is the death penalty a proper means of disposal?

Answer 1

Yes it is.

Answer 2

In every society there are crimes so heinous that only death can be an appropriate measure. To which crimes and what level of violence these crimes must be is still in debate. The Bible clearly states a number of incidences that the death penalty is acceptable. Murderers for instance. Of course, even in this instance, the Bible refers to a sanctuary for murderers to hide in, and proscribes a number of years they must live in this sanctuary (prison). There are some crimes that are so disgusting to the senses (pedophilia), that one's first response is "kill". But again, there are circumstances outside the average persons knowledge of the event that may color how the crime actually happened. The death penalty is meant to be a crime deterrant. I believe in the death penalty. I also believe that the long wait to die, the lengthy appeals, and those too squeemish to sentence death make this process longer than it was meant to be. Waiting years to be punished takes the fear out of them (and potential new criminals). My father didn't wait a week to punish me when I did something wrong as a child. Moreover, one must ask if the prisons are a proper means. People seem to go into prison just to learn how to be better criminals. And while I admit many come out reformed, many more don't come out at all. And is the prison system really there for them to reform? It's a punitive system. These people are on time-out.

I think the penalty fits many serious crimes. I think it should be used judiciously, of course. And I feel that many countries that punish a lawyer who doesn't do their jobs with the sentence their client would've (or did) get is spot on. We should do that here. That way, when we sentence someone to death, we know it's proper.

Answer 3

Well, the answer is in the question, really, isn't it? From the moment that you talk about disposal, you are already suggesting putting criminals or supposed criminals to death. whether "disposing" of other human beings for any reason is morally acceptable or makes sense in a so called logical, and so called "civilised" civilisation is a totally different ball game... At the minute, in the West, as a result of notions of human rights being more and more accepted,"disposal" appears to be on the decrease.
The reasons for this are varied but can be placed in 3 main groups:
-"Disposal" is permanent: There is no hope of remision. This is a problem in case of miscarriage of justice and also because notions of what constitutes a serious enough crime is constantly shifting: Not so long ago, things like slavery or the "disposal" of minority groups in society were considered as normal, whereas paedophilia or rape didn't even register as crimes. On the other hand, stealing a loaf of bread would surely have lead to hanging.
-"Disposal" is costly.
-"Disposal" is increasingly regarded as unfair and immoral. This argument is very subjective and has little place in answering this question. However, in some countries, it seems that a criminal or a person deemed criminal has more chances of getting "disposed" off if he or she belongs to a minority or perceived minority group or if he or she suffers from mental illness or retardation (to quote but 2 cases) and this, regardless of the crime he or she has been convicted of.
I suggest you check out
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
which gives a fairly unbiased outlook on the issue and make up your own mind.
Best of luck.

Answer 4

Proper disposal for what? If you have done the crime then boy you will do the time. The death penalty is set up for the harsh crimes and yet many are on death row for years and years. I do believe that for certain crimes it is the proper punishment but disposal is a strange word. I mean for all the crimes now there is disposal, or lack of.

Answer 5

Death penalty is not proper means to deal with certain crimes but under the present level of knowledge, that appears to be the only means.The correct way is to reform the person completely so that he will not commit any crime in future.Others also should not commit such crime.Since we have not found an effective means so far to ensure that we have to continue with the death penalty so that the majority can live peacefully without any threat from the same person or from others who are likely to do to such crime in future, as death penalty is a deterrent.

Answer 6

you should not look at it as a means of disposal. I think that the death penalty is there to show others that if you do a crime that is so bad that someone loses their life, that yours should be forfeited also. kind of like an eye for an eye. and also to let people understand that you cant just go around hurting people so bad they die or are near death, and you get to walk around all willy nilly

Answer 7

I think I would preffer the person to set in jail for the rest of there life, death is an excape from the deeds they did.

i was just bout to edit my answer but commputnut said it all, an eye for an eye, would seem better, but at the same time I still feel that the death penalty is an excape for a person, some ppl want to die, so I think they should suffer in jail, but then things like rape, cut their peni3s off or something, if you robe someone cut a finger off, then each time you do it another finger would come off, if you assult someone so shall you beassulted, by that person, can you say free licks

Answer 8

Absolutely not. It's inhumane, vengeful, barbaric, immoral, statistically much more expensive, puts a financial burden on county budgets, and an emotional burden on the families of both sides, not to mention unconstitutional according to the 8th and 14th Amendments due to its cruelty and uncommon use today.

Answer 9

It is not for waste removal, it is more for loss prevention. The penalty is there to remove recitivism from the society. If you are not a threat then you shouldn't die. Does that make you garbage? No. Only a credible threat.

Answer 10

Yes

Answer 11

What is being disposed? Oh, right, an object. Hmmm, does it matter after "death" how an object is treated relative to any other object?