About the Death Penalty/Capital Punishment?

Question

1. Are you for or against the death penalty?
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2. Am i crazy for thinking that people who are convicted and sentanced to death should be shot in the head in the next room over from the court room two minutes after their sentancing instead of them sitting on death row for 10 years, while taxpayers pay thousands of dollars each year to house them in our federal prisons?

I love your answers!!!

And i guess you people who think im sick or not compassionate, i actually am. I mean, i have a hard time shooting a squirrel, or killing a mouse, because i just don't like doing it.

Also, the whole deal with the rope being re-usable while the bullet isn't is really funny too!!

Thanks guys...... and girls,
Mikey

To bcptm:

Actually, i know all about the Patriot Act, and i think its a crock of sh*t that Bush can go and put foreign people into jail just because they look a little suspicious, or becuase they're foreign

(if thats what the patriot act is, which im pretty sure it is, and if im wrong, then don't mind this remark, because im just an idiot then)

Answer 1

~Given the 127 people released from death row over the last few years when DNA tests proved them to be totally innocent, I couldn't agree with you more. They had their chance at trial and blew it. Fry 'em quick I say, and screw 'em if they didn't do nothing. What the heck, more than 85% of them are black or hispanic, so who cares.
Now, if they ever start stickin' needles in white folks, I might reconsider. Equal justice is all well and good, but that might hit a little too close to home.

By the way, are you aware that states still using capital punishment universally have higher murder rates than their neighboring states that do not? We're talking major deterrence here. Not to mention the comparative costs of locking someone up for life or giving him the joy juice. It costs a whole lot more to kill somebody. But, as the Good Book says, kill for peace and justice and I'll get the rest of ya at the pearly gates. (King Fred Edition, from the Arameic texts.)


But you love the Patriot Act too, don't you? Bet you haven't done any research into that either. Better do it quick before the books are burned. Georgie loves you.

Answer 2

I do not agree with the Death Penalty. Because it is not fool proof, I a person is convicted of a crime they may not have committed and then they are killed and later it is found out they in fact did not commit the crime what do you say then? And if you do not think this happens look at Illinois the governor there put a stop to the death penalty when it was shown that the DNA of a person convicted did not match the DNA of the killer of this person. He was released and the governor ordered a reopening of over 140 cases to see if the same thing could have happened to others on death row. If one innocent dies it is not worth it. The Greeks in Athens did not believe in the death penalty the would banish a person for a capital crime. Now of course we can not do this today but what about life in prison and I am not saying they get parole someday I mean if they go in the only way out is in a box. You will accomplish the same goal of execution and that is to keep them out of society for good. Now if you like execution just for the revenge side of it I would say you need to rethink you moral values on the issue of the importance of a human life.

Answer 3

I agree .Maybe not two min after conviction but w/ in a very reasonable time.10-15 even 20 yrs? No way. W/ the DNA and everything else there has to be a quicker way.While still keeping in mind that the appeals process is needed,because there are still flaws in the system.But the waiting period is still sick.The family of the victims need swift justice.They do not need the case to go on and on, they need closure.One appeal should be enough.Unless they are convicted of a crime that involves children.Then the process must be hastened. this person must pay now.The child predators are becoming too prevalent. Society needs to change for the better, it seems that in the"good old days" justice was served promptly.

Answer 4

I was for the death penalty for years but have been concerned for some time that it may not be the best thing to do. I don't like the long wait but I might if I were one of those people that were later found innocent after several years. If I was assured of a true life sentence as an alternative to the death penalty I might be convinced to vote to replace the death penalty.

Answer 5

I am completely against the death penalty.
I lost family to the Nazis and their only crime was to be Jewish in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Check your facts. Most death penalty prisoners are in STATE penitentiaries not federal prisons.
Murder is tried by the state unless committed on Federal property (like the Oklahoma City bombings of the Federal Building.)

Answer 6

I am against the death penalty. Just because the state sponsors murder, it doesn't cease to become murder.

No, you are not crazy, you are just not compassionate. The reason it takes so long to put someone to death is that there must be no doubt, or as near to no doubt as is possible, before the defendant is killed. What is taxpayers' money compared to a human life?

Answer 7

you're crazy, i'm for it, but if done properly. there are many, many people that are innocent but in death row or already executed. many have been proven innocent after executed through DNA. many have alos been proven innocent w/ DNA (with less than 1% chance they did it) after convicted but the judge refuses to dismiss the case & set them free. when someone's life is on line, you have to make sure they are guilty so you dont kill an innocent person while the real killer is free.

how would you feel if you were innocently convicted & put on death row?!?

Answer 8

1) I'M ALL FOR THE DEATH PENALTY!!
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2) No, you are completely sane to think that. I agree

And the Patriot Act has nothing to do with the death penalty- (that's for the idiot who thought it did.)

Answer 9

No, not at all, but by law, they have the right to an appeal. Unfortunately, there are enough lawyers out there, who wish to reap the profits by appealing cases for criminals who are clearly guilty and are getting them appeals on technicalities!!! There are people on death row who bring civil lawsuits against thier jailers because thier civil rights have been violated because they cannot get CHUNKY PEANUT BUTTER in jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about a waste of taxpayers money!!!! It's BULLS--T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

i think upon conviction if there is to be a death sentence it should be carried out by a family member of the victim. point blank 12 gauge 00 buck shot to the heart.