some ppl agree, some disagree, what do you think?
2006-09-07 10:40:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i personally think it should be legal, only for ppl who kill multiple amounts of people and have not changed their ways. sounds a litle immature to say that, but there has actually been people who were mentoring groups and being a positive influence on others and they were put to death. i think that was def. a wrong choice. but i think for most circumstances, they should be put throught trial of course and proven guilty. the only problem is... sometimes they aren't.
2006-09-07 10:56:06 · update #1
I have mixed feelings about it. I had a special topics class on the death penalty and did research on the topic for my paper. There have been people executed and later investigations found that the person was actually not guilty of the crime in question and there have been many people on death row who were exhonerated due to lack of evidence, they weren't guilty, or some other court error. The system needs a lot of work in the area of investigations, due process and trials. It's not perfect and never will be, but I do think that all the evidence should prove, without a doubt, and not on mostly circumstantial evidence that the person is definitely guilty of the crime before they place the death sentence on them.
And I have to agree with Robert (above) that it's not deterring people from committing heinous crimes. It may have in the past, but it's not any more.
Then if you look at it from a financial point of view, it actually costs much more for a state for a death penalty case and the execution than it does to keep someone in prison for life.
It's one of those debates that will continue on and on, just like the abortion debates and I'm not getting into that. :)
2006-09-07 12:01:46 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When something terrible happens, it's easy to say "kill the bastard". But the death penalty resolves nothing, it is not a deterrent to crime. Sometimes the wrong person ends up on death row and of course, if you are black (or of some other visible minority group) your chances of ending up there (versus that of some rich white guy with more money or a better attorney or whatever) are that much higher.
2006-09-07 10:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by robert43041 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I see nothing wrong with the death sentence. It aggravates me more to see these prisoners, who are lifers, being kept alive at tax payers expense. I also think it should done with child molesters and rapists as well as the murderers. It is legal in some states.
2006-09-07 10:47:49 · answer #3 · answered by b's wife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, we don't use it enough. I would like to see public hangings in every small town square come back. people need to pay for their crimes and who cares about their rights and hearing about how important their life is? what about the person he/she kills? did they have any choices? wasnt their life valuable? I guess not since its WRONG to kill the ones who kill.
anyone who is against capital punishment are idiots. just wait until someone murders someone you love in cold blood! I guarentee you will change your way of thinking.
2006-09-07 10:47:10 · answer #4 · answered by Al Bundy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would agree with it when it comes to murder but proven in a court of law of course.
2006-09-07 10:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by Egroeg_Rorepme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make it less expensive, and you may have a viable alternative to waiting for someone to die of old age..
2006-09-07 10:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it should be only for child killers and mass murders then in the most horrible way possible
2006-09-07 10:47:53 · answer #7 · answered by drewster2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only for the most heinous crimes.
2006-09-07 10:42:28 · answer #8 · answered by goldmedaldiver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
legal.
2006-09-07 10:44:10 · answer #9 · answered by ssgtusmc3013 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋