Capital punishment?

Question

Why people that are proven guilty of murder then sentenced to death have to wait so long to be executed.The average it's 10 years.These are tax payer money going down the drain.Why not execute them within 2 years,it would saves us money and the family of the victms the aggrevation of the wait.

Answer 1

Let us hope that our justice system never makes the mistake of sentencing the wrong person to death and lets us pray that it is not ourselves. For if it is possible that the wrong person has ever been put to death for a crime they did not commit, what guarantee that it will not be ourselves the next time. I for one do see the possibility of mistakes in our justice system happening and that with the type of thinking you have shown you are willing to BET YOUR LIFE that I am wrong, that the mistakes that have happened in the past shall never occur again, that we now have a perfect system of deciding guilt and innocence.
Have we as a nation sunk so low as to demand instant gratification of our need for vengeance?
Vengeance does not bring anyone back from the dead, it does not ease the suffering of the aggrieved, all vengeance does is to degrade us as a nation.
That we would deny to another the most basic freedom "Life" is to say that we would trade that freedom for a few dollars does not say much for our hope of freedom for ourselves for to deny a freedom to another denies that freedom for ourselves.

Let he who is WITHOUT sin cast the first stone.
Go and sin no more.

Answer 2

While I agree with capital punishment (eye for an eye and all that), I do understand WHY they have so many appeals. The system wants to make sure that they don't execute an innocent man or woman. Our system, though it works very well, is not perfect. Innocent people can be convicted of a crime they did not commit. If someone was sentenced to death for a murder they did not commit, and then was executed, and it was later found out they truly were innocent, that would be very horrible for our justice system, the 12 people that convicted this person, and the family of the victim knowing the real killer was still free. So let them take all the time to appeal - they only get so many, and after that, they are there for the carrying out of their sentence.

As for the money aspect - it costs more to put a person to death than to house them for life. But for me, the money is not the reason I feel that death is a valid punishment. I just think that there are certain people that no matter how hard you try, can not be rehabilitated. They are "too far gone", and would be a "waste of space" (pardon the harshness of that phrase) in our prison. In the day of overcrowded prisons, we need to get the ones that are too far gone out of there via the death penalty. Anti-death people can cry about humanity, and poverty and soceity all they want to - but facts are facts. Some crimes are very hanious, and those people that commit those crimes do not deserve to be able to live. They didn't give that opportunity to the victim - why should they have it??

Sorry if there is any spelling errors - the spellcheck is not working for some reason. . .

Answer 3

I agree with you on that one. But I agree with the person above me that said 2 years is even too long. And here's a question for the person above me.... If capital punishment is so morally wrong, is it OK with you that the person many others want put to death was a serial killer or a rapist? I suppose you think they need to be rehabilitated, right? Apparently you don't see the news stories about killers and rapists who get out of prison and then go and kill/rape more people. Should they get a 3rd chance after that? The majority of these worthless pieces of human waste don't want to be rehabilitated! They just want to get out so they can go on killing and raping. Or maybe you think they should just spend the rest of their lives in prison? Well then, when we run out of prison space from not executing anyone anymore, how's about we build more new prisons? Right behind your house.
I'm a staunch supporter of the death penalty. I think they should make the executions public, and broadcast them on tv. Maybe (but doubtful) that would start to deter all these criminals from committing more crimes.

Answer 4

I agree it seems like a waste of money. However, occasionally you hear about some person that has been sitting on death-row(is that spelled right?) for years that has just been proven not guilty due to new evidence(usually DNA). I am all for saving money but I don't want it to cause an innocent person to die.

Answer 5

Sometimes.. people are innocent. The law says that you have a right to appeal.. and they do, that's a long process.

And.. the best thing to do to your enemies.. is ALMOST kill them.
Do you know when you're going to die? What if you knew that you had 365 days to live... and they put you in prison? You couldn't do anything you had planned to do before you die, you can't say goodbye to people or make ammends to people you'd wronged.. You're sitting in a jail cell with nothing to do but wait for the day you die...

That.. would be the best punishment to give anyone.

Answer 6

I support capital punishment in limited cases and I do think that more can be done to speed up the process some but in general I don't think rushing things serves the interests of justice.

Capital cases must be reviewed carefully because once the criminal is executed there is no way to reverse the court's action.

Answer 7

I agree and disagree.There are people who have been found not guilty who have been sitting on death row for many years. DNA has saved many lives but some times it takes a little time to get a stubborn judge to do a test.

Answer 8

The amount of time they have to wait,is so that they are given due process to appeal their case.Many people who are on death row,are innocent and through appeals are found not guilty.I mean in recent days,there have been numerous persons freed b/c they were innocent.I know that if I were responsible for the execution of someone that later was found innocent,it would haunt me for the rest of my life.And yes there have been innocent people put to death that later was found not to be the one who committed the crime.

Answer 9

You should also consider reinstating corporal punishment, both for the cost savings and for its effects on correcting young people on the wrong path.

A little public caning would do a wayward youth more good than all the juvenile court, juvenile detention, juvenile psychologists, etc. that do not seem to help them much.

And it would save money, too.

Answer 10

that is such a good point. i never really thought about it, but now that you mention it, people do stay on death row for a long time. i guess maybe they want to give people enough time to appeal instead of just killing them right away. but 10 years is way too long.