I think the USA could learn a good lesson from the swiftness of the sentence carried out on Saddam........?

Question

since He didn't require years of support by the taxpayers against whom he committed his atrocities? Don't you think our crime rate would go down if those considering committing a crime in which his/her life is required as punishment knew that the sentence would be carried out almost immediately without the years and years of senseless legal red-tape?

I think it's a simple and brilliant plan. Iraq has one-up on us in that field.

I'm not talking about executing street thugs! Read the question! I said those who commit crimes that our society has deemed worthy of death. Please READ before you answer.

Answer 1

i think you're right...can you imagine how quickly the child molesters would learn to 'control' themselves and the thugs who ride around killing for the fun of it would stop, not to mention the other scumbags that would learn to do what most normal ppl do and thats get a conscience and control yourself

Answer 2

The lesson we are able to learn is that even interior the twenty first century that politicians (Bush & Bliar) can injury out with contriving a kangaroo court docket and devote political homicide and the international says no longer something, the UN says no longer something. that's truly superb that the comparable 2 human beings (Bush & Bliar) interior the comparable difficulty might scream all the thank you to the gallows. I concern for all the human race with such politicians foremost us. President Saddam Hussein grow to be a no longer uncomplicated, courageous and proud guy of his human beings and custom and not understood in any respect by utilising the west, as further he did no longer understand western politicians and this in many techniques further approximately his loss of life.

Answer 3

"People whom society has deemed worthy of death." Whew. And you say it's not street thugs? Look at who's on death row.

And statistically (and I'll take some time to look it up if you like, or you could if you're actually interested in some facts), states who have the death penalty have higher murder rates than those who don't. It's not a deterrent; it's an incentive to murder witnesses.

Answer 4

Well we'd already decided his guilt before we invaded didn't we?

I'm surprised they even bothered with the trial.

Do you suppose at all that Saddam's death is going to decrease the violence in Iraq?

What would you say to all of the death row inmates who were eventually released because DNA evidence exonerated them? I'd doubt these people or their families would call the legal red-tape "senseless."

Or perhaps you believe the deaths of a few innocents at the hands of the state is worth it? If so, how many?

Answer 5

You are asking if capital punishment acts as a deterrent to crime. This ancient question has been studied to death. I partook in a debate on this topic when I was in high school. We needed to be well-informed in order to prepare ourselves for what the opposing side might throw at us. I was 17 or 18 then. I am now 45 and the statistical data is EXACTLY as it was way back then: the correct answer to your question is an unequivocal "NO". Them's the facts, lady... just the facts.

Answer 6

Have you read the news in the past 10 years and seen many who were found guilty at their trail and who were latter proved, by evidence in some cases and by a witness changing their testimony in others? Have you seen the cases where cops killed someone and then pinned it on someone else?

Answer 7

Somehow I doubt your average burglar or street thug measures up to Saddam. For starters, he's a mass murderer. Secondly, he was a very high profile leader of a Middle Eastern nation for 24 years. This is one of the most ludicrous comparisons I've seen yet on Y! Answers.......are you in 10th grade or something?

ADDENDUM: I read the question the first time....something tells me even if a person in the US is a convicted murderer, the scale of their crimes would have to be TREMENDOUS to even come close to Saddam's record. And the American legal system has discovered many errors including wrongful convictions in "definite" cases, enough to make me worry about rushing to judgment, let alone execution. Google "The Innocence Project" if you want some examples.

Answer 8

I agree... but this was an important part of the Iraqi recovery so they may take just as long as we do to deal with every day criminals.

Answer 9

yes, we should learn to not appeal death row sentences wasting many many years, spending tons of money on murderers. Go straight to the gas chamber, electric chair, or lethal med.

Answer 10

I am just mad that we have to pay taxes to keep people who are obviously guilty in prison. If we know they are guilty, why not bring them to justice? I am a believer of God and all...but what Saddam did was wrong and sickening...

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