2006-09-09 02:42:40 · 26 answers · asked by Hades et Persephone 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
When was it ever? It's never been proven to be a crime deterrent, the threat of death rarely stops people. Also, it costs more than imprisoning someone for life. The processes that are required to be performed before a person's execution drive the cost way up. I've always believed that keeping a person locked up for life (maximum security inmates don't get all those amenities) will be a far greater punishment than death. In a way, death is the easy way out.
2006-09-09 02:48:17 · answer #1 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said it is useful ? Why do you use this "still" ? I think a man should not have the right to decide of somebody else's death. I am against death penalty and I don't think of it in terms of being "useful" or "useless".
It is a very strange question indeed.
2006-09-09 11:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe that it is. It is meant as a punishment and nothing more. And as long as the majority of the people in a state with the death penalty want it, it will remain the law there.
2006-09-09 09:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's ever been useful. It's proven to not be a deterrent, death row inmates spend years in the appeals process and it cannot possibly serve justice for what was done against the victims.
2006-09-09 09:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by carpediem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its more humane than making a person suffer their whole life in jail. If it were me, and I knew I had to spend the rest of my life getting beat up and raped, not to mention bored out of my skull, I would be begging and pleading on bended knees for the death penalty!! Seriously. Besides, we can't have the jails overcrowded
2006-09-09 09:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by BadGirlGimpy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i personally think that if someone has been found guilty of a crime worthy of the death penalty, and there is loads of forensic evidence against them, then the sentence should be carried out with immediate effect. None of this waiting around.
2006-09-09 09:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by kayfromcov 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,I do not think it has ever stopped anyone from killing.The bigger problem is Innocent people given and being executed.Because of the death penalty.I think just one Innocent person being executed is one too many.
2006-09-09 10:20:59 · answer #7 · answered by eva b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yes.The only thing bad about it is they get too many appeals over way too long of a period.It should be 2 appeals in 3 years then they are toast.
Actualy we need to bring public hangings back,,,
2006-09-09 10:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by itsallover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Texas has the most people on death row, and they are executing with dispatch and people are still getting murdered in Texas.
2006-09-09 09:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if they don't get 10-20 years to appeal it. How many years will the government have to support Scott Petersen until justice is served?
2006-09-09 09:47:54 · answer #10 · answered by Lioness 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋