Do you support the death penalty?

Question

I would like to ask if you support the death penalty and if so how should people be executed? I also would like to know if you could actually be the executioner who kills without remorse?

Answer 1

Death would be to easy, giving someone an easy way out of the deeds they had done, although it costs for example New Zealand approz. 45 thousand dollars per criminal,
So monatray wise the death penalty is a great idea IF they deserve it, for the hardened crims. I personally know some people who have been in and out of prison in my area, they like prison, its a holiday they get EVERYTHING for free, from food to bedding to dental and medical attention. So this money could be spent elsewhere instead of nuturing crims.
I dont know if i would be able to be the executionaer unless i had a reason ie' images of their crims, back up etc........

Answer 2

I support the death penalty for convicted killers and rapists including the insane ones. Deterrent or not, it is the only 100% effective way to ensure that person does not repeat the crime. Since 80% of violent crime is by repeat offenders, then the death penalty would sure take a hunk out of it.

To maximize any possible deterrent value and provide evidence that we are really serious about crime, the death penalty should be carried out in the most public way possible - it used to be hanging in the streets but today would be more like TV and internet. A .22 bullet in the head is the most cost-effective, with .22 lr hollowpoints at $10 for 500 rounds. That's 2 cents each -- cheaper than the chair, gas chamber, or lethal injection. Cheaper than the next meal for somebody serving life in prison.

I could be an executioner, no problem at all. I'd do it for free if they let me keep my day job. I'd provide my own firearm and even my own ammo. I have no problem with law-abiding citizens ridding society of killers and rapists.

Answer 3

Of all the issues this one is the most difficult for me. On the one hand I see people like Manson, who, if he ever got out, I would see as a huge menace to society. On the other hand, I see how many were wrongfully convicted before the advent of DNA evidence.

It is a very tough call. In the case of a twice convicted Child Molester would I opt for Death penalty on the third conviction, very possibly if there was uncontrovertable DNA evidence. Same with a serial killer.

I guess it really has to be evidence based and thank GOD our forefathers had the wisdom to give us the judgement of 12 impartial people in addition to two lawyers and a Judge.

We have a good system, sure it has flaws, but with DNA evidence and eye witness testimony some criminals should be deprived of life, for the common good. And in the absense of a Death Penalty, Life without possibility of parole or release could be tollerated as long as the Country can afford this.

Answer 4

Clearing up some things in the answers.

Innocence and DNA. Over 120 people on death row have been found to be innocent. In the overwhelming number of these cases the evidence of their innocence was not DNA. DNA is actually available in very few cases. Mistaken eyewitness testimony is the greatest source of wrongful convictions. It is human nature to make mistakes. (Quick: what was is the color of the eyeglasses your favorite teacher wears?)

Life without parole. Means what it says. On the books in more and more states. It is no picnic- being locked up in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day with no hope of ever getting out.

Cost. It costs much more for a death penalty than for life without parole. And much of the extra cost comes before the appeals even start. Instead of this, why not provide better funding for murder victims’ families.

Not a deterrent. States with the death penalty have higher murder rates than states that do not.

The death penalty can be very hard on murder victims’ families. They are forced to relive their ordeal in the courts and in the media, while the legal process goes on and on. A sentence of life without parole is quick and sure.

Instead of asking how people should be executed, we should ask whether this system is worth perpetuating. We should find our answers by applying common sense and looking at the facts. Instead of asking how people should be executed, we should ask whether this system is worth perpetuating. We should find our answers by applying common sense and looking at the facts. Some crimes are inexcusable, depraved and brutal. That does not mean that criminal justice should be based on revenge.

Answer 5

Unlike another person who answered this, I will have to go with the overused but still legitamite "killing someone for killing someone is wrong."

It isn't a deterrent to crime, infact, there are many statistics that show that some states without the death penalty have lower crime rates.

The death penalty is a term for vengence. I just don't think that a sophisticated government should be facilitated based on human emotion. If killing is wrong, don't show us by doing it.

Answer 6

I do NOT support the death penalty. To take revenge on someone for murder is the same mentality as the murderer. When we allow ourselves to seek revenge in this way, we are lowering ourselves to the same status as those we seek to punish.

I believe in life sentences--even in solitary confinement if necessary--so that the murderer will have to live with the consequences of their crime for a VERY long time. That in itself is more cruel than the death penalty, but also more effective.

Answer 7

Yes, I do support the death penalty, and I think they should expand on it, too, to convicted pedophiles, and certain degrees of sexual asssault. And, yes, I believe that I can kill a pedophile without remorse. Convicted murderer, I think it'll depend case by case, but for the most part, yes.

Answer 8

Okay, yes, I support the death penalty, given that crimes are becoming more herendous in nature, too much children getting kidnapped, sexually abused, and killed unmercifully I tend to see both logics. I had to use my reasoning based on the nature of thats persons crime. Familys whom have fallen victims to these crimes, has offered the courts to perform an execution of a criminal who have impacted their family.

Yes, I will be able to take away that persons life, perferably, in the same way he/she has ended my love ones life.

Answer 9

I do not support the death penalty
People should not be executed
I could not be an executioner

Two wrongs does not make a right. If the citizens aren't allowed to murder neither should the government. We all are humans, even if some of us are evil. That's what prison is for, all the evil people.

Answer 10

i would support death penalty, but sometimes people who are innocent die because judges haven't got enough time to search for more evidence.we should give the police more time to search for more evidence, and when they really know that he is responsible for all the crime then judges should start to think about death penalty!