, arranging more crime, murders should be put
on the death penalty and they should be given a maximum of 1 year before there day comes |
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Eye for an eye, the way I see it. I don't see why my tax dollars should pay to keep a murderer alive
who is serving a life sentence. |
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For crimes such as murder, rape, child abuse and terrorism it should be brought and should be
applied when there is absolute proof, indisputable DNA evidence, caught on camera or reliable
witnesses then it could be very necessary to a country like Britain. |
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I do believe that the death penalty should be present for people who murder, rape, molest, such and
such. They do not deserve to live!!! |
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The death penalty would be the best idea for alot of inmates. We are paying daily for them to be
fed, have clothing, clean linens, exercise, visitation with loved ones. It is basically like a hotel
but with someone watching you. Using the death penalty could save us millions. There is no reason we
should have to pay for these murders and rapists to be alive. |
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Prisons are overflowing with terrible, relentless criminals. Why waste our time feeding, clothing,
bathing and just generally taking care of them? The way I see it, it's an eye for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth, and a life for a life. People would probably also think twice about murdering someone
if they knew the ultimate consequence was to have their own life taken away. |
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In England, the death penalty is illegal, and as a result their prisons are overflowed, and millions
of Pounds are spent on keeping these prisons in order.
The death penalty should only be used under the most heinous of crimes. If one has had multiple and
extremely violent crimes, the death penalty should be considered.
Now, I think some people think we have plenty of prisons. But, we are growing short, and more and
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If the penalty is given they have to be sure more than sure in some cases. How would you feel if a
rapist murderer was released from prison after ten years had not changed and was on your street
would you feel safe. They have taken someones life they do not deserve to be amongst us. Besides
murderers can get imprisoned for as little as 10 years that's a long time it should be from when
they were convicted until they die as simple as that |
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I will express support for the Death Penalty.
My reasoning being, the Justice system is designed to do what? Dispense justice to keep law and
order. Locking people up may perhaps be more 'morally desirable', there is the possibility of
executing innocents and yes it may not act as a deterrent to those who are completely committed to
carrying out murder in the first place.
However, many people dismiss the legal system as they do not believe justice is being dealt when
someone who has murdered say, a family member of someone else is simply locked up with a 'life
sentence' (which isn't for life). Prisons are overflowing and people guilty of major crimes are
being allowed to leave early in some cases which contradicts the principle of punishment.
People make the conscious decision to murder, they understand the risks and therefore they should be
punished appropriately. The punishment needs to fit the crime and if by taking a life, we save
numerous others then is that not benefiting society and giving the family of the victim peace of
mind that the killer will never hurt again? |
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The punishment deserves to be equal to the crime and if its cold blooded murder that's what they
deserve, so on a moral level its kind of 50 50 you could argue all day i guess but but for the last
person who said "what are you god or something" god said an eye for an eye fool. What do you think
that means, and its in the best interests of the public and people in prison for that matter,,,,
they mix someone who committed fraud with these people and that's not right in its self.... Kill em
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Yes all that cause harm to another human being, it is only fair to take a life for another so that
the muderer can't kill another victim. How would you feel if you could let some won kill another or
put him to death. |
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People say that it is inhuman to treat criminals like this, but they need to realize that the
criminals wouldn't do the crime if there were greater consequences. And why do we have to treat the
criminals good anyways, THEY ARE CRIMINALS! |
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I am going to go on the agree with it side here. But not for the reason that it would deter crime,
I don't think it would. I would save it for very worst and most clear cut cases. I am thinking
about Ian Huntley in England as an example.
I cannot agree that executing someone like Huntly is as bad as his acts. He killed 2 little girls
for kicks. It isn't just the same is it? No more so than jailing someone for who held their victim
against their will in a dungeon.
I would leave it to the families of the victims to decide. I for one would want Huntly dead if
Holly or Jessica were my little girls, if seeing him executed makes their families feel a little
better that is enough for me. I would also feel sick to think that my taxes were being spent on
him. I would feel divested all over again if I saw Huntly in the papers getting access to the
Internet, cable TV and a playstation. Which has happened.
The only valid argument against it is that an innocent to be sentenced to death, but there are cases
where it is clear cut and 100%, save it for them. |
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The death penalty is necessary because what are we going to do let mass murders run free |
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It costs millions of dollars a year to keep criminals in jail, money that could go to health care or
something similar.
It's possible to escape from prison, even the most well guarded. It's pretty hard to come back from
the dead.
If someone brutally takes the lives of others, or even leaves their victims alive but tortures them
and makes them unable to function, and does this to multiple people, then by my figuring they've
given up any right they ever had to life.
To the people arguing that there are some people on death row who are innocent: With the addition of
DNA that's becoming less and less common.
People are given multiple life sentences in many cases because the death penalty is banned. Hello?
How exactly are they supposed to serve those?
If there's no chance of parole and the criminal's going to be in jail for the rest of his/her life,
then why not just go ahead and kill him/her?
I'm totally for the death penalty. |
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Many can differ to my thoughts but what I feel strongly that who take the lives should pay the
humanity by giving their lives in return. That means death penalty should be made necessary for
those serial killers who take lives of women, children without caring anything in this world. But
they should have been given a clear message that they would not be able to have their life back
after some 10-15 years. A 15 year imprisonment is not enough to make those maniacs straight. “By
taking lives they would have to give their own lives too”-this should be the message to those
heartless cruel maniacs. Only thus the precious souls of their victims would get peace in heaven.
According to me, by death penalty we could be able to save lives what could be taken after the life
long imprisonment of those maniacs. |
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With DNA evidence as good as it is these days yes it will free up prisons life will mean a life
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I think they should take it one step farther, 15yrs to wait to be killed for something that bad,
that’s 15yrs of wasted money on someone that deserves to be dead sooner. Good behavior in jail
shouldn’t matter, you’re in jail for a reason and you shouldn’t be rewarded for anything in
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I have to say that I am against it. The reasoning is, I don't believe it to actually have an effect
on the alleged perpetrator of any crime.
Speeding is a crime. The logic in that is; when you are driving above the posted speed limit, you
are endangering others on the road. Unfortunately, many people are killed in driving related
accidents or collisions if you prefer. If traffic violations were a crime that carried with it a
death sentence, would that stop people from speeding, running red lights, not using turn signals,
driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol (the list is huge) ? I doubt it. I would
postulate, that if you are going to commit a crime, you are willing to accept the punishment,
whether that punishment is known or unknown to the alleged perpetrator.
On a side note here, doesn't the killing of an inmate effectively end their sentence as they are no
longer living in a cage, but rather no longer living ?
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It actually costs less to keep people in jail for their entire life than to execute them (due to
court appeals). I also do not think it is a very nice thing to do.... People can, although
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So when you murder someone, it is because you as an individual do not have the authority to say who
lives and dies...so sending someone to death in court implies that if you have 12 people who say
"YUp, you no what that guy can die" its legally right???
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I disagree I believe that no man has the right to take the life of no man or woman's life under any
circumstances. Yes it is wrong to kill to kill family,rape women, rape children,and kill a body of
people. But are you no different than the killer if you kill him or her. Yes you may have had a so
call honorable reason of killing him or her but at the end of the day you still took that man or
woman's life. I say let the killer feel the pain of the family mentally let him sleep in the bed of
person he kill let them live in house that the person kill live in (of course with police around)
let him or her learn about the person they killed till they cant stand it. |
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I disagree, although not completely. Some people murder because they are provoked, are acting within
self defence or defence of others. Also, there are people more evil than murderers at times like
seriel rapists and paedophiles. Yet, giving them the death penalty is the easy option, give them all
tough mandatory life sentences where they work to live, if not, let them stare for a few days but
keep them alive. I know if I were a criminal, I'd rather be given the death penalty than be tortured
for years or even life. |
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No I believe the death penalty is the easy way out. |
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No no no death i f you think about it is death really necessary we all make mistakes and death is
creel. |
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I disagree with this because, even though there are terrible people in this world, what does killing
them solve? They'd be gone, yes, but without being given the chance to learn and grow and see their
fault. What kind of people take away the chance for someone else to find themselves? To find God? To
apologize? If anything, killing them is not punishing them, a real punishment would be to let them
live every day knowing in their heart what they did was wrong, and having to live with that pain.
Death penalty is the same as murder, it's not justifiable. To kill them would be endorsing crimes
and sin. Thou shalt not kill. Plain and simple. People make mistakes, and some dont learn til late
in life, but you never know. How can we just give up on people like that? |
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Problem is when they get the wrong person, That becomes murder.;-( |
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There are other types of punishment, STRONG PUNISHMENT |
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When you think about it yes the people who are serving time in jail do deserve to be punished but
they they are already being punished by living in a jail cell. Their freedom is taken away. The last
thing they have is life. Everyone makes mistakes but you shouldn't take their life for it. And if
the crime they committed was murder then you are doing the same thing they did continuing the cycle.
They took a life so take theirs. That's not the way two wrongs don't make a right. What if they were
innocent sitting behind bars? How would you feel then? Killing an innocent human being? What
then?... |
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I don't really get the point of the death penalty......yes you are punishing someone for what they
did to another human being and such....but wouldn't you rather have that person live their life
horrible...locked up....screamed at....etc....why would you want them dead...that is just letting
them off easily... |
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I would never say that it is wrong to kill people if it hadn't been written in the bible that
killing a human is not allowed, but it is.
And an other point is that there were people who had been punished by the death penalty ,who hadn't
fault on the crime ,which had been discussed.
But they were already killed so you had no chance to rehabilitate them. |
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I might support the death penalty If I had more trust in the accuracy of the legal process. |
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Compared to spending the rest of your life in prison, death would be sweet and not a punishment.
Thou shall not kill. |
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What good is it to kill someone? How would it help? I think we should him or her behind bars for the
rest of their life instead of death. |
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We aren't the ones to give or take life from someone, that's god's job |
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Its an uncivil act. |
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Let's think about the degree of suffering that the prisoners must have. With the death penalty, it
is possibly a minute of pain, and then death, while with a life sentence, you live in your cell for
countless years, doing nothing. To me, spending my life in prison would be a lot more painful than
death, and if we are concerned about equaling the amount of suffering that killers gave to their
victims, then life in prison is the better option. |
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What if someone didn't do the crime and gets killed |
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First of all, if you are killing someone because they killed someone else, you are just as bad as
they are. No matter how bad a person is, noone has the right to take another life. What are you, GOD
or something. When the death penalty was intact in the past, many innocent people died an unfair
sentence. Only after they were killed were they proven not guilty. PATHETIC! Besides, if this
country is given the authority to reintroduce the death penalty, they will start using it as a
resort to, not only murder, but many other situations regardless of whether they are serious and
deserve this punishment or not. I am totally against capital punishment! |
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Those who want the state to commit murder are as much sociopaths and psychopaths as those you want
to see murdered.
You're in favour of "capital punishment"? Sit in the electric chair and prove it by being the first
executed.
Edit:
The dictionary definition of a sociopath is someone who wilfully causes injury or harm to others
with no moral or ethical qualms. Those who want "execution" (read: Murder) are sociopaths,
especially when those being murdered are innocent. Or worse, such people are psychopaths, because
they look forward to state sponsored murder.
Do you live under a rock, or do you pretend that dozens of people released from Murder Row because
of DNA testing do not exist? And who knows how many more have been murdered by the state (e.g.
Black defendants with white victims) and were knowingly convicted in false trials, e.g. Cameron
Todd Willingham, whom the Texas governor knew was innocent. He wanted Willingham murdered to
score political points. |
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I am against for two reason, and reason number one is, if you've experienced years (and i mean
decades) in jail, then you can have your say, and the second reason is that, seeing the fact i am
spiritual and that i believe that there is a God, and from what i recall people aren't God, for they
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Disagree!!! Who are we to say who shall die and who shall live?! Do you know that many times the
people who do die because of the death penalty turn out to be completely innocent? Is it fair for
them to pay for an uncommitted crime thru the lost of their own lives? I believe NOT! And even if
they did commit the most horrendous crimes, what are you going to do, kill them instantly so they
won’t have to suffer the rest of their lives, the suffering of being secluded from society and
trapped in a cell with other criminals who are probably just or worse than him/her? A life that will
be miserable until he takes his/her last breath, does he/her not deserve that? I don’t think death
will solve anything, it is painless and done in an instant , I believe jails should stop being so
lenient and become harsh and ruthless, I’m not saying let them go mad crazy and kill each other, I
just believe there is no need for them to have a TV, radio, or even take classes in jail, I think we
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I don't think the death penalty is ever acceptable. No matter what a person has done, there is
always another way to protect society - you do not have to kill! |
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Is it fair for the judge to have to condemn someone to death, potentially against their religion? I
am also going to make the necessary point, despite its recurring appearance on this page; the fact
that the law is entirely illogical and hypocritical. If murder is so evil and heinous, what gives
the supporters the right to inflict that act upon another human? Besides, there have numerous cases
of mistaken sentencing; is there ever enough evidence to take another life. What gives anyone the
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The death penalty is an extremely contradictory and hypocritical law. It seems foolish that a
country trying to discourage murder is murdering. Surely as the executioner killed the murderer the
executioner should also be executed and then his or her executioner should also be executed and so
on? I feel it is similar to child smacking in that it hollows itself out as you are discouraging the
aggressive behavior by being aggressive. |
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Yes we should respect the right of living as the seeker said. Also if that person has murdered other
people, killing him won't bring them back. |
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No the death penalty isn't necessary at all.
It's necessary to make sure we never re-introduce it in Britain.
There's no evidence that having a death penalty stops people from committing crimes. Countries like
America, China and Russia have the death penalty and still have high crime rates.
There's always a risk that an innocent person will die by mistake and that makes capital punishment
wrong.
It's morally wrong to take even a criminals life. I can see why people who have suffered have argued
for the death sentence but that's not a reason to implement it. Like any other form of punishment ,
capital punishment can be abused and has been.
Capital punishment can't be compared with real necessities such as food, water, warmth, light and
heat. These are the things that are necessary for life the death penalty isn't. |
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In a sense I think that it is a right thing since the death penalty is for people that committed
horrible crimes and such. But I think that it is kinda of pointless, because if someone is put in
jail, they suffer more. They are actually punished for what they do. If they are put to death, it is
just a quick thing. What's the point other than to get rid of the danger of them? |
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The death penalty is something that civilised countries cannot allow or tolerate.
No least because there is always the chance that the condemned are not guilty of the crime they were
changed with and one wrongful death is too many.
It's unimaginable what an innocent person must feel when they are condemned for something they
didn't do.
The death penalty is legalised murder by another name.
There are plenty of other ways of dealing with even the most hardened criminals but I can't agree
that killing them settles anything.
It's argued that the death penalty is a deterrent but this is a weak argument.
In America, anti-abortionists such as Bush are enthusiastic about the death penalty and how
hypocritical can this be?
What I don't agree with is reducing sentences of certain offenders, some of whom commit similar
offences on release. In the case of life for many offenders life should mean just that.
I also think that offenders should give back into society some of what they have taken.
One innocent person taken in error is my main argument on this one. |
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The death penalty is not 'necessary'. Air is necessary, food is necessary, water is necessary. The
death penalty is a choice to executed those considered to be guilty. It is to take the power of
God, or the power of nature and turn it into a flawed, human decision. Necessary is not the right
word.
An eye for an eye, is that how it goes? But who has the right to end life? Do we kill someone in
the name of justice, seems to be rather a chaotic way to achieve the desired result. Surely killing
someone (even humanely in the act of justice) breaks a central tenet of the Christian and other
world faiths, thou shall not kill. Or do we want to subvert that, to thou shall those who have been
found guilty. An eye for an eye cannot work, because someone is always the second eye, and that
leads to a third eye, and a fourth eye, and so on and so on.
The law is flawed. Twelve men and women sit and make a decision. Someone else dies as a result of
that decision. Prison is a harsh and cruel punishment in itself. If you haven't been in a prison
cell before, I mean, been in, not seen on television or the movies, you have no idea what damage
isolation and social alienation does to a human being.
I do not believe that anyone is evil. I believe they are chemically or biologically damaged and
this causes them to do horrible, terrible things. However, should we then go on to take a life
because of this? Do you want the power to end someone else? To extinguish their brief candle?
Do you think it was right to kill Saddam Hussein? What message did that send to the world? That
powerful leaders who kill others can be captured by foreign nationals and executed. By that case,
most of the leaders of the so-called free world should be executed.
Would you be happy to be executed if you had been found guilty of a crime you did not commit. Is
one wrongful death worth it? Would you be happy to die because someone got it wrong? I think not.
You would soon oppose the death penalty. Or should only the REALLY guilty be murdered in
retribution. Does that mean the Iraqi terrorists who find enemy (US) soldiers in their country are
justified in the death penalty for the invaders? They have invaded their country, killed their
president, installed a government, killed their countrymen. Or is it only domestic crimes that
warrant cold justice?
I'm interested in the member death's message about murderers and apostates. Does Death believe that
those who not longer follow his or her will, cause or religion should also be killed? Or do they
use the word apostate metaphorically as someone who has left societal boundaries behind.
Simply. How can the killing of one person be justified by the death of another or others? How does
that help society? What benefit does it have? I can't think of one thing that the death penalty
does that changes a thing.
Some people think it's a deterrent. If it was, surely there would be less crime in those
states/nations where the death penalty is imposed. |
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We should respect the right of living, for each person no matter their condition or what they have
done. |
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