I mean the government is always saying about overcrowding in our prisons so if we got rid of those serving life sentences it would surely improve the situation and give more resources for the prisoners that are in need of help. After all whatever happened to the saying a life for a life?
2006-12-17 01:21:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The problem with a death sentence is that often an ovr zealous prosecutor will put innocent people in prison. remember the Innocense Project has gotten well over a hundred people from death row who were innocent.
the answer perhaps is a life sentence somewhere like the probiloff Island in alaska where there is no chance of escape. we need total lockdown for those in prison over one time, more resources to help those who are serving a first term in prison to help them get their lives together and a juvenile court system that works to show kids who are sent there that prison is not a good place to be and not just a place to spend some time out of circulation watching tv and exercising.
2006-12-17 03:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Al B 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The only argument I could think of as to not bringing back the death penalty(and it is a major one) is the fact that if a person is actually innocent then it is impossible to clear them as they are obviously already dead. If the officials et al could have the knowledge that they are one hundred per cent correct in their conviction then yes the death penalty is probably a good idea for murder, rape and sexual orientated crimes against children, however there have been many instances when a person has been sent to prison and then released w/o charge, think if he had have been executed! So to be on the safe side I think no the death penalty should not be reintroduced. If our prisons are full up thats the govts. problem, they should build more prisons. Alex
2006-12-20 09:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This, perennial, question is beneath contempt, except that to fail to answer it falls into the mob's hands.
So - once again -
We have an imperfect judicial system, because it is administered by people. People are human, and it is human to make mistakes. Mistakes are made in investigation and at trial. Innocent people are found guilty, "beyond any reasonable doubt", of what would be capital crimes.
No-one has yet devised a way to bring back from the dead the innocent people who would be killed.
What kind of government is it that is able to offer up the hypocrisy "you must not kill, but it's OK if we do"?
How do you apologise to the family and friends of the ones you got it wrong about??
2006-12-17 22:52:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why do this and only make a few places when all you have to do is add up the amount of crime related to the taking of drugs and you could empty a few prisons completely.
The money that would be saved from this would justify the original funding for more ways in which to beat this crime of drug trafficking not just in one country but world wide.
murders happen far less than drug crimes and in fact in some cases drugs are the contributory factor in a murder. so you would be killing two birds with one stone. hows that for a solution.
So the answer to the question is no person whomsoever they are has the right to take another life.
2006-12-17 05:33:53 · answer #4 · answered by rastus106 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the extremely accountable--i exploit to imagine the shortcoming of lifestyles penalty develop into the surprising sentence. Then I seen what it could be opt for to spend some thing of my lifestyles living in a cellular no larger than my closet--the in effortless words destroy out being perchance an hour an afternoon outside remembering what sparkling air and freedom were like-- not in any respect again to adventure some thing of the real international. Alive, yet useless. Now, (for the extremely accountable) i am going to experience justice has been carried out with both sentence, if the sentence is executed to the max. one element that i imagine about the lifestyles sentence over the shortcoming of lifestyles penalty is that-- extraordinarily with new technologies--DNA (as an example) if someone is wrongfully incarcerated, there is an threat for issues to be made precise for them. fifty 2 yo--American
2016-11-27 00:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are already methods of capital punishment in use, why would we have to reinstate the antiquated methods? Furthermore, I think we should first figure out why we have so many individuals in prison and address the root causes instead of simply killing people off to relieve over crowding.
2006-12-17 01:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mightyme 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i have seen some criminals get a longer prison sentence for burglary than others on murder charges, where is the justice in that. I think all murderers should be hanged including the b*****d in ipswich who has killed the 5 prostitutes even though i dont agree with wot the girls stand for they didnt deserve murdering
2006-12-19 12:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by sexybum272 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, bring back hanging, we don't want the murderers suffering by lethal injection. Frankly if they murdered someone i feel nothing if they suffer for half-n-hour or so. Who cares. I don't. Maybe they will think about what they have done while they are going through all that pain. It still does not heal the poor parents and family's pain they will be going through for the rest of their life's. Bring back hanging.
2006-12-17 01:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I couldn't agree more!
BRING BACK CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!
But lets keep it realistic. Capital punishment should be for those who murder others!!!
Rapists should have their balls cut off or if its a women she should be sewn up!
And as for people who commit racial hate crimes well they should be locked away as should people who commit various other crimes! BUT whilst they are incarcerated they should have to clean their own prison, cook their own meals etc. Why should we have to pay for some-one to do that and they should also be made to do some sort of education!
Re offenders should not return to the same Jail! Also the victims should get a say on their punishments!
"BRING BACK CAPITAL PUNISHMENT"
2006-12-17 01:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by kellz_car 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
So, you've further lowered the bar on human life to killing when they become inconvenient?
That's as sick as it gets.
And when you consider that, because of the higher standard set for society taking a human life, there are attempts to build in safeguards by requiring appeals and reviews, it doesn't save any resources, because it costs much more to put someone to death than to incarcerate them for life. Much, much, much more.
Of course, maybe if you set up some kind of a camp, with gas chambers or something it would make killing them simpler and more efficient.
The overcrowding of our prisons is much more a result of draconian and ineffective possession sentances in the "war on drugs" than due to life sentances that could be capital cases.
2006-12-17 01:29:07 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋