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"I believe that there are some people who have committed such unconscionable, heinous crimes that only removing them from the face of the earth will suffice. For that reason, I do believe there are times when nothing but the death penalty will do."
"OK, OK, eye for an eye, whatever. Just one question, a little detail that bugs me. If you mercilessly kill a merciless killer, how are you better then him?
"If they have done such a heinous crime then why not let them sit and rot in jail until they die? If you kill them right away then they are fine and safe where no one will ever bother or torture them for what they did. I say make them suffer and let them know they have to pay and waste their lives for wasting others lives!"
"I agree with your comment.....some human beings are just plain evil and no good can be served by keeping them on this earth. We have no problem putting down rabid or vicious animals, why should we have a problem with rabid or vicious humans? People would argue that it makes us less human or just like the criminals. I would argue differently.....we give them a fair and just trial, we look for their innocence....we give them a chance at life, something they did not give their victims and we take their lives in a human manner...again more than they gave their victims."
"I hate to concede, but I want to refute Elliot's comment. Two wrongs don't make a right, but two negatives make a positive, correct? The death penalty is morally wrong, but justice will be served in the life after this... Conflicting thoughts, but both are true. ;)"
"Do two wrongs make a right? That would mean that you, the politicians and anyone who supports the death penalty is responsible for murder. Nothing can replace a human life and killing a criminal makes you just as criminal."
""Letting" a criminal die only allows him a way out. How about reforming the justice system so they really have to pay for their crimes?? Due to their harsh punishments, there are many countries in the world with crime rates much lower than ours. Why offer such nice meals and accommodations? Why does a prisoner deserve to sleep on a bed and play a little bball with his peeps when he strangled the life out of a child????? I say hard manual labor and toss a sheet down on the floor. Shoot, if they want to eat, make them work for it. I work for my meals. Prison shouldn't be such a breeze!"
"JDH I agree that criminals need much worse punishments than what they are currently getting. Though I'm not sure whether we should kill them or lock them up for life. The decision about which one is worse really depends on the person. I wish we could just do the opposite of whichever one they prefer, but they would just lie. Maybe we could do a lie detector test or something to find out whether they'd find it worse to die or be imprisoned for life, and then we do whichever one they don't want."
"I stand on both sides of the issue. I agree that murderers, rapists, and other very violent offenders need to be executed in the interest of public safety, but when we have a judicial system that rewards 'tough' judges and prosecutors, we get malicious conduct in the form of withholding of evidence, and even fabrication of false evidence in order to secure conviction. So, in principle I support the death penalty, but as it stands now, it is vitally necessary to overhaul our legal system to do away with corrupt judiciary and prosecutors. And this is coming from a quite liberal man."
"I absolutly agree. The death penalty is a less expencive and more effective way to deal with murderers than rehab witch may or may not work. And this is coming from a quite liberal child."
"I agree with you completely Ian now all we have to do is make society see that not ALL people have to die to learn their lesson unless they are an interest to public safety."
"If we use the same "common logic" to make a case against the death penalty, then treating others as you would like to be treated would also mean that the individuals initiating the death sentence and the supporters would need to be killed. The logic does not help your case involving the death penalty."
"{The penalty for rape can not be rape. Nor the consequence for arsonists be to burn down their home.Therefore, punishments should not be re-targeted with the same imature actions...}"
"Who's then going to kill the officer who performed the execution, and who's then going to kill whom ever killed the officer? it's hypocritical! What makes it okay for the state to kill? The state kills to prove that killing is wrong.. hmmm..."
"I believe that if someone murders someone else they shouldn't be rewarded by giving the murderer a free place to live, free food, free clothes, and some of the jails have a TV!?!?! That's just not right. I think that the death penalty should be brought back because who is to say that when you put someone in jail for killing someone that they aren't just going to break out of jail and kill someone else. I think that others will agree with me when I say that I would rather kill one person than have that one person kill multiple people."
"how often do people break out of jail? Im assuming not very often, but you say it happens enough and that the killer just runs around killing more after he/she gets out of jail. After a simple search, we find that little more than half of 1 percent of prisoners actually go AWOL or make it out of prison, and I doubt they are all serial killers with a violent motive to kill uncontrollably. it actually does cost more to keep them locked up than to euthanize, not to mention that prison guards get more job opportunities from just locking up more murderers."
"first of all it actually cost more money to put them on the death penalty and iven if they do all that lets remind our selvesits not a 5 star hotel, its JAIL where you are sorrounded by people that kill just to pass the time, especially people with life sentences"
"Many people says the death penalty is just another murder and should be abolished right now. But they seem to misunderstand the conception of 'murder,' I think. Killing people with reasonable grounds must not be regarded as murder, that's why we don't call them murderers but heroes who saved our nation and community by killing so many enemies. The death penalty is the symbol of our fights against all evil, malice, and cruelty, so it can be recovering justice, not just killing a human.
Yes, but it has some serious side-effects you know... We are able to handle those problems with this two qualifications. #1: Imposing restrictions on sentencing to death, only except that there are more than two undeniable proofs which indicates the defendant is a real culprit. #2: The death penalty should be only allowed to those crimes like homicide, murder with robbery or rape, and treason. These qualifications would let us face the end of the dark sides of death penalty."
"However one Man's Murderer is another man's Hero. We regard Bin laden as a murderer and a terrorist. Al queda regards him as a hero. Who are we to say killing one man is right and another is wrong"
"You say that "killing people with reasonable grounds" makes them a hero. Most murderers kill because they think it's "reasonable". The word reasonable is defined by each individual. I wouldn't call a person who killed their child because they didn't have the money to take care of them reasonable, but the person who commited that crime, at the time, would have thought it reasonable."
"Murder is clearly defined as the INTENTIONAL killing of another. The death penalty is not a "symbol of our fights against all evil, malice, and cruelty", it is a form of vengeance that is geared at getting revenge or "pay back". It is essentially someone's means of "getting even" with another."
"I am so sick of reading about how cruel it is to prisoners. What about the victims? They didnt get a last meal, or a chance to say good bye to their loved ones. They didnt get a chance to make their peace with God. In my mind the criminals already have it better than the victims ever, ever did. So am I concerned if the criminals are being treated poorly? No. In fact, I feel as though the victims families should get to decide exactly how they die. For example Richard Speck (the one who tortured and murdererd 8 nursing students, the one who has made prison tapes about what a great time he is having in our prisons, at the tax payers expense might I add), I feel as thought the victims families should have been given the right to make sure he died as scared, and degraded as his victims. We keep letting monsters back onto the streets to hurt more and more people. THATS the inhumane part. Allowing more innocent people to be hurt. Every six mins in America, a woman is raped. This isnt a third world country, this is America where predators are allowed to prosper and pursue their happiness at the cost of others. Its disgusting. Take the monsters off the streets & away from our children."
"Take the monsters off the street, but you don't need to go killing every rapist. Who says that they would be let out on the streets? They could spend their life in solitary confinement, by themselves. Not all prisoners have a great time in prison, and the people that have killed people shouldn't. What you're talking about is 100% revenge, and that would put you in jail."
"yes Josh in the interest of the deceny of society as a whole I would say that if my family member killed someone they would need to die, it's the right thing to do"
"Rewarded to live in prison with the crime that they committed hanging over their heads for the rest of their life instead of taking the easy way out. Why is it that kids that are severely bullied commit suicide? Not to punish themselves, but so they don't have to live with what is bugging their minds."
"If you are homeless without crime record you can die of starvation or freeze to death because a state guarantees you neither food nor housing but if you are serial killer taxpayers will support you until natural death."
"i believe that it is nesisary in certain situations, such as if say... you go in to some ones house and stab the wife, husband to death then rape the daughter. I believe that you should be hanged, or put in the firing squad, and ended imediatly."
"It isn't the death penalty that is so costly, it's the endless appeals that are allowed. It seems that there should be an overhaul of the appeal system and that, after one failed appeal, the penalty should be enforced."
"The death penalty is, in some cases, necessary in order to eliminate those who have committed numerous murders, those whose goal is to terrorize innocent people all over the world, and those who have seriously abused their second chance in society."
"I think us tax payers shouldn't have to pay for criminals clothes, food, shelter, and sometimes TV. The government could spend that money on other things. Why should they get all that stuff because they committed a crime?
And for everyone that thinks it is more expensive to pay for someone to be killed on deathrow than it is for the life sentence, then I will personaly donate a rope to the govenrment and then they can just keep reusing the rope and it will be free."
"Miriam - the expensive part is the appeals processes. Because only certain lawyers can appeal a death sentence, and the government has to pay for these lawyers. Yes, the convicted get a final meal, but most states put a limit on the price of that final meal (Texas' limit is $40). You can opt to have a priest or minister or whatever your preference is. But this is at no cost."
"i don't understand how it costs so much to kill someone. i believe and i am not sure about this but don't they take your family with you and then give you like you're last food (favorite) and like they even take a priest if you want one isn't that the reason why it costs so much???? i simply just don't understand.... i am a student and i am doing a debate in my speech class and i am learning about the subject.."
"Yes. If it costs too much? Shoot the mofos. The price of a few bullets isn't much. Neither the price of a rope to hang them. Sheesh this government is idiotic."
"IT is ALOT more complicated than that. It costs alot of money for a death penalty case to go through appeals and such. It also cost ALOT to incarcerate them for live. However people are narrow minded and believe that there is only those two options. the death penalty or life. IF prison was just and treated them specifically to the degree of their crime, for example, allowing a drug dealer to work out once a week (since his crime is less severe than a murder) Or denying some amenities, so that he is PAYING for what he did. The system is broken in alot of aspects, that is why it is believed that prisoners lay back and enjoy being fed and clothed by the cost of the tax tayer. What good does it do to kill a criminal? Why can't they be locked away from society (to not cause any more harm to society) but at the same time make contributions to society (charity work, farming, working for their own cost of living, making survival kits for the people in 3rd world countries.ect.) We need to open our eyes to different methods of punishment. Every single person has some good in them as well as some bad. We need to think differently, just and fairness for all."
"I do support the death penalty because as a tax payer I believe that jail is too easy for criminals. They had TV's XBox 360, maritial visits where they can have sex with their wives/husbands, they have 3 meals a day and even movie nights. Yet they are in there to pay for their crimes but we (tax payers) are paying for all of these luxuries while we are out here working hard,suffering to pay our bills. I feel that instead of paying millions on someone that is not worth it because the are a rappist or mudered we should execute them within 30 days of being found guilty."
"Bread and water. One blanket. No mattress. A chamberpot. That's it. And, if you kill someone, and you did it with the knowledge of what you were doing, die. Seriously. People who are dragging God into this situation are ruining sacred things. "Thou shalt not kill", yes? Obviously, those who murder feel they are above that little restriction. Screw that."
"As of right now our legal system rewards crime. Those in prison get food, water, and medical, yet they do nothing, in some cases they even get entertainment and the ability to work out. For religions, life is priceless and precious, but outside of that, life does equal money and if you don't add to society you take away from it. When the REFORM system was introduced it was a great idea, now we are back to keeping people in a prison spiral that most can't escape from. If there is no possibility of reform, they should not be in the system, and that means removal."
"Yes because it contributes to the problem of overpopulation in the prison system. Prisons across the country face the problem of too many prisoners and not enough space & resources. Each additional prisoner requires a portion of a cell, food, clothing, extra guard time, and so on. When you eliminate the death penalty as an option, it means that prisoner must be housed for life. Thus, it only adds to the problem of an overcrowded prison system."
"THE DEATH ROW INMATE POPULATION DOESNT EVEN EQUAL 15 PERCENT OF THE STATES PRISON POPULATION..THE NON VIOLENT OFFENDERS, DRUG ADDICTS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE TAKING UP THE SPACE IN OUR PRISONS...NOT THE KILLERS."
"the death penalty should be allowed because if you just put a murderer in jail for life, you are making the victems family pay for them to live, get food, have electricity, and sometimes better lives"
"Why? Killing is terriable! The goverment is telling people not to kill and then they just fight the fire and kill that person!!! So really the government is the problem i say we boycott them!!!!"
"This entire argument seems to blindly feel around the edges of the fact there is evil abroad in our country and our world. A truly evil individual will not be persuaded by rehabilitation efforts but will only await their return to public life to re assume their truly evil ways. In some cases the death penalty is the only means of protecting our society against the truly evil people amongst us."
"You have said this better than I could! Look at abortion. Abortions are legal and these soon to be perfectly formed people have done nothing to harm anyone. If one does not want the newly born person, then place them for adoption. The main reason for killing, rather than murdering these offenders is to protect those innocent in society and to gain some control over tax dollars being spent on keeping lifers in a prison system. Does our society know the complete cost? Yes there is the food, the water bill, the electic bill, the profesional cleaning bill for what the prisoners do not clean, the cooking bill, the administration bill, new jail clothes if they wear out or they change size, the laundry bill, the medical/dental bill, the barber bill, the personal hygeine bills (underarm stuff, shampoo, soap--do jails have bubble bath for men), etc."
"Under that principle, you are saying every life has some monetary value and can be bought. Essentially, you are saying that we can kill anyone if it is cost-efficient."
"That may be true, Becky, but the only reason why that's true is because of the endless appeals. That's why it took us over twenty years to finish off Troy Davis."
"Also, it actually has been factually proven that it costs more to keep prisoners on death row (and eventually kill them) than it costs to keep them in prison with no possibility of parole.."
"the death penalty should be used much more often. if you commit a heinous crime why should the government support you for the rest of your life. Even if prison is a horrible place the taxpayers money is going to feed a murderer. killing killers is showing an example to anyone else who decide to take the life of another human being. after all we are al judged in the end."
"Studies show that the death penalty costs more per year than high-security prisons. We'll all be judged at the end of time, like you said, but that doesn't mean that we can judge them and kill them. Ending a life is purely God's right and humans should stop playing as God. The criminal could also change and beg forgiveness, giving them a chance to go to Paradise, or wherever you believe."
"murderers argue that they should have the right to life... whereas while they were committing their crime they did not give their victims the same right. Capital punishment should be in place, since it will lower murder rates. statistics show, while the death penalty was in effect, murder rates were drop."
"It SHOULD be allowed. They took away the life if someone very important from you. Why should they even live if they ended someones life early? Some people never experienced the pain of losing someone precious to them. The feeling of anger and hate. While the murderer still lives, proud at what he accomplished."
"I'm pro because I put myself in the victim and families shoes. If someone tried to kill me I'd kill them and alot of con people say they would to but then say its wrong to kill them once in jail. They say it is immorale but liitle do they know they are immorale for protecting a killer. We live in a world where rapists and murders can sit in jail, shoot some hoops, run a gang, and watch tv. That is just wrong those people are worse then animals. So I will end on this note if you don't support the death penalty then you must not support troops who kill terrorists including those who killed Bin Ladin who got it even worse death by firing squad well kind of. There is no difference and if you suport one but not the other you are a HYPOCRITE."
"Okay, I see your point (I am against death penalty). It is moral to protect a life. Also, you must think about the murderer's life in HIGH SECURITY PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE! They can't even see their families, and you want our society to become one that promotes death even more. Also, the death penalty cost 2-5 more than high security prison for life without parole. They live in a world of violence instead of their life being ended quickly and almost instantaneously. And revenge is an endless cycle."
"I belive that the death penalty should be allowed because if that person goes around and kills even more people, then intead of only losing one life, 2 lives are lost. this is a real shame."
"Okay the two people who commented have a good point, however they are forgetting that prisoners can kill other prisoners while they are in prison. I just read an article for school that talked about some guy in Oregon who killed someone, was sent to jail for life, and then he killed another inmate. And the Oregon governor won't let him be executed. Now he can keep killing others in prison and his punishment won't get any worse because he's already in there for life."
"there going to be locked away in jail anyway its not like they can just walk out of jail and kill some more ppl if you kill someone more than likely you will get th edeath penalty!"
"I support the death penalty because it gets rid of murderers. it also is good because murdering is a horrible crime that should be punished with the max punishment possible."
"If you think murdering is horrible then why do you wanta murder the murder?? if it is so horrible then why do you wanta do it twice..eye for and eye make the whole world blind..just put him in jail!"
"as people say "governments should never take human life, no matter what the provocation." that is a article of faith, not of fact. the death penalty honors human dignity by treating the defendant as a free moral actor for good or for ill; it does not treat him as an animal with no moral sense.
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"We need the Death penalty as a fear device. We must establish in the mind of criminals that if the do something wrong, if they murder, rape or commit hate crimes that there should be a greater punishment than life in prison. If we install the thought "If I do something wrong then I will be killed" inside there heads then we will stop most of these horrid from happening. Its a necessary evil."
"i think they should get the death penaly because if your going to kill someone then you know what the consequences are so you shouldnt do it in the first place"
"Because you can see serial killers and can see that they are humans, but you can't physically see unborn babies, and therefore, the subject of unborn babies is more controversial. Just to give you an answer to a possibly rhetoric question."
"i believe that the death penalty is something that some should still use. people who kill others should also die. but when we kill them we also become killers. but i still believe that the death penalty should still be used. the ones who did the crimes should be able to pick if they die now or to stay in a cage and wait until they die (in a cage like a animal). they will die in the end"
"i dont care what prople say if you were a vicyim of a criminal who deserves it you would think the exact same way. say someone does something that could ruin your life forever how would you feel personally i would say "who has killed or ruined peoples lives forever should be dead and you people who say nay(no) are just pittying killers,rapist,identity theives,terrorists, and treasonists". so basically you who support them are just as bad as they are and also if it ever happens to you who say nay think real hard and say to yourself "i could have prevented this"..."
""The goverment should not have the right to kill another human thats just as bad as the murderer killing someone, and what if someone less fortunat got accused of murder when they were inoccent and could not afford a good lawyer what if you got accused but were innocent?"
"OKAY! We get it! If we kill a killer that makes us killers, but if we kill that one killer, we could save hundreds of more people from getting killed as well. Killing a killer does lead as a wrong idea of punishment, but we are just rying to save the innocent world!"
"I'm not really against death penalty, but I think the criminal should feel pain (e.g. torture) before he dies. According to this website, 85.5% of the people are executed through lethal injections.
"...the first drug ensures that the prisoner does not experience any pain associated with the paralysis and cardiac arrest caused by the second and third drugs."
Isn't this too easy a death for the criminal? "...does not experience any pain"? No, I'd rather have him suffer and experience pain."
"The victim is probably going to be in whatever life after his/her ended one, so they probably won't care. If you're so thirsty for revenge, then go and get it before they are locked up."
"The data from 1977- 1999 shows that every time a person is executed, 3- 18 lives are saved. If jails released murderers or if the murderers escaped, 5% will murder again 5 years after they escaped or released. The death penalty decreases death by decreasing dangerous people. Also, what is safety if killers are not killed? Why set them free if they might kill again? The death penalty is a fair punishment. The saying, "an eye for an eye" is fair. If a murderer takes a like then the murderer will have to give his life. Also when a person is murdered, the victim will feel great pain but when the killer is executed, he will feel no pain. It is also fair to the victims' close ones and family. When a murderer kills someone, the balance of justice is disturbed. By taking the like of the killer the balance of justice will be restored. Why give murderers food and tv in jail if they kill people?"
"I feel as if it should be allowed. Not that many people even do the penalty. Also, I would rather kill 6 innocent people than let someone kill hundreds of them."
"Bible says though shalt not kill... its telling you not to murder. But when a person kills it also has a law on how to punish the person. Eye for an eye! Even the Bible supports Capital punishment."
"I am totally for the death penalty. However, that does not mean that I'm a proponent of the so called Death Row fiasco where prisoners can petition to have appeals to see if the system will bend and give them back their freedom. If the "evidence" is blatantly clear that the individual is guilty, then they should be beheaded at dawn! The bleeding hearts can say all they want, but the fact remains....if someone attacks, rapes and beats our daughters head in with a hammer for the shear fun of it, they deserve to pay and pay swiftly for the crime. Better yet, allow the victims family to have the last say in the matter....thumbs up or thumbs down. It's okay for an 18 year old to put on a uniform and be sent into war zones to kill other human beings who have never done a damn thing wrong or to one another, simply because their country's leaders are hell bent on their own stupid philosophies. Isn't this a 'double standard'? If the evidence to a crime case is tenuous or questionable, how did the appointed jury award the individual a Death Row sentence in the first place? If there is reason to sit around and second guess or debate a person's innocence, then the Death Penalty is not the answer."
"Some people dont feel bad after what they did, so why should they live a life in jail with no guilt after some of them did terrible things too innocent poeple."
"Sure, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, Ghandi was a genius, but it doesnt mean the killers, rapists, and theifs out there have the right to kill innocent people for money, pleasure, or any other reason they think gives them the right. People die every day, and everyone will die eventually, whether from natural causes, accidents, (and purpouses), and any other reason. Why does it matter to any of you if a bad person isn't allowed to live and do that crime again. It costs the people a fortune from taxes to be able to support those on death row who are living comfortably. The death pentalty wont bring back those innocent victims that were killed, but it will do, and it will help the families cope knowing the person who killed their loved ones aren't out killing others."
"As wrong as it may seem, there are those who deserve to die. Had Hitler not killed himself, which would you prefer; for him to LIVE in a jail, or DIE for his crimes?"
"Yes. Why should our taxes pay for someone who can't be reformed, and will only go out into society, and do the same thing again. This way, they die, and only two words, good riddance. Why should out tax money go to keep them living like kings and queens, while everybody else struggles to make ends meet. I say, more death penalty, and executions. This way, the prisons are free for the rest of the criminal population, and also, the ones who are gone are history. Death penalty rocks. Again, why should my taxes go to pay for someone who will never reform, has no remorse or anything, and on top of that, will probably go out and kill once again. Makes no sense to keep them there. And this way, it may be a deterrent, especially since alot of people know they won't live past a certain age. I say, put the death penalty for ALL ages. This way, murderers and all the other criminals won't re-offend. Which would you rather have? Higher taxes for lifers, or the death penalty, and get rid of the ones who have no remorse, and can't reform. Think about it. End of story"
""Bad only prevails when good people do nothing." The death penalty is necessary, someone who kills should be penalized. Rotting in prison isn't good enough."
"The top committed crimes punishable by death are murder of the first degree, rape, and terrorism. Those who are responsible for crimes such as these have given up their place in our society. Murderers, by taking the life of another, have become a menace and a danger to civilization. Rapists, humiliating and bringing down their prey, have without question earned their place on death row. Terrorists, those who have chosen the United States as their victim, have not only become a threat to the United States but to the whole world. On April 19, 1995, in the state of Oklahoma, 168 innocent people, including 19 children, were killed by one man. A man whose only regret before he was executed was that he couldn't have killed more people. He was executed because he was a cold-blooded killer, with the fact that his death will advance the safety and security of the rest of us. The death penalty guaranties that these convicted criminals will never be able to carry out any other dangerous felonies, making the world a better place to live."
"In my opinion, letting someone rot in prison and putting them under the death penalty both more or less accomplish the same thing. They both remove the convicted person from society. They both end life. The death penalty simply does this quicker, costs less, and is less painful for the convicted"
"Hard core repeat offenders and all premeditated murderers should not only be put to death, the executions should be held on courthouse lawns and available on T.V. Criminals no that there is little consiquence for bad behavior and therfore have no reason to stop it."
"Now if you live in the U.S. death penalty has been removed and probably won't be back in a while. But lets say you live somewhere death penalty is allowed. I think that it really depends what the crime is. For example, people should have death penalty only if they have been a world trouble or have murdered someone. So yes it should be allowed but only in certain circumstances."
"I'm Pro-Capital Punishment because I believe some crimes are so heinous and down right disgusting that to do anything short of ending the guilty persons life would would be an injustice to society, the victim, and the victims family. In fact I support expanding the crimes eligible to be punished by death to include rape, child molestation, extreme cases of corruption by government officials, robbery, arson, large scale drug dealing, basically I believe the death penalty should be an option in MOST felony cases. Give the defendant one year from date of sentencing to appeal. Exactly one year from date of sentencing (Unless the defendants appeal is granted by the Supreme Court). In the event that the case goes to appeal if the defendant is not exonerated commence execution by one of the following: Electrocution, Shooting, or hanging. It's time to get tough on crime."
"I do not believe in second chances, not in life. The world has no place for a person who commits a crime, whatever the reason. Some might say that by killing a killer, you hurt their family and friends. Did the killer not do the same? They should have considered what family he was ripping apart before he did it. Plenty of criminals who commit the dangerous crimes have grown from small petty thefts and robberies and since the No-Death-Sentence policy, they start to get more daring; what can happen to them? The least they can get is a life sentence sitting in a jail cell, eating the food that citizens provide through their tax dollars. So yes, I do support the Capital Punishment, but only with certain specific guidelines, like a specific amount of evidence before sentencing or crimes like homicide."
"i belive in the old ways a eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth if u did it and were foung guilty then u should only be allowed on appeal and then be killed after u were still found guilty"
"But the thing is, who's going to believe the killer when he says "It wasn't me!"? That's right - nobody. And so they bring witnesses. But what if they are false witnesses? What if somebody bribed the witnesses in telling the judge that the criminal, who was actually innocent, is guilty? Who are the people going to believe - the suspected killer, or the nice young lady who had happened to be standing near the place where the crime took place? I don't know whom I would trust, but I do know whom I would not."
"SO THE OLD WAY MEANS YOU DONT BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, AS YOUR SAVIOR AND YOU DENY THE FACT THAT THROUGH HIS BLOOD SHED AT CALVARY FOR YOUR SINS TO BE FORGIVEN IS NOT TRUE...RIGHT...IF IM WRONG YOU GO NEED TO GO THE NEW TESTAMENT. JESUS SAID ONE WITHOUT SIN CAST FIRST STONE..."
"I believe so because it would keep the prisons less populated and they couldn't do anything bad anymore. It also gives closure to the victims family, knowing that the murderer cannot kill anyone ever again."
"We should still have the death penalty . Suppose someone killed your whole family.... wouldnt you want revenge? Someone one went in the court hall and killed the murderer for killing his daughter... Is it worse to kill the murderer yourself or let the government do it for you?"
"As of right now our legal system rewards crime. Those in prison get food, water, and medical, yet they do nothing, in some cases they even get entertainment and the ability to work out. For religions, life is priceless and precious, but outside of that, life does equal money and if you don't add to society you take away from it. When the REFORM system was introduced it was a great idea, now we are back to keeping people in a prison spiral that most can't escape from. If there is no possibility of reform, they should not be in the system, and that means removal"
"Excuse me sir, but I believe this is plagiarism. You copied and pasted what Daniel Morris (not me, different Daniel) posted higher up on this side. Either that or both of you happened to copy and paste the same argument from some other place on the web."
"I believe if a person killed or raped someone or abused someone'/ any terroistr action and kidnappers should have the death penalty. The Death Penalty is something i would be careful on but also should be enforced to the serial killers and rapeist should be put to death."
"Because it gets rid of the murderers and child molesters in society and doesn't set a bad example for America's youth who hear about the death penalty"
"okay... let me throw out a scenario for you. you are a college student. your are doing everything you can to get by and its a hard time in your life right? you get the call that a pervert snuck into your mothers house. raped her. slit her throat and then shot your father. what would you do? you are in a very stressful and challenging time in your life. how would you react? would you want that murderer to live in prison? no you would want him dead. you would want him to feel the fear that your mother and father felt."
"Yes, but what does that achieve? Does it bring your parents back? It simply adds one more body to the pile. And the execution is hardly the same as a murder. The perpetrator will definitely not feel the same thing the victims did. Death is his easy way out. Lifelong imprisonment is justice."
"If you put that person in jail you are just giving them a free life i mean you are giving them free food free clothes and they dont have to pay for where they are living. They should be put to death for killing someone else."
"No, I would not want him to die. At least not soon. I would want him to go through immense pain and fear and get tortured; eventually he'll beg for death, but I wouldn't give him that gift."
"What you don't understand is that the killer will NEVER feel the fear that the victims felt. Even if they are killed with the death penalty, most have come to terms with the fact that they're dying (something the victims never got to do). On top of that, it is done as quickly and painlessly as possible. If you REALLY want revenge on someone, life in prison with no parole is the best bet. With absolutely horrid conditions, the murderer is left to trudge through the rest of their life in this terrible place. If you think death is a punishment, you're wrong. It's an escape. If you really want to punish people that bad, force them to keep living."
"If you have done something inhumane like killing the innocent and committing rape or something even worse than that you deserve to die for it.After all you brought this on yourself now didn't you."
"Everything is done by gods word. He shaped the world the way it is and what will happen next. I say if someone will die, its decided by god. Because god creates the outcomes and the incomes of life. I agree with the execution because It will destroy the devils that haunt this world."
"There are certin crimes that nothing but removing the criminal from the face of the earth will serve the victim and there family the justice that they deserve."
"I say yes because they want to be all macho man and all that, and they think they're just going to jail, but if you do something bad, you better expect something worse then jail, like killing someone should be on death sentence, stealing a candy bar, or smoking week, not so much"
"i think that the death penalty should be aloud for crimes such as murder, certain amount of drugs theft, rape, torture, treason, kidnapping. i think it would stop crime all together"
"Think about it, they are sentenced for life right? 24 hours a day, for life, right? Is that enough? Let's say they typically get 8 hours of sleep, plus that one hour break (which is more than what most high school students get on their lunch break), plus 3 cheap meals a day, a bed to sleep in..time flies! Are they really paying for what they've done? Sure they get locked into a really small room, and it seems like they are being "punished", but are they really? It sounds like a really cheap hotel and free rent. If your loved one was killed by a murderer, would you want them to be walking around in that cell, resting, reading, eating, stretching their legs? Are they really paying for what they did? What if he killed more than one person? What if he raped dozens of people? It's disgusting knowing killers are still alive. They should be dead, that's their punishment. They kill, they deserve to be killed. I will never understand the Con side, Pro makes a lot more sense."
"The death penalty is not for punishing the prisoner, it it about keeping the populace safe. It is the only surefire way that the prisoner cannot kill again."
"Provided that there is Absolutely No Question that they did take another life, than ABSOLUTLEY the life of this totaly Useless Human must end,, I don't care if it was My 12 (TWELVE YEAR OLD CHILD), intoxicated, that killed someone He should be put to Death on the 18th Birthday, anyone parent that can't say this, should Never be a parent, then Need to Demand consiquence's no matter how Extreem."
"my point is, even if it's your Owne family that did this Horrible thing to another human, there must,, MUST be a end to people like this. we can Not afford to waste good money keeping a life, not worth saving Alive.."
"Capital Punishment has been around since recorded history. Over time it has become more efficient and more humane. Once used as a form of public humiliation and entertainment by the Egyptians, Greeks, and other early civilizations, Capital Punishment is now used to rightfully take from inmates the very thing the prisoner themselves have taken…life. This may seem cruel and unusual but, it lives up to the biblical saying "An eye for an eye." Bill Maher was quoted as saying: "I think Capital Punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again." Capital Punishment is an acceptable form of justifiable homicide."
"Call me old fashioned, but I firmly believe that if your willing to kill, rape or commit treason, among other acts, you have taken the steps to ensure that you are wiped off the face of the planet. I am not hateful person that wishes death upon people, however, if your going to do something unspeakable, be prepared to talk to god about it, because you have given up your right to remain among the living, especially if you've taken someone else's right or are a traitor of your country. (I'm a patriot, big time) I also believe we should stop wasting our time and money on ridiculous amounts of prisons and prisoners when rehabilitation is a tried and true process and many countries have started using rehabilitation to its full potential and the repeat offender rates are so low, we can only imagine what we could do with all the money we would save if we had those rates, not to mention the HUGE drop in crime across the country. I still believe capital punishment should remain and the worst of the worst really just simply don't deserve to be here. Sorry, act like a human and don't kill and rape people and you wont be killed. Simple enough for me to understand."
"if that were true then grand larcenists would be grandly larcend. Domestic abusers would be domestically abused, and, well, you really don't want to know what happens to the child molesters"
"JohnnyCentro22, we're not killing people who "may have been mistaken." We're killing people who were proven to be murderers. And no, that doesn't make us just as bad as the killer. There's a difference between murdering someone and legally executing someone."
"I believe that if you kill a murderer then you are not the same as him because you could be potentially saving lives. Also the murderer killed for no reason, or a reason that could of been solved in a non-violent way, but the murderer was just taking the easy way. But you have a reason. "but if you kill a killer that makes you a killer" - o yeah say that to the victims family!"
"I believe that the death penalty should be allowed to those who would be spending the rest of their lives in prison without chances of parole. We the tax payers should not have to pay for murderers to live for free in prison, it makes no sense at all. Why should they get to live when the people that they killed do not? We do not need to kill them all just the ones that have killed others, or will never get out of prison at all. People who are in jail for stupid crimes should not receive the death penalty but if they are in jail more than three times, then why do we need to keep paying for their stupid mistakes? They should be killed too."
"by killing someone who has killed, we will not be the killer. i know someone who lost a brother to a killer. He was devastated but he prayed that they will put the killer to death.. He wanted the killer's family to go through what his family felt. It solves everything. It only makes the family of the killer suffer more."
"Few Reasons why I support it. A: Promotes Justice, because if you get LWOP, your basically being pampered. Rapists do not deserve Rape, and neither do they deserve being pampered, they deserve Justice. B: True, its very costly, but if the Gov't reformed the appeal system, limiting the # of appeals, and how they're processed, then $ Is no big problem. Sub-Section 1: If killing someone costs say 2m, with all the procedures involed, then LWOP costs more, because you let them rot in a prison for Life, probably 20-40 years, and if each inmate costs 175k to house yearly, then that exceeds the 2m in Death Penalties. C: To those saying it does not deter crime, wrong. By executing a murderer, sentenced to death, they are unable to kill anyone else, If you let them live with LWOP, whose to say they won't escape? And maybe kill your family. They are dangers to society. D: They overcrowd jails. My mom works at a jail, and she talks about how the jail is overcrowded, and how they transport people to and from to other jails, and this is a danger to a prison 'community', the more criminals in a prison, the more crime there will be committed IN a prison. Links to Crimal case: http://www.lexingtonprosecutor.com/death_row.htm"
"Mostly, I agree with you. However, the number of appeals needed for the death penalty is a much-needed safeguard to ensure that the government isn't taking innocent lives. The last thing we need is to start reverting back to the witch-hunt ages. Since there has only been an average of 40 death penalties given out a year in the past 3 decades, these safeguards are doing their job, and I hope it will stay this way. The power of the government to take life is a serious thing, and while I'm glad they use it, I'm also glad they only use it in extreme cases."
"Besides the fact that the murderer should be punished, and death is the only punishment fit for the crime. The death penalty should be implemented to show zero tolerance for murder, and rid society of cold blooded murderers. The only reason it may not work in the USA is because it take 100 years to carry out the death penalty, and they plead insanity, hope for acquittal, and hope for a biased jury, and so on. (countries that show zero tolerance for murder by putting murderers to death in a reasonable amount of time, have a very low murder rate, perhaps not many normal or insane people want to risk being put to death)
Where we have evidence and 100% proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the murderer should be put to death to punish and show ZERO tolerance for murder."
""I think it should be aloud because that person killed someone. and the person they killed wont see another day so why should they. we have tried to rehabilitate them but we failed. all they are going to do is kill kill and kill again. so at the end of the day we have saved more lives than we took.""
"i think that the death penalty should be that what people do like shooting someone that perosn should get shot themselves.the same thing with other doings.this my Pro"
"Amarica must have a moral standered to hold itself up to. That is what this country was built upon; the idea that we could live free from oppression from others, free to choose our personnal destinies without unjust restrictions being set by others. I often worry that this ideal is slipping away. As we move to a more tolerant way of thinking, we lose our intolerance for the evil and the unscrupulous. Based upon a belief in logical boundries, and personal safety from unneccisary pain, the death penalty must be a service provided for by those with the proper authority to judge. We can't base our decisions entirely on emotions. Fact must come into calculation at some the point where there is no longer doulbt, but irrefutable evidence. When a being is broken, to the point where reabilitation is no longer an option, and death and rape is all they know to do, would it not be merciful to release them from their torture? Would it not be just to prevent their future misdeads? Would it not be benificial to prevent future misdeads by others through example? Retribution aside, hatred aside, fear aside, would not the logical response be the correct one when presented with an obvious and heinous evil? I believe so."
"A person who murders another human being should be killed because he took a human life. Without the Death Penalty, murderers will only be put into prison, and then after a few years, released. Then, they can go murder a few more people! Just kill the murderer now, and then no more innocent people will have to die! God hates murder, and frequently in the New Testament, murderers are killed for rape and murder. That's the way it should be."
"If they were sentence to prison for life, they would probably be released after a few years. This happens often, and this cost a lot of money. Prisoners cost about 1,000,000 per year, and this is a great expense for our nation."
"Do you realize that in most of the prison videos that you see, prisoners kill each other. They don't even get punished really for it. If you assault someone on the yard you get like 18 days added to your sentence. The reason the death penalty costs so much is because it isn't enforced and it takes like 50 myears for you to be executed. Fix the system, don't just cancel it."
"Yes, because the amount of crimes/ or murder a person has done should predict his punishment. Life in prison, which would cost lots of tax payers money. The death penalty should save money and to have a harsh punishment on a murderer or cereal killer."
"If someone commits mass homicide, all people are going to want this "person's" life to end, as payment for all the pain and suffering that he/she caused. Or if someone rapes/murders a child, people will want this person dead. If Osama bin Laden were caught alive, would you want him to be alive? Think this through please."
"If someone raped and killed my wife, cut her up and burnt my house down, I'd definitely think they deserved to die. I think it's horrible that some piece of crap killer rapist gets to live his life out and now my wife doesn't!? Shame on anyone who thinks a killer/rapist/arsonist needs the freedom to live. You guys who are against the death penalty need to think twice if your entire family gets stabbed to death while the other family members watch their mom, brother, sister and father die slowly and watch the life drain from their eyes. The person that commits that crime needs to die. Think about this, if someone killed 500 people, do they deserve to die too? Ok, what about 1,000 people, do they deserve to die now? What's the number then for that person to die? Think about it."
"Murder, and Rape with a fatal or incurable disease, deserves death to give peace of mind to the victims family. I'm on the fence though when it comes to tampered or missing evidence, and even if the criminal admits to a crime before rights are spoken to them they should still hold them responsible and kill them."
"I wouldn't say it gives the family of the victim peace of mind. There have been cases where victims' families have hoped the criminal would not be put to death so the criminal's family would not have to bear the burden of a death in the family but they also have to cope with the fact that their child, sibling, or parent is a criminal."
"The very acronym for the "SAFE" Act, California's latest effort to abolish the death penalty, is bogus. The costs claimed by SAFE are exaggerated and the costs of the "SAFE" Act's life imprisonment would be much more expensive due to life-time medical costs, the increased security required to coerce former death-row inmates to work, etc. The amount "saved" in order to help fund law enforcement is negligible and only for a short period of time. (It is nothing more than a bribe in a vain effort to obtain conservative votes.) Bottom line, the "SAFE" Act is another attempt by those who are responsible for the high costs and lack of executions to now persuade voters to abandon it. Obviously, the arguments of the proponents of the SAFE Act would disappear if the death penalty was carried forth in accordance with the law. Get the facts at http://cadeathpenalty.webs.com."
"The case for the death penalty also has some persuading points, their argument is based on the premise if they committed horrible crimes in public living areas they would only bring violence and destruction to the prison systems. They say execution statistics are possibly racial because there are more white people than black people, then naturally there will be more cases of execution in people who kill white people simply because there are more of them. If the violent criminal is executed the taxpayers don't have to pay for their food or staff to guard them. The death penalty also brings peace-of-mind to family and friends of the victims."
"The most logical choice would be to eradicate the threat to society. Capital punishment does just that. The execution is not in rage or bloodthirsty like that of a killer, but out of the aspects of the legal system. So no, the death penalty can not be equalized to murder.
The killer himself did not have any mercy for the victims, so why should the state be lenient? Showing that we do not tolerate any sort of disabling of human rights will lay down the law for any future cases. It'll be their choice whether or not to reap the consequences.
Furthermore, the argument that "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" is completely irrelevant. Gandhi was a great activist, but his situation was much different from that of the death penalty. If someone were to take out your eye, you would have one left. So if you were to take out the offender's eye, he would have only one as well. Seeing as though you and the offender have only one eye, neither of you would be blind. Both of you will still have sight, but the visual power would be divided. A little play on words. :)
In the next life, in spirit, the killer can get the 'mercy' he wants. But in this life, all the killer can get is the law- and justice."
"the death penalty is a good response to murders for a few reasons they take peoples lives they are payed for and care free in jail with OUR money AND THEY DESERVE DEATH FOR WHAT THE DO OR HAVE DONE"
"I think your forgetting the fact that prison, well, sucks. And I also don't think you see the poetically insulting irony of the death penalty and the fact that there are things so much worse then death."
"society should not let an inmate live just so they can shank, sell drugs, and threaten corrections officers. the death penalty is the best choice. when people say its killing they are wrong... its an execution of a person who has done wrong to many. why should we pay to have some slump sit in a cage and rot for the rest of his life? if people opose by saying its murder, why do you care if a criminal is being sentenced to death? clearly they are dying for a reason for a crime they have comitted."
"the death penalty is very controversial, i mean who are we to decide if some one dies or lives, however i do think that someone who commits such a crime that it would permit the death penalty then they deserve to die, but that is just my personal opinion. Thankfully America is a country that people get a fair trial and i know that innocent people have died, but at least we give them a fair trial, unlike some countries that just kill people with out a trial and jury."
"im pro because the people need to think about the things before to did it. and the criminal need to have the responsibility for everything when they do a crimes they to kill at then in the instant because is no fair that they do that."
"There is no reason that the people one death row should be allowed to live. Once convicted they should get one month to put their affairs in order and then their out of here. It is fact that just being given a prison sentence does not deter criminals. Being faced with imminent death is a deterrant. Just putting the death row inmates to death within one month of conviction would save all states billions of dollars!"
"'' pepole say that by makingin the death penalty legal that we begocme tha killers or that it is to expencive but they do not look at the bigger picture in this.'' there are some pepole out ther who are killing little kid's and mant innocint pepole needless to say money should not be the problem we spend millions of dollers a day for things that are uneeded also pepole who take other's lifv's should be takein to as.'' as they use to say an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth''. many pepole suffer everyday and are killed why because of greed and hate and maybe this is just the fix the sick pepeole in the world need."
"If you kill someone in cold blood, you shouldn't have the rights to live; even if it is in a jail cell for the rest of your life. If a murder is convicted to death row they shouldn't get to choose the way they die. Their victims didn't get to choose the way they got to die, why should the killers?"
"Killers kill innocent people. The goverment kills killers. I wish they would put more murderers to death. People against the " Death Penalty " are one of the reasons we have a population problem, inside prison and in the free world. If, " Mother Nature " does'nt take us out, the running out of food, water, oil etc. will. I don't think that's a bed anyone wants to lay in."
"The punishment must match the crime to a certain extent. For one murder, no death sentence, BUT, if they broke into someones home, or committed any other crimes of any sort, along with murder, then capitol punishment is a reasonable choice for punishment."
"I believe that because certain people commit heinous crimes, they should be punished, and the only punishment their is to match their crime is the death penalty."
"If you can take a life , then you no longer deserve yours . You made the decisions to kill a person . Why should you be rewarded with the right to live when you wrongly took that right away from an innocent person ?"
"I've been reading the Con comment section and find it laughable. A popular bumper sticker says, "We kill people to show people that killing people is wrong." The death penalty does not punish people for killing, but for murder. Killing is justified when it is done in self-defense. Killing means to cause death. Murder, on the other hand, is defined as, "the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of one human being by another" (for the less observant, this definition cannot be applied to the death penalty, because the death penalty is lawful, non-malicious, and is not carried out by an individual but by the government). "Kill," "murder," and "execute" are not interchangeable terms. Death penalty opponents would like us to believe otherwise. Just because two actions result in the same end does not make them morally equivalent. If it were so, legal incarceration would be equated with kidnapping, lovemaking with rape, self-defense with battery, etc. Therefore, the slogan is better stated, "We execute people to show people that murder is wrong." Not quite as catchy, is it?"
"There was another bumper sticker that I saw that really blew me away, it had a cute slogan:
Don't steal, the government hates competition. What you posted reminded me of that sticker, and I have to say, awesome quote.
As far as the death penalty goes, there are people who can't be reformed, and keeping them in jail for life will only make our taxes go up. However, if we allowed prisoners suicide alternative, that might reduce the populatiuon, and in a way, stop repeat offenders from coming out of the jail. Just a thought."
"Why keep criminals in prison for life when they could escape or kill other inmates and gaurds? Obviously they dont care enough about there life. So why give someone the chance to live (although in jail) when they would go right back and do the same thing that they're in there for? We are wasting our time and money trying to keep these criminals in line when they could careless."
"i think that the death penalty is good because it is just sad to watch familys go through from their loss and then realize that the killer was either just sentenced to 20 years in jail and they then hope and pray that the killer wont escape and come after them, or the killer was set free and they flip out and flee the country or even kill each other!! who knows what they would to to just get away from him/her!! its just sad! read about Cary Ann's Death or Polly Klaas's death and what made her dad changes his mind about his feelings to the death penalty! they both almost made me cry!"
"i think they should be sentenced to an death penalty for what they have done and with them just staying in jail for a few months or days and get out lik they are all fint what im saying they dont have a problem but they do so they need to get put in the death peanalty seat and i hope u can under stand this about what im trying to say cause u dont want to get hurt if u have family out there and u jst get hurt beacuse of that one person tht u didnt put into the death penalty and thx for having to listen to my commet"
"First of all get your facts straight. It is "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." I am not sure where you got arm from so if you don't know how to quote scripture than please don't because its an insult. It is convenient because you seemed to stop at a convenient part. The bible scripture goes on saying "You have heard that it was said, "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth."[a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." In case you haven't notice, we are to follow the new testament because Jesus Himself established the rules and what He says goes. I hope that this enlightens you."
"There are just some people so evil that in order for society to recover and truly feel safe again they have to be abolished, so they will never again get to walk among normal people."
"Yes it should be used to fit a punishment to the crime. If you take someone's life, why should you get to live in prison forever where you receive free meals everyday and get a free education( if an inmate wants to get their GED or a degree), which costs the taxpayers money. Prisons are overcrowded and more have to be built to accommodate space for more criminals. Why are there serial murders locked up serving over 100 year sentences when they are not going to live 50 years or so depending on age? Criminals like that deserve to have capital punishment upon them and therefore no other crimes can be committed and one less Correctional Officer will be injured or killed for a person who has no remorse and no respect for human life. Exodus 21:12- 14 says, "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die." One of the Ten Commandments states, " thou shall not murder," Exodus 20:13. This is why the death penalty most definitley should be put to use."
"My dear, dear friend how clueless you are. Justice is protecting people's rights. Robbers infringe on people's right to property, rapists on people's rights to do what they want with their body and murders on right to life. you're think of justice as revenge, which it is not. Now as for the death penalty, that's revenge. Punishment for murder, as I see it, should be being torn away from everyone and everything you've ever cared about and being stuffed in a jail cell for the rest of your life."
"Im actually in school taking a civics class, and I learned that the government beleives in JUSTICE FOR ALL. The criminal must be executed, if not were is the justice for the victim? We must remember the victims, because they didnt have the option to live (know THAT is unfair! :("
"JUSTICE FOR ALL means protection of rights dear friend. Not vengeance on the fallen. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. A line has to be drawn at a point."
"I dont think that life wothout porale is a very good idea. Breakouts can happen at any time of day. Even in jail a murderer can kill people. So the death peanlty can stop all of those death of the innocent."
"i am all for the death penalty. the death penalty is not just simply out of revenge but to rid the earth of a truly horrible person. why should we let them live an easy life in prison with food, water , clothes, and in some cases a t.v. in prison they do nothing they don't have to go to school or work they sit around all day.The people that are being executed have done truly terrible things and i think they deserve to die. if they are still alive they have the potential to kill more people."
"We only use the death penalty for the WORST of the WORST. We don't kill people for stealing from a store, we kill them for killing mass amounts of people, or doing things we would think of as CRAZY."
"" we pay for the people that are in jail for life. If they were executed then we wouldn't have to pay for the people in there for life. that is why i think it is a good thing to do."
"I totally support capital punishment but I don't like the way it's working right now. Opponents of capital punishment often state that it doesn't deter crime and that it's more expensive than imprisoning the criminal for life. The problem is, though, we're only killing like 50 people a year, so of course it won't deter crime that much, and the appeals process is way too long, which not only makes it less of a deterrant but also makes it cost too much.
If we can get the death penalty working properly, it is necessary. If it deters crime the least bit, then it's worth it. Also I know some people like Ron Paul are against it just because there've been a FEW times where we killed someone who may have been innocent. But remember, the victims are almost ALWAYS innocent. We should care more about their rights, and that means doing whatever it takes to make sure innocent people don't get killed.
Also, it couldn't hurt to require prisoners to watch executions so they realize that's what will happen to them if they keep up their lifestyle."
"We are the only country that does not so called TORTURE our people other countries your coght steeling they cut off your hand you killed someone they kill you, you stab someone you get stabbed eye for an eye concept thats what we should do!"
"I believe the death penalty should be brought back if a killer takes someones life, they have thrown away their own. A life FOR a life! They don't even deserve to breathe the same air as us! I believe the death penalty should be used only if their is 100% proof that they did kill someone. There is no justifying that they took a innocents life,"
"Im a pro and i think thst the death pently is good because they should kill the person that killed a person or friend, a family member that will be bad to kill someone and i help the death penlty"
"The death penalty should be used in every state. All you people that say "when we kill them, we become the killers ourselves and aren't any better than them," well I have news for you. You can go on living your little cozy lives with nothing to worry about, but I strongly believe that if you kill or rape or assault someone, that you don't deserve life. Life is a priveledge and if you feel like you have the power to screw up someone else's well then you deserve to hang from a rope. You people that defend these scums are just as bad, especially you Jessica, you want to pay to have a murderer live in comfort, with the possiblity that he could break out of jail?! You people are such softies, reality is cruel people, get used to it."
"I'm not a Christian, and I do practice what I preach. Do you think that the people in Ancient Egypt had electricity to electrocute someone to death. And by the way, some states still use hanging as an execution option."
"Not to be rude, but practice what you preach. Christian kids learn from a very young age that life is a gift, not a privilege. Also, I hate people talking about how people hang as the death penalty. That is considered a "cruel and unusual punishment" and the death penalty should be considered one, too."
"I have glanced at some of the comments people make against the death penalty; eye for an eye makes the world blind? No it doesnt,it makes the predator look out of one eye as the victim has to. The other one about killing a killer makes us a killer also is ludicrous. Killing a killer is eliminating the possibility of numerous innocents being killed either physically or emotionally. Wake up people; laws are in place to protect the whole of society. Appreciate your freedom and protection rather than crying about a dirt bag who only cares about themselves."
"Since you're so concerned about 'eliminating the possibility of numerous innocents being killed,' let me tell you this. Numerous innocent lives were ended in the past due to false accusation, false witnessing, errors in investigation, errors in forensic research, errors in paperwork, and many other mistakes human beings may make. What about them? They are innocent too. If you kill them, they aren't getting 'freedom and protection.'"
""i dont care what people say if you were a victim of a criminal who deserves it you would think the exact same way. say someone does something that could ruin your life forever how would you feel personally i would say "who has killed or ruined peoples lives forever should be dead and you people who say nay(no) are just pittying killers,rapist,identity theives,terrorists, and treasonists". so basically you who support them are just as bad as they are and also if it ever happens to you who say nay think real hard and say to yourself "i could have prevented this"..."
"I believe that the death penalty shouldn't be enforced. I believe that although they may have killed or raped someone, they themselves shouldn't be killed. Our constitiution states that everyone has the right to live. so it shouldn't matter what they've done. we just need to find other ways to punish them, that don't include killing them off or putting them in jail for the rest of their lives, only because that is a waste of tax money."
"You are on the wrong side lady. The word pro means for and you are against the death penalty. But you know, I bet if someone raped you you wouldn't feel the same way about this issue."
"The point of the death penalty should not be to render "an eye for an eye" it should be to iradicate evil. It should be to eliminate this waste from our society. If someone rapes another, I do not want them raped, and I surely do not think 3 years in prison is worth what they stole from that person. I simply believe the guilty party does not deserve to live in our society or enjoy life. I find it offensive that treason is treated more seriously then rape or pedophilia. Talk about placing government ahead of its people."
"Abolitionists may say the death penalty is immoral because governments should never take a human life. But that is an article of faith, not of fact. The death penalty does not treat a human as an animal; it honors human dignity by treating the defendant as a free moral person able to control his own destiny. The death penalty celebrates the pride of the humans whose lives were ended by the defendant's predation."
"I think that people who are insane enough to go out and kill innocents, who are SO messed up in the head that they feel NO remorse, should NOT be given a BOX to live in, let alone a jail cell. We have every right to end the lives of those who are under the impression that they can do the same to others. Was anyone complaining when they killed Gacy? Or Bundy? No. They weren't. So why is it a big deal if a murderer is removed from the system? There is a high chance of repeat offfenders for rapists or killers. Why should we even give them the option? At least WE'RE humane about it- we numb them first. They sure don't do that for their victims. They should die the same way their victims did. But they get a series of painless shots, and their life is over. Ten short minutes. That's it. It isn't drawn out, and they feel nothing. I'm sure the families of the victim wish it was more painful. I sure do."
""What do you do when there is an evil that you cannot destroy by just means? Do you stain your hand with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfast and just even though it means surrendering to evil.""
"i am pro. there are some murderers who are granted parole and they kill again, there are some murderers doing life, and they kill other inmates & guards. killers need to be killed to make our society safer."
"i think yes because if people murder a couple people they shouldnt deserve to be living and if the punishment is bad they should get the death penalty"
"going off of what george said, making a victems family pay for a murderer to live, is completely unreasinable. they have to pay an extra 3 dollars a month for a person to live that they hate, is extremely unfair. if i was poor and i killed someone close too you, would you rather have me dead and pay 5 dollars for it or have me allive and pay 3 dollars a month for me to have a better life, this makes the death penalty essential too me."
"Also, the money you pay doesn't go directly to the person who murdered your family member, it goes to the whole jail to provide better protection, security, etc for the jail. Get your facts straight. Even if it didn't, you would pay the bill no matter what. All i'm getting from your response is that you want them to die."
"I am pro death penalty. While the costs may be higher, the ends justify the means. When a convicted killer is in prison for life, they can still kill someone in prison. I believe that it is morally acceptable to take the life of a convicted murderer. Once you have committed a crime, you are out from under the protection of the bill of rights, so it is not unconstitutional to execute a murderer."
"I believe that the death penalty should be allowed. One reason is that I believe that it does the victims family justice to see the responsible party take consequence for their irresponsible actions. Also, the initial costs for execution is higher than life without parole are higher but in the long term, life without parole is much higher and costs a lot just to maintain the facility as well as maintain the inmates. Some might question the morality of the death penalty, but in all reality, we've been going off the system of an eye for an eye for over 2000 years and it is a fair and just way to settle things once and for all for all parties. Also, we firmly believe in our country in the separation of religion and state so those ideals should be kept separate. Finally, I am a proponent of the death penalty because someone that is brutal enough to be considered for the death penalty isn't safe enough to be in society or in a prison."
"I am definitely for death penalty. I read some other articles regarding this topic. One person said that the death penalty is dignifying for the victims and their families. I agree. If they brutally killed someone, they shouldn't be able to live. I read another article stating whether or not the victims families should have an opinion on whether or not the murderer should be killed. I think they should. They shouldnt have COMPLETE control over the decision, but they should at least have a say in what goes. On another article i read that they should have physicians present during the execution, i agree because something might go wrong. And it's always good to have someone there just in case."
"I believe in the death penalty. I believe in this because there are certain crimes where life sentencing without parole just isn't an option. I believe that the punishment must fit the crime. When it comes down to death penalty being an option i think we have to be pretty much sure that this is the correct person we are convicting. I'm not supporting the death penalty for little things, but capital murder and other crimes that fall into play, i believe the death penalty should definitely be an option."
"Yes it should be because think about it, if you mother, father, spouse, sibling, or another family was raped or murdered would you want that man walking around or living life for free in prison."
""I know death is the harshest thing to deal with but come on,it's not the end for you.The best thing you can do is get over it and allow the person who murdered your loved suffer the same fate and then he'll see what an awful thing he did when it's too late.He'll suffer just like the person made him suffer,everyone deserves justice,but everyone deserves punishment."
"I think that the death penalty is reasonable in some matters but not all. For example, if someone murders somebody else you may think they deserve to die as well but also you can look at it as if we kill someone else that killed someone we become the killer."
"im for the death penalty because if the person that committed such a horrible crime, deserves to feel the same way the person or animal, that he did it to."
"Keep electing Democrats and you can kiss the DP goodbye, child rapist/murderers most definitely deserve to die it is our duty to protect our children."
"I'm pro because i think if someone kills someone they should be punished but not by an electric chair... too easy, they should die the way they murder people and if it's way of 2 then they should be blind folded and shot... several times."
"There are few cases in which the death penalty should be permitted: premeditated murder, mass shootings, rape then murder. Only the extreme cases, and even then only if there is more than one undeniable piece of evidence tying them specifically to the crime"
"I stand on Both Sides. I Thing that someone Who Murders Someone should Be Given The Option Of life In prison Or Death Because Maybe some One Dont whant To feel Lonely In prison all There life or Dont have long to live And if there say 70 and Dont whant to spend There life In prison Guive Them The Option "Death Is life in prison""
"yes , i do agree with the death penalty... to an extent. if someone does something that is hellacious enough to be prosecuted by the death, they deserve it. a close friend of mine, her father was murdered 17 years ago. was shot in the head and in the neck. then was wrapped in duck tape. now, they will be in prison for the rest of their life. now, she has to pay for them being incaerserated. taxes for scum like that, so they have, food, and water, and medicine. so basically, we are the ones paying for what they did, not them, they still have food and a roof over their head. we are the ones being punished... NOT THEM!"
"There is a reason why the first law code of this world, the Code of Hammurabi, detailed explicitly the doctrine of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." This is because that ideal is common knowledge; without laws, there is no society, yet without punishments, there are no laws. We as a people have evolved, but just as we have continued to use fire, we must continue to uphold capital punishment."
"I support the death penalty but there should be laws on how it is used. if it is a first offense and depending on how severe it was the murderer should be given say a 10 year sentence. if they commit another murder they should be executed because if they did it a second time they will do it again. If the murder was a mass murder than the murderer should be executed no matter if it was there first offense or not. Furthermore the death penalty helps clean up the prisons if the murderer is executed."
"I'm pro but only for certain factors. If the crime committed is heinous enough, I believe justice is to be served. However, I do not agree with how well these 'intmates' are treated and how long they are kept around. Conditions should be much worse off than those families who can'teven afford three square meals a day. It's pathetic how we treat them so well for those acts we look down upon as a nation. Survival of the fittest. If you play the game with logic, you'll beat someone who plays the game out of instinct. Pro death penalty, con the conditions of the sentencing. Kill or let them waste our tax money, then possibly kill again."
"It would be more costly to keep them imprisoned and they would rot in jail anyway. It would also give grieving families closure. They should be humiliated in death as no human being has the right to brutally murder any other living thing without justifyable cause such as recompence. Anyone who kills another deserves death themselves, particularly those who murder children or older people as they are weak and defenceless who would easily be overpowered so there would be no reason to harm them."
"NO ONE should be allowed to live one more day if they kill somebody unless it was in undeniable self defense. We have way too many bleeding hearts out there who want to "save' the killers. I say if you want to save them let them come live with you. Then let's hear what you have to say when your throat is being slit. These killers shouldn't even be allowed to make more than 1 appeal but here we are - letting some of these butchers sit on death row wasting our governments time trying to convince us that they were justified in killing that "little old lady" for her $400 Social Security check."
"I believe it takes more than chromosomes to make someone a human being - it takes heart and conscience. Individuals who are capable of killing (especially those convicted of horrendous crimes) are no more than vicious animals and as one should be "put down" for the safety of all."
"By your logic, killers have some mental problem that makes them able to kill. That would, by your logic, make them sick. and sick people should be cured, and I don't think killing them does much good."
"I think the death penalty should be allowed because if someone is willing for take a life then why cant the United States take theirs. How is the suspects any less then the life they took. The only way i don't think death penalty should occur is when that person in mentally challenged and has no idea of what they have done. Other than that acceptance then i do think the death penalty is a thought. i know taking someones life is wrong but if someone who is not mentally challenged is willing to take someone else life away then why wouldn't the United States take it into consideration. I am pro death penalty because if your being realistic you would see that taking a life is going way overboard and taking the life of the murderer shows there life wasn't any better to be alive."
"i think the death penalty should be enforced on persons mentally challenged because these persons are dangerous more prone to violence, so more dangerous to society. Death penalty should exist NOT TO PUNISH mistakes but to PROTECT SOCIETY from those that like to kill."
"Just for all of those quoting the Bible against the death penalty. Genesis 9:6 " Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.""
"Check the context before you post these! Genesis 9:6 is part of God's covenant with Noah and his sons; it cannot be universally applied. Further, it was a declaration that murderers would receive their due, not an endorsement of or a commandment regarding capital punishment."
"I think murders and child molesters and so on shouldnt be on the earth if they are going to do that. say they have kids what is someone came alone and raped there child or killed it. do to one as you do to other."
"Say your daughter or son were walking home. And some man came up behind them and killed them both and just left them there. They catch the guy and let him go after he does jail time. That man could go and kill plenty of other children, people. Would we really want to be walking around thinking that , that one man could come and kil us? No. More jail? Wont do anything. If he is going to die in jail anyways why not just end his life now."
"I am a pro because if someone is sick enough in the head to kill or rape any human being than they are asking to be punished. Everyone dies at some point and time just some people need to go sooner than others, to make this world a better place to live."
"I strongly believe that the issue regarding whether the death penalty should be abolished or not, it isn't something you can simply say "Yay" or "Nay" to. Opponents argue that the death penalty is just a means of "legal revenge" cloaked by the word Retribution. However it's a way for victim's to gain "Justice" and to stop them from taking matter to their own hands. While there are people who pray for their loved one's killers, there are also people who would seek revenge on EVERYONE responsible. The Death penalty stops the cycle of violence in a fair and legal way."
"If you take someone else's life, I feel you should have your's taken as well. Although two wrongs don't make a right, killing the killer ensures it will never hapen again."
"i think that some criminals deserve to be punished for the crimes that they have done and the sad family members will want the person who killed there family member to be punished so thats what i think"
"When someone takes a life, the balance of justice is disturbed. Unless that balance is restored, society succumbs to a rule of violence. Only the taking of the murderer's life restores the balance and allows society to show convincingly that murder is an intolerable crime which will be punished in kind. Retribution has its basis in religious values, which have historically maintained that it is proper to take an "eye for an eye" and a life for a life.
Although the victim and the victim's family cannot be restored to the status which preceded the murder, at least an execution brings closure to the murderer's crime (and closure to the ordeal for the victim's family) and ensures that the murderer will create no more victims
Robert Macy, District Attorney of Oklahoma City, described his concept of the need for retribution in one case: "In 1991, a young mother was rendered helpless and made to watch as her baby was executed. The mother was then mutilated and killed. The killer should not lie in some prison with three meals a day, clean sheets, cable TV, family visits and endless appeals. For justice to prevail, some killers just need to die."
"A murderer deserves death penalty because he has trespassed against the whole society by killing one of its members. The top committed crimes punishable by death are murder of the first degree, rape, and terrorism. Those who are responsible for crimes such as these have given up their place in our society. Murderers, by taking the life of another, have become a menace and a danger to civilization. Rapists, humiliating and bringing down their prey, have without question earned their spot on death row. Terrorists, those who have chosen the United States as their victim, have not only become a threat to the United States but to the whole world. On April 19, 1995, in the state of Oklahoma, 168 innocent people, including 19 children, were killed by one man. A man whose only regret before he was executed was that he couldn't have killed more people. He was executed because he was a cold-blooded killer, with the fact that his death will advance the safety and security of the rest of us. The death penalty guaranties that these convicted criminals will never be able to carry out any other dangerous felonies ever again in the long run, making the world a better place to live."
"Death penalties must be carried out swiftly, sixty day! The ONLY reason it cost a lot of money to execute is because they sit in jail for 20 years, get all the perks and appeal their convictions annually. After a person is found guilty and sentenced to death there should be two immediate appealing where the Courts of Appeals, in the respective court system Federal or State, MUST hear the case and if the lower courts conviction is upheld, affirmed and the condemn person wants to appeal to to the State's Supreme Court or if a Federal case to the U.S. Supreme where these respective Court can deny, not hear the Appellants Writ."
"My bother killed two people in his life, people that shouldn't have died over any stupid fact but they did, he's in there for life but i wished he would get the death penalty, the girl was 16 years old, as old as i am, she had a life and her took it, the boy was 18 and was going to college and he was going to make something of him but my bother took there lives for something so dumb and now all i think about is the night i saw them die, no body should ever go threw that. Thats why i choose death penalty."
"If this story is true (hey, you never know if people online are who they say they are), then I am really sorry for what you had to go through. It would be so difficult to watch someone in your own family do something so awful. I'm glad you understand that people like your brother need to be justly dealt with, no matter what kind of attachment to him you may feel."
"I support your decision. I am truly sorry for the pain you have suffered, and I hope you will find a way to be even better than what you have seen. Good luck to you."
"Who else thinks this is cold-blooded? I know that you must have loved your brother, and I'm sorry for the loss, but I can't get over the fact that you are/were willing to let your brother die because of his choices."
"The state of CA has 714 death row inmates, assuming 500 are 'the worst of the worst' and DNA proves their guilt, we spend $50m per year to incarcerate these 500 killers and spend another $50m responding to their appeals and medical needs. There will never be a shortage of people that the state sends to jail. So when we execute these unfit people the prison industry will continue to flourish in California. My hope is people will grow more aware of the cost to society and each of us individually in slashed education budgets, shelters for the homeless, vocational and retraining programs and early release of child-molesters due to prison over crowding. This is due, in-part, to our interest in keeping these 'worst of the worst' locked-up. Over the long-term, keeping them alive only punishes society."
"we as "free people" have to pay for criminals to stay in jail we pay for their food, housing, the guards that watch over them, clothing, and transportation. the death penalty should be used, because without it rapists and murders are flooding the prison system over crowding the population of convicts within the prison system. the only people that should be in prison are those who steal, sell drugs, vandalizers, dead beats that do not pay child support, and corrupt blue collar business committies. they are the ones that need to learn what they did was wrong, if you think about it we are showing them we are giving them a second chance to make things right. a serial killer doesnt think like that and the minute they get out they have an urge to kill again. if tose of you that are on the con side look at statistics; the convicts that have spent a good deal of time in prison get out they dont know anything outside of the walls of prison it is home to them and they have their "family" behind those walls, therefore they will commit another murder just to get cycled back into the prison system. THINK ABOUT THAT before you say that the death penalty is not neccesary."
"Almost any serial killer is mentally unstable, and shouldn't be killed because they can't help it. When you have a chance, look at the statistics on racism and wrongful convictions. Also, not many murderers are allowed back on the streets, and in most states, rapists can't be killed. But if you want to, go ahead. You'll get the death penalty because it was "justice.""
"I may be young, but I know that people shouldn't be punished in an inhumane way. Mahatma Ghandi said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Killing killers is semi-ironic and hypocritical. It's similar to telling a 2 year old "Don't hit!" and hitting them for punishment. If you are so willing to deal out death, can you give it back to those who didn't deserve it?"
"I am for the death penalty because I think that if someone has committed a terrible crime, like rape or murder, they deserve to die. If they do not feel remorse for what they have done, then putting them in prison will not do any good- they will not be forced to think about their actions and suffer for the rest of their lives. They could also be a danger to other people in prison, and that will only lead to more trouble and bad things. Some people say that by allowing criminals to die, the government is no better than a murder themselves. But when someone is executed in jail, the reason is for justice. With the person dead, they will no longer be able to harm themselves or others, and they will be forced to consider their crime, as it happens to them, and hopefully they will be able to feel remorse."
"The fact that people are bringing Christianity into this is disgusting. Just because people consider us to be a "Christian Nation", which we are not by the way, doesn't mean that we should base our laws after Christian beliefs. Some crimes are just so heinous that there must be a consequence of death. Any crime where a child is a victim (rape, murder, torture, etc.) should be a crime punishable by death. Mass murders (Sandy Hook, Columbine, Boston Bombings, etc.) should be a nice quick ride to the front of the line. People say "You are trying to play GOD and that is not right." By killing someone, the person decided that they wanted to play GOD. They deserve to die. This person who planted the Boston bombs needs to be put down like a dog."
"I'm pro because I feel that if someone has the will power to kill another man or commit a crime big enough for the death penalty and they end up getting caught then they most are subject to there punishment"
"I believe that there should be a death penalty, but only for murderers. If there is no doubt that the defendant committed the crime, they should be put to death."
"if that person chose to take some ones life why should the tax payer pay for that person to live in jail its ubserd. They already pay for my education, and my school goes with out a lot of supplies . They are paying for a killer who dosnt value somones life then why should we value theres.but also they do have their rights but on that same note the person they killed or harmed had theres so take that into consideration on how you make the decision on wether the death penalty should be alowed"
"I say that this is the less costly to our nation then just sending them to prison for life. We pay millions of dollars just so that they live for what another few years until they piss off the wrong guy and get killed anyway. Though I do say we should make it public again because the reason why it has no effect on crime rate is because they think they can avoid it."
"People talk about how expensive it is to put a person on death row and then kill them. I think that once the verdict of the person is delivered then you don't have to leave them in jail for so long. If they are gonna be killed go ahead and do it. The death penalty is for those the state deems beyond rehabilitation or reintegration into society. I also believe that it is cruel and unusual to leave a person sitting in a cell on death row for so long after they know they are gonna be killed and then it will not be so expensive."
"They say killing someone who killed is wrong or immoral. But if they can do it to someone else why cant it be done to them? Im a strict Libertarian but support the death penalty. It is cheaper than taxpayers having to pay for their meals while they sit in prison for their life. And keeps them off the streets to do it again."
"A singular example: I n the past,Kill a Cop, you got the ultimate: death in 'Old Sparky' (The electric chair in Florida). THAT was a deterrant! Since that 'fear' has been surgically removed, shooting at or killing a cop (and being sent to prison where you receive 'Rock Star' status for your crime) is common-place and really no big deal! Death by electric chair acted as a deterrant, period! Remove the fear and see what we have....."
"The death penalty is an appropriate punishment for serious crimes such as murder and treason. It's appropriate because if you take someone's right to live yours should be taken away too. Why should your right to live be granted to you if you take someone else's right to live? The death penalty preserves law and order, deters crimes, and costs less than life imprisonment."
"I believe that the death penalty should only be offered to those who have serious crimes against them. In instances such as the death of the students and teachers of Newtown Elementary, low lifes such as that should be put to death as soon as possible. But if you are sentensed to death for abusing drugs I would be a little concerned."
"The death penalty should be allowed for many reasons. One main reason is that if you commit a crime that is worthy of the death penalty, then you deserve it. It's like an eye for an eye. If you kill someone out of hatred, or even due to a mental disabilitie, then you still deserve the death penalty."
"If justice was utilized according to its purpose and our country's application of it wasn't so corrupt through greed, racism, and bribery, the death penalty would serve as God's instrument to preserve a moral society, maintaining the safest environment for us to dwell as humans. What's the purpose of having laws when there's no proper administration of punishment? It is only in ignorance that Christians use the "thou shalt not kill" commandment out of it's intended context. The proper translation is not to commit "murder", when there is no justifiable cause/provocation, which has nothing to do with the government's responsibility to serve as "ministers" of justice when humans behave in a manner worse than animals in killing each other needlessly and without a validated purpose according to our laws. When a dog or any animal turns on it's owner or family and that attack ends in the death of a human, don't we administer the proper response by killing them? However, we have a society where men (and women) have degraded themselves to an even lower standard in their behavior through the brutal and merciless killing of innocent women and children, and all we resolve to do is put them in a cage?"
"i am a pro because i feel that the people who kidnapp, murder, rape, molest should die. i was a victim and nothing even happened to the person that raped me. but i think he deserves to die because he rapes young girls and gets away with it, and thats not fair to me. he deserves to be punished not free with other litlle girls that he can prey on IT'S SIMPLY NOT RIGHT"
"I think the death penalty should only be used when someone murders a lot of people or if they show no signs of rehabilitation after their prison sentence."
"ok seriously im just saying that if you are to kill a person then i think it should be the killer murder for murder. even if i must become one to stop one id say id do it because if someone i loved hell if someone i didnt even know was murdered right before my eyes i wouldnt even think id shoot or fatally injure the person i dont care if i go to jail for it. i beleive killing is wrong unless that person hurt you or is hurting someone right before you. but dont be stupid... at least make shure double and triple cheak that you have the right man. cuz no one wants a inoccent dead person."
"To people who think this is a bad idea, i say think again. here is a question for you. "if Hitler was alive today, will you vote for him to be free once again? or simple put him behinds bars where we citizens will then have to work and pay money to keep him their? where he has a possibility of escaping? or will you kill him and let society move on without seeing his face on news, causing more pain in the family who's life have been change forever because of him? Remember at one point in Bible Even God allow such laws, "a life for a life" So then who are we protecting a killer? once a person kill one human, they are able to rationalize their actions and go on killing more then just one. The only bad part about the death penalty is if a innocent person is killed, then we can blame ourselves, but we have on stand in this cause, but letting a killer free, and killing more people we are then the stupid one."
"I have no say for or against it. Every law should have a punishment and if this is the most lawful and intelligent consequence to give, then so be it."
"Yes, the death penalty should be allowed. If some psycho freak comes into your house while you are not home and kills your wife/husband and your children, you will want the dead somehow. Whether that way be strangled, burned, shot, electricuted, etc. You would want them dead. That is one of the many reasons I believe in the death penalty."
"I agree that killing is wrong and that it is illogical to show people not to kill by killing someone, but at the same time, SOME consequence must come from your actions. It's not right for you to do something awful and then not suffer for it."
"The death penalty can be an effective deterrent to crime, but only if enforced in a timely manner. Criminals sentenced to death now will enjoy years of relatively comfortable living during the, "appeal process". Swift and courageous meting out of a death penalty is the only way to justify its existence. AN appropriate term for appeal, DNA analysis etc. must be in place. The underlying reasoning for all this is human rights. Having been to 21 countries and 28 states, working as a law enforcement officer and consultant/educator, I have seen what works and what fails relative to criminal justice practices and enforcement. Some people, whether by genetics, accident, experiences or other conditions, fail to assimilate to a societal norm and commit acts that cause their most basic human right, the right to life, to be taken away."
"good citizens pay taxes every year and that tax money goes into funding prisons like ones that hold people for life sentences. i am from the south and most possibly could have recieved my beliefs from the way i grew up. i believe that if someone takes another life, which is most likely the reason for a life sentence, your life should be taken from you. no human should be allowed to play the role of god and take someone else's life if it is not their time."
""i believe that if someone takes another life, which is most likely the reason for a life sentence, your life should be taken from you. no human should be allowed to play the role of god and take someone else's life if it is not their time." -> Isn't this totally contradiction? No one should be ablte to take someones life........your life should be taken from you........ which side is this on?"
"Capital punishment is completely fair and just in most cases depending on the situation. If a person has committed homicide or another crime, they are a threat to society, and by eliminating this threat, we are now making our nation a safer place to live. You may argue that this goes against our constitutional right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but if a person is willing to go against the law that gives them freedom and rights, do they really deserve that right to live?"
"The victims of these murders didn't get the opportunity to live in isolation from society. They just got murdered. The murderer shouldn't get off easy. The punishment should reciprocate the crime."
"if that person chose in their right mind to kil another person then that person should be punished but if that person isnt sane then they sould be put in a mental ward other than that they are a cold blooded killer"
"I think it should be allowed because if someone kills anyone, they should be killed. They cant put someone back to life. There isnt enough room for prisoners in other prisons."
"Reasons why death penalty does not work just anywhere in the world: 1. Death penalty is racially biased Death penalty is not racially biased whilst the judge is 2. Death penalty claims innocent lives Juries: think twice before you kill 3. Death penalty is not a deterrent That means you are not killing enough 4. Death penalty is arbitrary and unfair. Give them better defendants 5. Death penalty can never be "voluntary." It was never voluntary in the first place"
"By killing someone who has killed, we become the killer and that makes us no better. I know someone who lost a brother to a killer. He was devastated but he prayed they didn't put the killer to death. He didn't want the killer's family to go through what his family felt. It doesn't solve anything. It only makes the family of the killer suffer more...
These people have to be judged for their horrible crime, but not by us. I understand that I'm not the victim's family. I know we can't slap them on the hand and let it happen again but we are in no place to decide if someone should live or die. Two wrongs don't make a right."
"i feel the same way i lost my brother to the death penalty two years later find out he didnt kill the young girl and all they could put in the paper is that ther sorry."
"Of course you don't want their families to suffer, but think about, it in twenty or whatever years this person walks free to rip apart another family. You might not want to dirty your own hands with murder, but life in prison is as good as a death sentence, but your tax dollars will pay for the cell in which they sleep, the food they eat (which is often better than I can afford), and the clothes on their backs. The world's economy in certain countries are messed up enough and nobody needs to support someone that can be disposed of."
"You're right, but if they're not punished accordingly, they'll go out and commit the crime again, possibly even worse, so sometimes it is necessary so others aren't killed."
"The killer should have thought about the effect that him/her taking someone else's life would have on his family. Whoever decided that they were worthy enough to take someones life away deserves the pain of being killed themself. NO criminal deserves to live a life of luxury in a nice warm and air conditioned cell."
"The reason to execute a person is not for their family. It is to shorten the time difference between a murderer and a murder victim, "Justice as fairness calls for capital punishment because the continued existence of murderers increases unfairness between themselves and their victims, increasing the harm to murdered persons.""
"really... so if you got raped or something you would rather the person who ruined your life to live and eventually get out of jail and maybe they could get out in 10 years and do it agin to you or someone else think real hard about that and have fun helping criminals. personally most people deserve to die..."
"What do they offer society.....I'm not suggesting all murderers be put to death, but the most evil....child killers and those that have no remorse...sociopaths...Why should society pay for their care of about $50,000 to $90,000 a year when their victim's families are torn apart for a lifetime?"
"A civilization works best when wrongdooers are punished, yes this could introduce a death spiral, but a legal aveanue for the removal of violent people for that civilization is the best way, after all, it can be in a controled non violent way. If one cannot control themselves, reguardless of the reason, we must control them, if we cannot control them, they should be removed from society.
Life imprisonment may seam like the correcte avenue, howver, it is a corrections system, if the criminal cannot or willnot conform, that is a slap in the face for reformers. It may be a heafty price, but for a stable culture free of violent crime, I say its worth it."
"The idea was invented a long time ago back before the Greco-Romans, who actually perfected this ideology. Its sole purpose was to make an example of those who break the law. Whether that law be religion, government, or social. Now you do not have to agree with that philosophy, but that would be why - so go back and blame cultures as far back as sumerians."
"That's exactly it, people don't kill killers to show that it's wrong, they kill them to make sure they don't ever do it again. You sound like a person who's innocence blinds them. The world has no place for one who takes the life of another so, a life for a life right? A death sentence will make sure that criminals never dirty the streets again with their shoes."
"The cost of death penalty costs more than a life without a parole sentence, in some estimates 10 times the amount. This is because of the heightened process that the death penalty requires. Spending money on the death penalty means; reducing the resources available for crime prevention mental treatment, education, and rehabilitation, meaningful victims' services, and the drug treatment programs, according to AUSA death penalty abolition campaign. In 2010 poll conducted by the death penalty information center, pursuing the death penalty was the lowest budget priority. Emergency services, creating jobs and police and crime prevention were the three highest rated priorities for use of fiscal resources. For example, Kansas had a 70% more than the cost of comparable non-death penalty case. Having a life in prison without parole is the best solution instead of death penalty and at a cheaper price! In addition it is also the best punishment for what he/she has done because being stuck without any type of communication and makes the person think of what he has done. Not to mention, that no more harm can be done now that he is locked up."
"The death penalty shouldn't be allowed because first of it would cause the person more pain to go into jail with other thugs and scum bags that would pound them in. If the death penalty is in place then the person would be going out with a shorter and less painful way and would just skip out on the beatings that would be waiting for them."
"He says not to kill. Has He ever said that it is okay to kill an evil person? It is God's choice about when somebody's life is over, not the jury's. For people who support the death penalty, help me understand why you think it is okay to kill somebody just because you don't think they have the right to live. Also, the jury is supposed to be better than the killer."
"Killing a killer? That shows the government does not follow their own laws. When one of us kills,it's called murder but when they kill, it's called legal!? We are a christian nation. Thou shall not kill! One can be innocent. It happened before. It also uses more of our money. The appeals process is very long and expensive. The death penalty is also better on criminals. It ends their suffering quickly instead of forever. It not only punishes the criminal, it also punishes their innocent family."
"I am 70yrs old, and have always heard it said, we are a Christian Nation, if that is indeed true, we do not need 100,000 laws, we only need 10. One of those states, Thou Shall Not Kill"
"Ok, Ok, Ok, Ok, just, just hold on, this is as much a Christin nation as I am a giant alien space fish. I am sorry, I really am. But it says in the constitution that church and state are completely and absolutely separate. I am with you on your view of no killing at all what so ever, not by death penalty nor mugger in the alleyway. It's just I feel an obligation to correct people on the term christian nation, not as a point of criticism but more as a convenient service (Also, the 10 commandments are only the simplified version, there are really something like 200 original commandments given to Moses at the mountaintop)."
"lets say in one case where the suspect is sentenced to death because of they crime they are accused of. now after the horrid deed is done there is hard on evidence, proving that the suspect was innocent and they were killed for no reason."
"I believe the death penalty should only exist as an alternative to life in prison for those who want it. It should never be a sentence to those who want to live, but people who want to die should be able to die with dignity. Convicted criminals, no matter how gruesome their crimes, are humans too, and deserve the right to choose their final fate. The final effect is the same, they are removed from society and are unable to commit any further crimes. What difference does it make to the outside world whether they die now or die in 60 years, the effect is exactly the same."
"I find it just as inhumane but if faced with a choice i would perfer solitay confindment. id much rather lose my mind than my life. I say this because judges and layers are can be currupt and if that is the case then false evidence and withholding of evidence can occurr leading to a false judgement."
"im kind of mutual to the death penalty issue but I choose con because there have been victims who were convicted of faulty evidence that died because of mistakes in our current legal system if you don't believe any innocent people have died because of this I can list them right now even though they are a minority and most people who were convicted truly commited a crime suitable for it. here is a list of all the people who died under the name of vengeance who were later proved to be either innocent or the cirumstances surronding there trial were so questionable that you would have to wonder if they were innocent. Carlos De Luna(Executed in 1989) Larry Griffin(Executed in 1995) Ruben Cantu(Executed in 1993) David Spence(Executed in1997) Jesse Tafero(Excecuted in 1990) Ellis Wayne Felker(Executed in 1996) Leo Jones(Executed 1998) Cameron Todd Willingham(Executed in 2004) Joseph O'Dell(Executed 1997) Lionel Herrera(Executed in 1993) Timothy Cole was not technically executed but died in prison while serving 25 years.read about these cases at 10 Convicts Presumed Innocent After Execution and my final quote is spoken from a person on this list "I am an innocent man, and something very wrong is taking place tonight.""
"The death penalty should be outlawed because of what it does to society. The death penalty is supposed to be a form of punishment. It has become a form of retribution. Society is harmed when retribution is sanctioned by the judicial system. Incarceration until death in lockdown is punishment. It costs 80% less to incarcerate than to execute. Society needs to heal from these heinous crimes not be stirred up into vengeance or retribution. Knowing the convicted person is rotting in prison without possibility of parole is adequate. Execution keeps the convicted person in the media periodically for years as he/she goes through the appeals process. Lock 'em up and forget about 'em."
"While I respect both sides to this argument, I am strongly against the death penalty. All people, even criminals have the right to be treated with human dignity, and while actions certainly affect public image, they can never take away that dignity ingrained in every human. Because of this dignity, God is the only one who can decide when others should die. Putting morals aside, life in prison is actually cheaper than the death penalty, and if you really want the criminal to understand your pain, life in prison will make him think about what he did and perhaps even make him repent, whereas killing him would not have this effect."
"Totally agree. Not to mention, there are other issues that play into what one should agree with in terms of death penalty; if you're for abortion, but against the death penalty, that's quite the hypocrisy!"
"I think that the death penalty should not be allowed, because rather than killing the person, the person would be put in jail and might find God and change."
"I believe that if someone killed someone you should have to be responsible for your actions and go to prison not be able to die and not pay for your actions."
"When humans as jurors can render a guilty verdict that is correct 100% of the time might there be justification for the death penalty. Until then, which is never, there should be no death penalty."
"A life sentencing without parole is a perfectly reasonable and equally satisfying of a solution to serious crimes that are committed in the United States compared to the death sentence. The death penalty is a lengthy and expensive. In most cases, a lot of anger is felt toward the convicted which leads people to automatically assume that a death sentence is the right route to choose. Yet, life sentences allow for the convicted to spend the rest of their life marinating in everything he/she has done wrong that landed them in there in the first place. Murderers and etc. do not deserve the satisfaction of knowing they are spending America's time and money as well as prolonging their life through appeal, especially since most of them want to die regardless because "..death is the ultimate freedom, so I'd rather have my freedom as soon as I can get it." proves Jodi Arias on the topic of her possible death sentence conviction."
"an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind! killing a killer makes the capital no different than the criminal, and what kind of a lesson are we teaching here? Giving the prisoner life without parole, and it costs less taxpayer dollars than appeals and the execution itself!"
"The death penalty just doesn't make any sense. Best way I've heard it put "We don't punish rape with rape, we don't punish arsen by burning down the arsenists house." Those just don't make any sense either. How can someone feel as though punishing death by death makes any snese? If you feel this way you must agree with punishing rape by rape, other wise you are a hypocrite."
"Why kill a killer if half the time we don't even catch the right person? Since the capital punishment was reinstated, 140 men and women were released for being wrongly accused. How many more were punished for a crime they didn't commit?!"
"No, because it is wrong, if a person did something in crime and has changed from sitting behind bars for 5 or more years should be released
Why should someone die if they think for about 50 years before their exccicution time? It is just wrong, let them think of the wrong things they did and if they start realizing what they did it is time to forgive and forget...Like tookie williams, he changed his life in prison and he was still killed by exccicution (electric chair)"
"Oh yeah good solution, send them to their room and make them think about what they did then release them back into society so they can come and kill a member of your family. See if you feel the same way then."
"The decision of allowing death penalty still varies into many states due to the reason of controversy in societies. Giving access to death penalty will give the murder a painful death. However, not all states have granted penalty states. States that have allowed death penalty include Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Alabama, California, Tennessee, and the U.S. Military and U.S. Government. Allowing death penalty has been a serious controversy today because they think it is a wrongful conviction and on the contrary it will bring justice to the innocent victims. They're been also research explaining that the death penalty decreases the homicide rate. Police chiefs ranked the death penalty as least effective among 7 methods of reducing the homicide rate. 31% viewed reduced the usage of drugs as the most effective; 17% with better economy and more jobs; 1% by expanding the use of death penalty according to Source 5 (packet). In the contrary, the possibilities of a murder being guilty are not always correct. According to the Stanford Law Review, they found that at least 350 people between 1900 and 1985 might have been innocent of the crime for which they were convicted. States that allow death penalty reflects what kind of state they are."
"The death penalty is an irreversible act that is subject to error.If innocent life is precious then why would a system that is fallible be trusted to make ultimate decisions. People seem to forget that the American system of law is not based on what is true, it is based on what 12 people can be convinced of. 139 people were exonerated between 1973 and 2011. Are 139 lives more valuable than revenge and retribution? To say no is heartless and shows why the human race has a blood lust that will be its undoing if we don't change our ways."
"i have always been against capital punishmment because its premeditated murder.another reason is what if they are proven to be innocent and you just killed them wrongful punishment. another reason is what are you teaching children that if it is deserved its perfectly ok to kill. and the government does this to strike fear it never works and all it does is show hey if you do this we will kill you just because we can that's it sure maybe some people deserve it but if you kill them the way the killed some one else you deserve it to and that you dhould be killed to but then it would be a never ending cycle because if someone killed you they would deserve it and on and on until some one finally decided yeah you may deserve it but its not right you've got whats coming to you and its karma and honestly karma can be your best friend you your worst nightmare so before you make your decision on whether capital punishment should be allowed think about everything kind of like the saying when a butterfly flaps its wings some one across the world dies horribly and painfully oh and if you are going to kill them anymore just give them the flu apperently thats deadly too next thing you know teddy bears are going to be extremely deadly thank you."
"... since they did kill/rape etc. someone.. being mental problems or just cravings of human flesh. Willing to take a life, means you care less for your life. Alot of times there are reasons.. maybe for protecting yourself, or a loved one. I am not protecting the disgusting crimes of violent acts, just for the fun of it. There are other ways a man SHOULD die, from another man is not one of them."
"Defintion of murder: Taking the life of someone intentionally. Isn't captital punishment the same thing? Its murder when a civilian does it, but its law when the government does it? Who's made these rules???"
"the murderer does it because of hate or him going crazy. the government does it after they review the case and it goes through all the court systems. they dont just go and kill the murderer. they give him a chance to explain. then they decide what his punishment. without punishment this country would be chaos!"
"i am con because, Why should it be alright for us to murder someone who is in prison for murdering?!?!?!?! i mean i was always taught that two wrongs don't make a right. and this isn't any different!"
"Isn't the life sentence enough? Alone in jail for the rest of your life would be ultimate torture. Jail is repayment enough for these terrible crimes. When will we learn, killing ANYONE is not the answer."
"Putting someone on Death Row makes us just the same as them.We are killing them as they did to the innocent.But it can prove as a lesson to anyone who tries to kill again."
"but then again people have been proven innocent when were guilty. they went out and killed again. that is why i believe that the courts should investigate more. but the death penalty should still be in place."
"the death penalty shouldn't be used as punishment but should be used as a form of protection of people against those that like to murder people as a thrill."
"the government should not take ones life because it just makes the government killers, and thats not right. if anything the murder that killed, should have life time prison to serve."
"It's funny how you laid that out there... Have you realized that our government owns the military... And what does the military do for our country? We defend.. and how? We kill. Kind of late saying government are killers because they are. But, it doesn't make them bad or good. We wouldn't have been here today without certain events today. You may have not exist. Who knows. But the death penalty still stands... That someone that decides takes life away, should have his or hers taken justifiably."
"Actually the bible DOES exclude the government. The bible says thou shalt not murder. And the government defines what qualifies as a murder, because murder is by definition the UNLAWFUL causing of death of another human."
""I am so sick of reading about how cruel it is to prisoners. What about the victims? They didnt get a last meal, or a chance to say good bye to their loved ones. They didnt get a chance to make their peace with God. In my mind the criminals already have it better than the victims ever, ever did. So am I concerned if the criminals are being treated poorly? No. In fact, I feel as though the victims families should get to decide exactly how they die. For example Richard Speck (the one who tortured and murdererd 8 nursing students, the one who has made prison tapes about what a great time he is having in our prisons, at the tax payers expense might I add), I feel as thought the victims families should have been given the right to make sure he died as scared, and degraded as his victims. We keep letting monsters back onto the streets to hurt more and more people. THATS the inhumane part. Allowing more innocent people to be hurt. Every six mins in America, a woman is raped. This isnt a third world country, this is America where predators are allowed to prosper and pursue their happiness at the cost of others. Its disgusting. Take the monsters off the streets & away from our children.""
"no it should not be allowed because it would take a lot more money and patients to get all of the paper work and court cost to try to get the judge to say that he/she should be exicuted."
"the executor who killed the killer is a killer so he should be killed by another killer because he is a killer. So before you know it there are going to be thousands of killers so everyone is eventually killed making humans extinct because of killing killers. Makes sense? Thought so."
"no killing is wrong so who every does it your just doing it to get rid of the bad people in the world and if you want that the do no one can stop you"
"I, believe they shouldnd have the death penalty because there wouls cbe no punishment in that< when getting the death penatly you get a quick death and lets say the murder killed his victims harshly and let them suffer for a really long time and now there family is torn apart< i would rather be knowing that he is suffering in jail and constatnly being thretend by other in mates and struggling not to get killed by others."
"The reason why there is even a penalty as the Death Penalty is because of people not having their heart in the right place. An eye for an eye will only satisfy a person for a short period of time. Soon both will be blind. It says in Romans chapter 12 God is the one to advenge not us. Anyone that has ever wanted a convicted murder to be executed dosen't have the right spirit. Its hard to have to right spirit but that is where the true strength is."
"I believe that it is wrong for the government to take someone's life. I understand that the families of victims might feel better if the murderer is put down but there is a possibility of killing innocent people. Injuries and sickness can be cured, but death can never be reversed. People should get a second chance, but if they're are dead, they'll never get that second chance. By taking the life of someone who has taken another's life, we become no better, as we have taken the killer's life as well. ~S.S."
"i personaly aggree with you i also think that the ones who take the life of the killer are automaticly given the title of the hypocrite be cause they are murdering someone"
"Is it really up to us to decide one's fate? The bible says, "Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord." We are not meant to be the judges. We cannot make these decisions fairly. The people who are on death row are criminals, there is no disputing that. They have been tried and convicted. It is a far worse punishment to have no freedom and all the time in the world to think about why you lost it. Are we not murderers ourselves if we condone this? A wise man once said, "Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving one sets you below him"(Benjamin Franklin). We are no better than the criminal as a society by putting them to death. Did you not teach your children that it is not right to hit someone even if they started it? To borrow an old phrase, "Two wrongs don't make a right." It does not solve anything to first set a rule and then use the same thing abolished to inflict punishment. That does nothing but make us murders ourselves. My final opinion on capital punishment is that it should be banned."
"By killing someone, you give them no opportunity to grow and learn from their mistakes. This person may change their ways and be a leader in anti-violence movements. They also may rot in jail. Either way, killing them does no good."
"Sometimes you dont deserve a second chance..If you want to take a life then you should be willing to give your own...they should have thought about what they were about to do BEFORE they acted..."
It is inherently wrong for the government to take a person's life, no matter the crimes that they have committed. And while it may provide benefits for the families that have suffered because of the person they are putting under the death penalty, it makes the family no better than the man or woman who killed their family members. This too would make them sick for even wanting to watch a person die, and finding some sort of satisfaction in it makes it worse still.
Besides the fact that killing someone is morally wrong, the death penalty is expensive, and keeping the person on death row can end up costing our country a lot more money than they would have spent had they kept the inmate in a normal prison.
As for the person saying that murder on reasonable grounds is ok, I think this untrue. There are so many loopholes in this argument. For one, any person could justify murdering another person, and say that it was on reasonable grounds. I am sure that plenty of murderers thought that they had reasonable grounds to kill someone but that does not make it right.
"But an eye for an eye does NOT make the whole world blind. If you loose one eye, and you put out one of theirs, they retaliate, leaving you with none and them with one. If you remove both their eyes, than they are blind and they are not. Whoever ends up blind is going to have one hard time winning back. Whoever ends up dead has no possible chance of winning back."
"NO ! To show what they did was wrong ! & for them to also feel the pain that the person that they killed felt that same pain !!!!!!! :) POINT BLANK ! ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((:"
"If the death penalty was enforced and streamlined, it would not cost near as much, but it is still less coslty than life in prision and, though Ghandi was a great man, he did not live in a society with as much violent crime as we do. True it could be argued that punishment of violent crime is itself violent and could cause the spawning of a police state, it could also, if correctly implimented reduce the violence and create a more peacful world."
"death penalty is a wrong thing to be doing. Why would you want to kill someone? even though killing soeone is wrong, in a sense, everyone should be dead right now because when someone kills somebody else, the death penalty takes place and someone is punished by killing the murderer. Now, because this person killed someone else, again in a sense, this person should be killed because they killed this person. the death penalty is also taking away lives and is moraly wrong. even though a person murders somebody else, you shouldn't kill them. There's no good reason to. Plus what if you are innocent and the court thinks you are guilty? This form of punishment is irreversible, even if later they find you innocent at a later time. I think this is a cruel way of punishment and it should be illegal."
"I don't believe the death penalty should be allowed. Many believe that if someone takes away the life of someone else that their life should be taken as well. I disagree, I believe even under circumstances such as murder that the perpetrator should not be put to death because I find it unethical to punish a criminal with the same wrong doing that he/she committed. An obvious punishment should be made of many years in prison however I do not believe that death is the best answer in the criminal justice system."
"What happens if your family gets killed? I'd like to be there when you scream through your pain, cursing the man that slaughtered your family for him to feel the pain that he cause and for him to be put to death. Your family did not die peacefully, this man will not be raped before his throat is cut. This man will have his arm cleaned, receive a prick on his arm, and gently go to sleep. Or if you want it your way, he can live out his life in prison reminiscing how good it felt to rape your mother or sister before he killed them while they were crying and screaming as blood poured out of them. C'mon, think about it."
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