This is not a question about being for or against capital punishment. What I want to know is if you think that the electric chair is cruel and unual punishment. Isn''t death penalty done by the following methods?:
1. electric chair
2. lethal injection
3. shooting range
4. gas chamber
If there are more or if these are wrong let me know.
Also, I realize that we shouldn't have pity on child molestors, rapists and murderers, but still there should be standards on the methods used in the death penalty. Do you agree?
2006-11-05 14:12:46 · 19 answers · asked by Katie 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I agree with you to an extent Stormyjoe but we are not living in barbarian times. With your rationalization we could just cut someones limbs off one by one or torture or starve them. We don't do that. We HAVE to have some standards that are not considered cruel. Electric chair to me seems cruel.
2006-11-05 14:23:53 · update #1
I agree.
2006-11-05 14:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
interior the time the form replaced into written, putting replaced into no longer considered a "cruel and weird and wonderful punishment". the electrical powered chair is a lot extra gentle than putting, and we don't use the two anymore. The deadly injections now well-known are probable the least cruel technique of execution. mutually as I do think of capital punishment would desire to be abolished, i do no longer think it somewhat is unconstitutional, inhumane, or "brutal homicide".
2016-10-21 08:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there are documentary programs showing many don't die for a long time and its pure hell as they burn up inside slowly or there have been instances they have to be killed another way due to malfunctions.
i believe in certain rare instances like Jeffrey Damer or Manson or a few mass murderers or Hitler, Saddam.. the maybe the guy in North Korea. where they are torturers of many and they've been proved to be pure evil. and are always to be a danger.
but the way we put pets to sleep would seem more humane. i dont beleive in an eye for an eye . but i dont think we can afford to keep them alive or pay 100 grand a year for thier housing till they die. often in federal prison they get better than the disabled and sick homeless do.
i understand Saddam is to be hanged? every country has their own set of punishments.
2006-11-05 14:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by macdoodle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To my knowledge Washington and New Hampshire still provide for hanging to prisoners awaiting the death penalty.
No, I do not think, or believe, the electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment for someone who has committed a malicious cruel and unusual act resulting in the death of another.
Those who commit heinous acts of barbarism, and are judged by a jury to a death sentence need to be "put to death" immediately, without recourse.
The American judicial system has allowed criminals sentenced to death the right to appeal their sentence. Victims, those who have lost their lives and families of victims, do not have the luxury of appealing. The judicial system has, and is, exerting their power over the average American citizen; who, unfortunately still believes the courts are for justice. The courts are for power: theirs!
2006-11-05 14:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes the electric chaie is cruel and unusual punishment because it causes a person pain The best way for a person to die from capital punishment is lethal injection because it is assumed to be painless.
2006-11-05 14:16:58 · answer #5 · answered by smiley girl 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
did the ones doing the crimes give special consideration to the victims? doubt it. I am all for capital punishment no matter the method.
I think lethal injection is to easy, they should feel some thing for what they have done.
2006-11-05 14:17:50 · answer #6 · answered by stormyjoem 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Do u think that murdering someone is cruel and unusual punishment? If u do the crime u must do the time. If you kill a whole family, what should u get life or the death penalty. They need the death penalty. Just like chold molesters, rapists and any other idiot who does harm to other people.
2006-11-05 14:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by good4u06@verizon.net 2 · 2⤊ 5⤋
No matter what the method of execution, the guilty is getting off pretty easy. Just consider the pain and suffering of the victim(s). The b@stard should be tortured for two weeks and then executed publicly (that is if he/she survives the torture). Your question is part of what's wrong with this country...we're to d@mn soft on crime. Don't you think the crime rate would drop if we started taking action and quit being so F-ing PC?
2006-11-05 14:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by Yeah, it's good 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Nope
It is terrible to watch, but the person being executed just feels the initial shock and then it is over.
Washington state also allows death row inmates to choose hanging.
2006-11-05 14:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I would prefer the lethal injection if it is done right.
2006-11-05 15:01:31 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Utah uses a firing squad.
Deleware hangs them by the neck.
2006-11-05 14:16:46 · answer #11 · answered by Yak Rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋