2006-11-05 19:38:25 · 24 answers · asked by dogmatitans 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The emotional part of me supports the death penalty...i know if someone killed a family member i would want them to face the ultimate punishment.
But the rational and prevailing part of me opposes the death penalty because of the risk of innocent people being killed. People think DNA is the killsafe...it is not..not all cases involve DNA and those convicted before the use of DNA often cannot get appeals to have the test performed. So oppose it, lest I or someone I know faces the fate of the unknown amount of innocents sentenced to death.
2006-11-05 20:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That depends on The nature of The crime and the Laws of the state you reside in.
The slaying of a Police officer has an automatic "Death Penalty"
Our society has determined that a convicted murderer can be punished by the Death Penalty. It is the Law in many sates and in many countries.
However, the US supreme has "Ruled" that the appeal process must be in place to be certain that the convicted person has the case reviewed many times.
Supreme court Justice Scolia stated: "We are concerned that we may execute the wrong person".
The state of New York has over 20 documented case of Executing the wrong person.
The Family's of Murdered people want the final justice for a convicted murder of a family member. They see the execution as justice served.
The death penalty is "Right" if we are executing the absolute guilty person. The examination of DNA is putting us closer to convicting and executing the right person.
Hope my explanation answers your question. Thank you.
2006-11-06 04:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mav 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death penalty is already institutionalized out in the street, and sometimes decent people are the victims. Besides, it's a lot cheaper than rooming & feeding the scum for life at the taxpayer's expense.
2006-11-06 03:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by gaban24 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a question you should should ask a Pro-life voter.
Pro-life=Republican
and
Pro-death penalty= Republican
Something I've not been able to figure out
*As for myself, I believe everyone will be judged one day.
I think the person flipping the switch or giving the injection is in fact committing murder.
I also wonder how many have been killed were innocent.
2006-11-06 04:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by nobodyuknow 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No... what a crude form of 'justice'. One would think we're still a bunch of baboons running around the forest. Do some people deserve to die? Well... probably, but do other people have the right to make that choice? They don't.
Isn't it ironic that when someone is convicted of killing someone, a crime society considers the worst of offenses, that same society, in turn, commits that same crime. Primitive and completely illogical. It is anger and vengence... the death penalty has no place in the "civilised" world.
2006-11-06 03:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well if we didn't have the death penalty all our prisons would be overcrowded. However killing anyone is a crime. So we are in a sense committing the same crime everyday that murders did. Maybe if we'd quit putting alcoholics and drug dealers and robbers in jail, we'd have more room for murderers, rapists, child molesters, and kidnappers. Honestly I am not sure what we should do regarding the death penalty.
2006-11-06 03:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by baddrose268 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is pathetic and cruel to see some living person going to die, but there seems to be no choice either as these people do not relent or keep on perpetrating their heinous crimes, even when they are behind the bar.
In such event one can understand the pain for person being killed, but no choice. Just like childbirth pain; ask any mother if she enjoys it or not, the answer is no, it is unbearable, but again this painful event breeds well for the mankind!
2006-11-06 03:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by Hafiz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. By killing the person we are committing the same crime as the offender. The whole "eye for an eye" thing is what has kept nations at war for centuries. It does not deter crime and the number of death row inmates are a small percentage of all prisoners being housed so they are not the ones causing overcrowded prisons. No human has the right to decide when another human dies.
2006-11-06 03:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by Nita C 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think we have the right to decide who is to live and who is to die., but I am not against death penalty most especially in cases where children are hurt or killed.
2006-11-06 03:52:24 · answer #9 · answered by pegs 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That sounds like a Question God would ask. I'd say no, the death penalty is not right.
2006-11-06 03:49:29 · answer #10 · answered by fe2bsho 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋