What do u think about capital punishment ?

Question

actually, im against the death penalty. i think its wrong to take a life ,no matter what! do u think so?

Answer 1

i am for it--particularly for murderers, pedophiles and rapists.



there are many people who would still be alive if the death penalty was given to their killers before they killed again.



also, i have to work every day, barely get 3 meals day, am now sitting with a sheet wrapped around my shoulders to keep my gas bill down, have done without ac for the past 3 summer because i can't afford it, so i resent the fact that there are killers in prison that i am working to kept fed every day, to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and who get to sit on their duffs every day while i am stressing over wondering if i am going to be able to make it through the month.





also, i resent the fact that there are killers in prison that i am working to keep fed every day, to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer, who get to sit on their duffs every day, while i have to work every day, get 3 sparse meals day, am cold and sitting with a sheet wrapped around my shoulders to keep my gas bill down, and have done without ac for the past 3 summer because i can't afford it.



and as far as my seeing a doctor? i have to be pretty bad off being that i can't afford it. and if i needed an operation? i do and -am- doing without, but i suppose at some point i will be paying for it the rest of my life while the mass murderers and the 'peds' get it for free.



now there are those who say 'but they are behind bars. that is a harsh life.'



THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOSE, so why should i feel sorry for them?



and with the death penalty, they don't get a chance to spawn more like them.



by now everyone knows that if a parent is an alcoholic or an abuser, there is a good chance that a child will be too. it is NOT just from example. a lot of children may never know a parent was an alcoholic. IT IS IN THE 'BLOOD'.



besides, God laid down the death penalty Himself. now most would ask 'well, aren't you suppose to love your enemies?' as a point against the death penalty.



with that kind of logic then they shouldn't be punished at all! just shake their hand, tell them they're forgiven and let them go their way.



yes, i love them. but also love the fact that they will never get the chance to kill again, and as a plus, their deaths serve as an example, and more innocent people live.



common sense should rule, if nothing else.



"Jeffrey Dahlmer raped, killed and ate parts of at least thirteen men. As punishment, the government was planning to feed, clothe, educate, medicate, entertain, and legally represent him for the rest of his life. Families of his victims would pay taxes, in part, to keep Dahlmer comfortable, warm in winter and cool in summer. That type of punishment should scare the dickens out of other mass murderers...



In countries like Saudi Arabia, which enforce a swift and certain death penalty, violent crime is rare. Singapore and Los Angeles have equivalent populations, yet in one year Singapore had 58 murders (most followed by swift execution) while Los Angeles had 1,063. Criminal sub-cultures like the Mafia show that the death penalty is a powerful deterrent even among career criminals, since few will ever double-cross their superiors, fearing the repercussions..." (did you get that? 58 murders in singapore, over a thousand in la. and even the mob knows the death penalty is a deterrent)



besides, if it's good enough for Him, it's good enough for me.

Answer 2

I'm against it. For the worst crimes, life without parole is better, for many reasons. I’m against the death penalty not because of sympathy for criminals but because it doesn’t reduce crime, prolongs the anguish of families of murder victims, costs a whole lot more than life in prison, and, worst of all, risks executions of innocent people.



The worst thing about it. Errors:

The system can make tragic mistakes. As of now, 143 wrongly convicted people on death row have been exonerated. We’ll never know for sure how many people have been executed for crimes they didn’t commit. DNA is rarely available in homicides, often irrelevant and can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.



Keeping killers off the streets for good:

Life without parole, on the books in most states, also prevents reoffending. It means what it says, and spending the rest of your life locked up, knowing you’ll never be free, is no picnic. Two big advantages:

-an innocent person serving life can be released from prison

-life without parole costs less than the death penalty



Costs, a big surprise to many people:

Study after study has found that the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. The process is much more complex than for any other kind of criminal case. The largest costs come at the pre-trial and trial stages. These apply whether or not the defendant is convicted, let alone sentenced to death.



Crime reduction (deterrence):

Homicide rates for states that use the death penalty are consistently higher than for those that don’t. The most recent FBI data confirms this. For people without a conscience, fear of being caught is the best deterrent. The death penalty is no more effective in deterring others than life sentences.



Who gets it:

The death penalty magnifies social and economic inequalities. It isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. Practically everyone sentenced to death had to rely on an overworked public defender.



Victims:

Like no other punishment, it subjects families of murder victims to a process which makes healing even harder. Even families who have supported it in principle have testified to the protracted and unavoidable damage that the death penalty process does to families like theirs and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.



The death penalty comes down to retribution or revenge—the only plausible reasons to support it.

Answer 3

I'm against it.



Justifying death with causing another death to prove the justice of the previous death is illogical. That's basically what the death penalty is doing. The death penalty is just pointless evil torture.

Answer 4

i think its wrong from both a moral and political standpoint. its wrong because as a deterrence, which it is oft marketed as, it is completely ineffective as crimes prosecuted with capital punishment do not decrease in occurrence and it does not address the reasons for those crimes occurring. those murdered by the state also could potentially be innocent or capable of reforming(there are studies and reports showing that even those convicted of serious offences are capable of reforming given the correct treatment). it is also racially and class biased as people of colour and those from low SES backgrounds are more likely to end up with sentences of capital punishment. also i do not think the state should have the power to kill its people- it is just another way for it to attempt to control and render powerless the working class.

Answer 5

I think rapists and murderers (depending on the reason) deserve it. Besides those two crimes there isn't really anything else one should be put to death for. An eye for an eye.



And giving them life in prison just costs US money. Why should WE pay for THEIR crimes?

Answer 6

Reconsider. I did.



The Death Penalty: Justice & Saving More Innocents

Dudley Sharp



The death penalty has a foundation in justice and it spares more innocent lives.



The majority populations of all countries, likely, support the death penalty for some crimes (1).



Why? Justice.



Anti death penalty arguments are either false or the pro death penalty arguments are stronger.



THE DEATH PENALTY: SAVING MORE INNOCENT LIVES



The Innocent Frauds: Standard Anti Death Penalty Strategy

and

THE DEATH PENALTY: SAVING MORE INNOCENT LIVES

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-innocent-frauds-standard-anti-death.html



OF COURSE THE DEATH PENALTY DETERS: A review of the debate

and

MURDERERS MUCH PREFER LIFE OVER EXECUTION

99.7% of murderers tell us "Give me life, not execution"

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/03/of-course-death-penalty-deters.html



Saving Costs with The Death Penalty

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/02/death-penalty-cost-saving-money.html



RACE & THE DEATH PENALTY: A REBUTTAL TO THE RACISM CLAIMS

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2012/07/rebuttal-death-penalty-racism-claims.html



The Death Penalty: Not a Human Rights Violation

http://homicidesurvivors.com/2006/03/20/the-death-penalty-not-a-human-rights-violation.aspx



Killing Equals Killing: The Amoral Confusion of Death Penalty Opponents

http://homicidesurvivors.com/2013/02/19/murder-and-execution--very-distinct-moral-differences--new-mexico.aspx



The Death Penalty: Neither Hatred nor Revenge

http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/20/the-death-penalty-neither-hatred-nor-revenge.aspx



The Death Penalty: Mercy, Expiation, Redemption & Salvation

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-death-penalty-mercy-expiation.html





MORAL FOUNDATIONS



Immanuel Kant: "If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.". "A society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody else's life is simply immoral."



Pope Pius XII; "When it is a question of the execution of a man condemned to death it is then reserved to the public power to deprive the condemned of the benefit of life, in expiation of his fault, when already, by his fault, he has dispossessed himself of the right to live." 9/14/52.



John Murray: "Nothing shows the moral bankruptcy of a people or of a generation more than disregard for the sanctity of human life." "... it is this same atrophy of moral fiber that appears in the plea for the abolition of the death penalty." "It is the sanctity of life that validates the death penalty for the crime of murder. It is the sense of this sanctity that constrains the demand for the infliction of this penalty. The deeper our regard for life the firmer will be our hold upon the penal sanction which the violation of that sanctity merit." (Page 122 of Principles of Conduct).



John Locke: "A criminal who, having renounced reason... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tyger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security." And upon this is grounded the great law of Nature, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Second Treatise of Civil Government.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "In killing the criminal, we destroy not so much a citizen as an enemy. The trial and judgments are proofs that he has broken the Social Contract, and so is no longer a member of the State." (The Social Contract).



Saint (& Pope) Pius V: "The just use of (executions), far from involving the crime of murder, is an act of paramount obedience to this (Fifth) Commandment which prohibits murder." "The Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent" (1566).



3200 additional pro death penalty quotes

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1) 86% Death Penalty Support: Highest Ever - April 2013

World Support Remains High

95% of Murder Victim's Family Members Support Death Penalty

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2013/11/86-death-penalty-support-highest-ever.html



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Victim's Voices - These are the murder victims

http(COLON)//www.murdervictims.com/Voices/voices.html



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Answer 7

well one day when the earth starts to over populate and than the food is in low supply and everyone would be fighting and than there would be riots and your family will be starving, than I think you will change your mind on capital punishment.

Answer 8

Na its great.