Death penalty question.....?

Question

I need a solid justification for capital punishment, why it should be used and why we liberals who oppose it are just babbling idiots who dont know what the deuce we're talking about. ALL ANSWERS WELCOME!!

Answer 1

Deuce..thats cute...

The government shouldn't be in the buisness of killing people. When the government mistakenly executes a wrongly convicted person it makes murderers out of every person who paid taxes which payed for that murder. I don't want murder done in my name.

Answer 2

The answers to your question are the grandest array of uninformed ignorance I have seen in some time! The death penalty is NOT a deterrent! We,as the only developed country still with the death penalty,also have the highest crime rate! I read once that in medieval times,they used to hang pickpockets in public. The day of the public hanging was a boon for the pickpockets as nobody in their right mind would think they would dare pick any pockets on that day! So much for the deterrent effect! And I'm sure most of the death penalty advocates have no idea that it costs a lot more to kill someone than to keep them for life. Death row is much more 'labor-intensive' than the general population. And the legal fees for all the appeals runs into some pretty big bucks,also. I think that ,due to the possibility of killing even one innocent person,we should mature beyond the 'capital punishment mentality'.

Answer 3

First of all I would not call anyone a babbling idiot for not holding a pro capital punishment position. I am for capital punishment for a few reasons. One is the fact that the death penalty is very rarely applied. Very few murders fit the death penalty statute in states. Just killing someone is not enough to warrant it. Most states require that death be a result of another crime. For example, if you rob someone and they die you would fit the statute. Death penalty tailored crimes are very heinous. Second, it is equitable. If you heinously cause a human being to lose their life you forfeit yours. What is the logical point of keeping them in jail forever? The answer is none. The main argument is that if a mistake is made it is final. I submit that if perfection was the standard nothing could be done. Lastly, it is done as a deterrent. No one wants to face lethal injection, many criminals will plead to stay away from the needle and will give up others that are involved in criminal activity. I hope this answers your question. I also defy someone to bring me a case in which a person was executed and it was done wrongly. If it were, it would be the case that all the Anti penalty people would carry as their ark of the covenant.

Cheers, Scott

Answer 4

Well, here is what I figure. There are some crimes that go under the "eye for an eye" category. Some people have commited such heinous crimes that life in prision doesn't seem like enough to say the victims have been justified.
Yet...
If we are killing someone on death row we are essentially commiting murder (which is why they are probably on death row). So, wouldn't that make us hypocrites?
So...
I figure that the death penalty is not enough and it's too much all at the same time. I can understand both sides and it is a tough issue. I think life without the possibility of parole should be enough in most cases.
I know that didn't help but I think it is a logical view of the question...sorry I couldn't be more help.

Answer 5

I am a liberal and I bet a lot have called me a babbling idiot but I feel its an honor to be called Liberal so I don't care what you preface it with...
I am sorry but I support the death penalty, I feel there are certain crimes that the only true way justice can be served is for the perpetrator to be put to death. Plus to take care of a prisoner for the rest of his life,where all his needs are met except being free,is a waste of taxpayers money.If they are found guilty ,then put them to death.
it may not be a deterrent to others but you can rest assured that, that one person will never commit a crime again.
If someone were to murder one of my loved ones I would want to see his life taken away ,as he took life away.
I'm not sure how much justification Ive given ,I didn't include facts or figures,but I am telling you whats in my heart about capital punishment.

Empress in Texas not only do they kill you back ,they are putting in an express lane.got to love Ron White on that one lol

Answer 6

I assume you're talking about the USA. There are usually on average at any given time, just over 2200 prisoners on death row. And most of them will either die there, have their sentences commuted, be pardoned, or will be found not guilty with new evidence.

I believe therefore, that the debate over capital punishment is WAY overblown.

(Incidentally, California has the most prisoners on death row.)

Twelve states at present do not have the death penalty. Also, many states which have the death penalty never enforce it, such as my home state of NJ. No one has been executed here since the death penalty was declared constitutional.

There are also states who have declared moratoriums on the death penalty, such as Illinois.

My personal opinion is that it be left to the individual states as to what they want to do regarding capital punishment - which is the situation we have now. So I don't lose sleep over it.

As to why people think you're a babbling idiot, I don't really care.

Love, Jack.

Answer 7

Some people can never be persuaded no matter what, the reason is because of their basis of faith. What you basically believe is either born with you or you were raised with it. In this way it is impossible to sway some people.

There are many reasons i think the death penalty is justifiable. The person who commited the crime had a choice, the victim on the other hand, not so. Y should i pay my tax money for him/her to rot in prison for the rest of their lives? There is no reason.

Answer 8

Okay,

Here I go again. Capital punishment is used to execute people deemed as a continued threat to the lives of others. In some cases these are people who kill repeatedly. In other cases, these are people who kill a lot of people all at once. There are also people who kill in a depraved or indifferent manner. All of these people are considered a high risk to commit more murders and killings. So they are sentenced to death and not life in prison.

Why?

They don't value life. Even in prison they don't value life. So, if we put them in prison with people who do value life, they might kill them. They might kill the guards. They might kill the other prisoners. They might escape and kill more people on the streets.
Sad but true, there are peopl in this world who put no value on life so for them killing is not a bad thing.

Take a terrorist who gets on television and says I blew up this place and that place and if you don't do what I say I will blow up another place too. He is credible to kill again. Why shouldn't we put him to death?

He would gladly put us to death.

We live in a society that is based on the idea that life is precious and that we should do what we can to preserve the lives of our citizenry against all threats foriegn and domestic. A murderer is a domestic threat.

So whose live should we save the Murderer or the victim? I go with the victim. There are a lot more victims than murderers out there.

Answer 9

I could say and eye for an eye.

Why should we let those live that committed such horrible acts against other people live? What right do they have? They choose to take another life/lives and took that choice away from someone else. Why shouldn't their choice to live be taken away?
Yes, I know they have to answer for what they did even in death.
I don't want anything to do with having to pay taxes to house, feed, clothe and provide medical care for them. That choice is taken away from me. I have to pay taxes which go toward them.

I am sure there is always an exception for the way I feel but those are few and very far between.

Answer 10

What do you do with a violent person who already is serving life in prison and kills a guard or other prisoner?

What I would do is to give all capital offense criminals a choice.

1. The death penalty, with no appeals, to be carried out within six months of conviction.

2. Ride the Disney 'Small World' ride for 18 hours a day for the rest of their lives. If they so choose, they can opt for 1. to be carried out within a week.

Answer 11

alot of people are to civilized for their own good. I mean everyone thinks that everything is entitled to life no matter what crime against humanity the violator may have done. The simple fact is that there is some evil in the world that shouldn't be tolerated and can't be reformed,so for the good of everyone some people should be put down like rabid dogs.No chance for a repeat performance of the crime. And for any one that would say what about lesser crimes speeding tickets,etc...we are talking about violent offenders here