Do you think a capital punishment proper?

Question

There is a debate on the capital punishment. Some say that capital punishment should be there in a country criminl law. Other say capital punishment shold not be there in any country's law. Some countries practce such a punishment; be it under the aproval of the president or the prime minister what ever the top person of the country. There are countries who never practce capital punishment.

What is your position and why?

Thank You

mesfin

Answer 1

Mixed feelings
Against
- It costs over $1 million to prosecute a death penalty case. It costs less that $30,000 per year to imprison a person serving a life sentence. It's easy to say the appeals process is the source of the cost and say keep the death penalty without lengthy due process.. But recent DNA cases have exonerated people on Death Row and the DNA cases were funded by the courts for an appeal.
- If the Death Penalty were a true deterrent, Texas wouldn't have one of the highest crime rates in the US.
- When we ask a State employee to execute the condemned prisoner, we ask that employee to do something most of us could not, or would not, do ourselves.
- For some, a life sentence is worse than death.

For
-I don't know how I would feel if someone I loved was killed.I can't judge how the families of the victims are affected by a lesser sentence for the guilty

Answer 2

I believe that prison was meant to be a form or punishment with intent to reform. If the person is incapable or unwilling to reform then I believe it is inhumane to restrain them indefinately.

Two things that can happen from restraining someone indefinately are:
1) could teach others to do the same (corrupt others)
2) they could become a danger to others (anarchy- you cant make them stay longer, cant put them in jail twice, and there is nothing else that can be done)

Yes, let them decide whether or not to use capital punishment. The system is set in such a way that you are presumed innocent until proven guilty- in a capital case, they not only have to prove guilt, but they have to prove it beyond reasonable doubt. The odds are against an innocent being sent to death although I admit that it can happen. The "founding fathers" had a belief: better to set a guilty man free than convict an innocent person. The system doesnt always work, but I challenge you to show me one that does.

Those that disagree would likely suggest that they can be reformed or that all killing is wrong. If faced with the dilema of kill or be killed these people would likely say they choose to be killed but would kill if they had to- it's human nature. Yes, killing is wrong, but what would you suggest be done with a person who would kill whenever he/she wanted because he/she felt like it? Put them in a cell with OTHER people to kill or worse, corrupt?

Let the state take care of it, but put enough checks in place to ensure the "right" person is executed. It isnt about being better than the killer...it's about allowing ourselves the opportunity to be better and safer without those who would willingly and cruelly commit acts that we, as a civil society, so strongly disapprove.

Answer 3

That's why they call it "capital" punishment. It's a capital idea!

It would be a more effective deterrent if it were applied uniformly and publicly -- in the town square, televised for school children to see, so that they understand that crimes such as murder and rape won't be tolerated by society. Yeah, I believe that rape should be punishable by death. I also believe that the burden of proof for a capital offense must be greater than that for any other crime if the death penalty is an option.

Now there are those who will tell you that when a society executes a criminal, it drags that society down to the same level as the criminal. Those people must somehow believe that they are better than the criminal. I believe that we're all one-- I'm no better or worse than anyone else, so I don't believe capital punishment lessens society any. And societies make rules about certain behaviors that they just can't tolerate. If someone can't live within those rules, then it's better for society and for the perpetrator if we just send 'em on to their next life, and maybe they'll get it right next time.

Answer 4

We have laws that state murder is a crime and yet we murder the murderers. What barbaric message/s are we sending? Numerous studies have shown that capitol punishment does not deter crime. Yet we are slow to change a system that has been in place for so many years.

It seems to me that criminals should repay their debt to society through some sort of service. I am not opposed to bringing back the chain gangs. Our railways need repair. There are many services they could provide, yet pay at the same time. That's what I think.

Answer 5

Capital Punishment is absolutely improper:

Governments are subject to blundering and corruption-they should not be trusted with the right to murder people who, by being incarcerated, can no longer pose a threat to society.

People murdered by the state can no longer continue the investigation of their case. Innocent people prove their lack of liability for heinous crimes on an ongoing basis. When the innocent are executed, the chance of finding the real perpetrator diminishes.

People liable for crimes punishable by death are insane by definition, making CP cruel and unusual punishment.

Vigilantes who punish violent criminals face full responsibility for their actions. The system of Judge and Jury, by contrast, renders all involved in the taking of life free of this liability.

Answer 6

I would like to rephrase your excellent question. It would sound like this: If someone murdered your child, spouse, or another Loved one in cold blood, do you beleive in Capital punishment?
Ponder that one. Those sissies and ******* that have their little "candle light Vigel" in front of a prison on an execution night have probably never lost a loved one by a Murderer. While they are doing their little "Fairy dance" in front of the prison, hoping to get a Murderer off the hook, you can bet yer *** there is a few Loved ones who were victimized by this scumbag, hoping and praying that Justice is served. If you kill in this country, this country should kill you back. Life ain't fair, huh? Tell that to the victim who's loved one was killed in cold blood.

Answer 7

I believe capital punishment is proper punishment for certain crimes. You give up your right to live if you take another life. People who snatch children and then take their life deserve to die. Serial killers, without question, deserve to die. Hit men, who will kill for money, deserve to die. My list goes on and on, but I will stop here.
One way of looking at this,if you let killers live out their life in prison, then society is placing a value on that person's
life. Did the victims not have a greater value ? Think about that.

Answer 8

I think capital punishment is appropriate in some cases. Some crimes are so terrible, that the only suitable punishment is death. A lot of people claim that capital punishment is a deterrent to crime, but it does not need to be a deterrent. It just has to punish the individual.

Answer 9

I am for it in cases where the person killed many other people. I believe the Oklahoma City Bomber deserved the death penalty. I believe Serial Killers deserve the death penalty. I don't think people deserve to die for crimes of passion or if they are considered mentally retarded.

Answer 10

Well I agree with it to some degree.
I think that if you are a convicted serial killer that has admitted to crimes so heinous that the world shudders when hearing about it then yes they should be executed.