Do you think it is really justified in some cases? Is the government saving on money by not paying health costs or rehabilitation. I just dont mean "only" the US govt. but whereever this is practised. Note singapore sends people to the gallows for possession of a certain quantity of drugs. Is this justified?
2006-11-29 12:21:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
ohh...you don't even wanna get me started on the death penalty....
2006-11-29 12:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a few problems with the death penalty.
1. A couple of years ago DNA evidence showed that fully one third of the people on death row in Illinois were innocent of the crimes they were convicted of and sentenced to death for. A failure rate anywhere near that high is totally unacceptable, intolerable.
2. It is too much power to give Big Government. When has Big Government ever not abused power? For some reason, there have always been sickos drawn to government power who like to use government to murder people. Stalin, Hitler, Mao, the list is endless--that is a danger we do not need to subject ourselves to.
3. People LIKE the death penalty. People LIKE killing. You cannot have laws and public morality that speak against killing, then kill people. Either you believe in killing people, or you don't. The way to show you do not believe in killing people is very simple, very basic--you do not kill people. Killing people only stimulates blood lust--the killing urge. That is why countries that do not have the death penalty have lower crime rates than those that do, and why states that do not have the death penalty have lower crime rates than those that do. The problem is that killing people has an emotional attraction to people, that is a drive that is better left unstimulated.
So it is precisely because people want killing, that the death penalty must be resisted.
2006-11-29 12:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
.Yes the death penalty is justified.In the case of the Singapore drug law, if you break the law that is your decision and you made the choice to take the punishment if you get caught. People need to start taking responsibility for their actions. You can't go out and break the law then turn around and act like you are the victim and expect people to have sympathy.
2006-11-29 12:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by jim h 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No ... it's not. Having a mental illness is no different than having any other type of illness ... it's just that it's not as socially acceptable. It's surprising, that at this day and age ... when soooo much is known, in regards to mental illness ... that it's still looked upon as something similar to the "plague".
To sentence a mentally ill person to death, would be the same as killing someone that has a chronic illness ... such as rheumatoid arthritis. The illness isn't the persons fault ... so why kill them for it? It doesn't make any sense to me what-so-ever.
2006-11-29 12:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Carol♥ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. It all comes down to money. More time in prison= more money spent. Good observation.
2016-03-29 16:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋