I want to know the reasons WHY they should die!!! serious answers please!!!
2006-11-14 05:15:51 · 12 answers · asked by mr. fancy pants 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Well if someone in my family had be killed, I would want the person responsible to pay. And if it met going to the gas chamber or lethal injection then so be it. It may not bring that love one back, but I would have the satisfaction of knowing it could never go and do it to anyone else, he would be off the streets for good.
Thanks for the 2 points.
2006-11-14 05:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by Angell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two strongest arguments I've heard is that it generally fits the idea of justice; that is, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, life for a life. They took away the life of the person (whether physically through murder, or in the case of the two child rape law they took it away symbolically and psychologically) and so they should lose theirs.
The other argument is that the person who kills has shown they can either get past the conscience thing or that their conscience doesn't bother them in cases of murder. In which case, there is essentially nothing that can stop them from doing it again. We could keep them in jail, but that is expensive; and also worthless since jail is supposed to be a rehabilitation, not a punishment. They may also find a way to escape and then kill again. The death penalty may be the only way to make sure they never kill again.
I disagree with the death penalty, mostly because the court can (and has) made mistakes and convicted people who were not murderers. People in jail can be let out, and while they will have lost part of their lives even though they were innocent, they'll still have some life left to try to live again. But once killed, even if they are exonerated they are too dead to know or care, and we (those who supported it) will be murderers instead. I don't want that on my conscience, I'll leave it to God to punish them with life or death.
2006-11-14 13:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a tricky question. Something people have been debating since the inception of the Death Penalty.
If you have a death penalty and someone is wrongly convicted and killed then that was wrong and that means that any of us could end up on Death Row.
On the other hand, if there is no death penalty, and you leave convicted killers to rot in prison cells, there is always a chance that someone, somehow will appeal for their release.
For example, Sadam Hussein, is going to be hung to death. Is that wrong? Or should he just rot in prison with a slight chance that some militant group will break him out. You should watch the movie "The Life of Dave Gale" with Kevin Spacey to gain more insite.
2006-11-14 13:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by blue2monday 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most common reason give my the supporters of the death penalty is that it acts as a detterent to the heinous crime. though some of the persons bitterly oppose that saying that if at some later stage the person who has been convicted turns out to be innocent, we can't give his life back to him (i too have the same feeling). yet, in some cases, i think the capital punishment is justified and the court of law include such cases into rarest of the rare cases. for example in case of masood azhar who was in prision when his supporters hijacked the plane and took it to kandhar airport thus ensuring his release. now he planned the bomb blasts and that resulted in death of about 100 persons and many more were handicapped. in such cases, when u see the condition of the persons who suffered bcoz of such persons and terrorists, u feel like he shouldn't have ever been captured rather encountered. but still it's a controversial topic, with it's own merits and demerits.
2006-11-14 13:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by dentist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious reason is because they killed someone or a lot of people depending on their crime. They should pay for their crime and it costs a lot less money to just get rid of them than to keep them in prison forever. There was a guy that was fighting the death penalty after killing 2 taxi drivers, claiming the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment.. I wonder what he considered killing those taxi drivers as... hmmm... he lost, and he will die for his crimes
2006-11-14 13:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Via Death Penalty as opposed to via 3 months in prison?
And when you say "serious answers please" it only makes people laugh and give you horrible answers and advice. Like me.
2006-11-14 13:19:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The death penalty has been shown not to work as a deterrent, and it costs more to execute someone than it does to imprison them for life, so it's just plain stupid to execute people under our current system.
2006-11-14 13:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by Troy J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As punishment for the most heinous crime - the taking of another's life. When you murder someone, your own life becomes forfeit.
2006-11-14 13:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you interview those with relatives/friends on death row? and those families who were hurt by those who are on death row?
their reasons would have more validility
2006-11-14 13:17:50 · answer #9 · answered by arus.geo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So their organs could be sold, the way the Chinese do, and some compensation could perhaps be paid to their victims.
2006-11-14 13:28:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋