Let's do away with prisons and give everyone who commits a felony the death penalty. Would that help?

Question

To be served the next day. No more appeals.

If the accused was innocent? What can I say...life is NOT fair!!

Yes I would want the death penalty for DWI!! They don't care if they kill me while they are drunk, why should I care about THEM??

To quote Star Trek, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few". Case closed.

Answer 1

How would we ever manage without genuises like you?

Answer 2

You obviously didnt think this through, did you? Did you ever stop to think that sometimes innocent people get convicted and later let out of prison? Did you stop to think about people who surrender peacefully because they know they can get a long prison sentence instead of the death penalty? Did you stop to think that those people would instead choose to shoot it out with the cops instead of being taken in alive and wouldnt care if they killed a few cops and innocent civilians in the process? We would have even more reality tv shows with crazy police chases and shootouts than we do now. A law like that would make things worse not better.

Answer 3

Well if someone stole a car you'd kill them for that? If someone even stole a toothbrush you'd kill them for that?

And some people in jail are innocent, they still have trials to go through.

But since I live in cali, they're planning to send prisoners to China (since it's cheaper there of course) because there's no room left in the jail's here, not even for those who stole something. And the chinese kill someone convicted on death row and don't wait for years to do it. They even take the organs of that prisoner for medical use (which by the way is a good idea).

So... you wanna go visit China for free? Here's a way!

Oh and I don't think I agree with you all the way. Just for those who are on death row.

Answer 4

In case you haven't noticed, we do NOT live in a utilitarian society. Hospitals don't take away your blood and give it to somebody else just because they could use it more, do they? Death is irreversible. You can't put a price on a human life. If you're wrong, then you will be responsible to the death of thousands of innocent lives. Make the choice. Can you live with yourself?

Answer 5

I like the island idea from an earlier answerer. LOL I do think we should definitely have stiffer penalties. For example, my sister-in-law is currently dating a murderer that got out in 10 years. Come on, he held a 70 year old man down while his buddy slit the guy's throat, and he only got 10 years.

Answer 6

Hello 1984

Answer 7

How about we start out a little simpler....how about if everyone who gets the death sentence is executed within a reasonable period of time instead of sitting on death row for ten years? And put the other criminals back to work doing hard labor.

Answer 8

I believe the punishment should fit the crime...an eye for an eye. You steal, lose a hand. You kill, then you be killed..but it would have to be proven without a reasonable doubt to protect the innocent.

Answer 9

If the severity of the crime calls for it, I always say," a bullet to the head would save on the tax cost of our hard earned money". For the ones who agree with the death penalty, I would certainly hope you can agree.

Answer 10

Works for me.

How do you plan to atone for the ones later proved to be convicted wrongly? Don't kid yourself there are lots of miscarriages of justice, particularly around election time.

Have you looked into the railroad job of the lacrosse team at Duke?

Better start thinking with the other end for a while.

Oh, and please, stay home on Tuesday next.



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Answer 11

Would you want the death penalty if you had a felony DWI (driving while intoxicated)? I think not.