Do you think Public Hangings would deter crime?

Question

Or would the needle?

Answer 1

YES! Don't listen to all the down activists talk about human rights and humanity. They are the reason this country is as F'ed up as it is now. If you murder somebody, why shouldnt you be hung? You killed someone else, what about the victims rights? And yes also they need to speed it up some. instead of letting the criminals and murderers get free housing and free food, and MY mother****in taxes payin for it, lets get the execution over with a little quicker, ehh? Ill tell you what would be a good punishment. Eye for an Eye. You assault someone, you get blindfolded and you get publicly assaulted. You shoot someone, you get shot. Thats what will cut down crime. Not babysitting them while they play in their little cages and get free food.

Answer 2

Good question. I do not think that it would deter crime with the justice system the way it is today. Back in the day when people actually paid attention to the death penalty, they really didn't have time to file all the appeals that hey do now. Now someone can be on death row for several several years before ever getting put to death.

Then again, what were people getting hanged for back in the days of the frontier? Robbing banks and other crimes like that do not deserve the death penalty today. Now if we changed our laws to what they were back in the day, then maybe it would have an impact on crime. But today, no I don't think that it would.

Answer 3

I think any type of public execution would be a mighty implement of a war against crime, however, the mental well-being of all present at the event could not be accounted for, and could pose a threat of damage to psychological structure/development. You know there would always be a chance of kids being around, or an elderly person with a heart condition. One might think that executions like hangings would be a deterant, but on second thought, it also sounds like an fuel for a riot.

Answer 4

I think hangings would stop some of the repeat criminals. I would vote to allow hangings if it was on a state or federal election.

I also feel that we should look to the Middle East for some of their methods on handling crime. Such as a criminal losing a finger for petty theft - if a repeat offender. Removing a hand for a more punishable crime - such as armed robbery. All the way up to hanging for the worst criminals of all.

If we as a nation were to handle criminals in this manner, crime would certainly drop off. Think about it...it going to be pretty hard to rob a store if you are missing a finger(s). No hand...can't hold that gun, bat,etc.

We might have had some bad guys when the west was wild, but most of society was a law abidding group.

Answer 5

First of all, Capital Punishment does not exist for the sake of deterring crime. It exists because victims like to know that justice has been served.

The reality is that people will commit crime regardless of the consequences, because they don't think that they will get caught. All you have to do is look at yourself when you are late for work and driving. You think that you will speed "just this once" because cops are never around. And then when you do get caught, you blame the cop, instead of blaming yourself.

I do support Capital Punishment, but realistically knowing that it is there for the sake of getting these people off the face of this earth.

By the way, in response to sudony...statistically speaking, there is no proof either way that Capital Punishment does or does not prevent crime. The statistics he refers to are manipulated by activists. Generally, they take the highest statistic, but it doesn't represent per capita, and it is usually a low population state. If they added all the states together, the stats would balance out.

Answer 6

Everyone knows that the death penalty is carried out, and we all know the general idea of how it happens. That still does not deter crime (in fact, the U.S. has a large number of violent crimes each year). Public executions would set us back hundreds of years. We are in fact the only 1st world country that practices the death penalty.

Answer 7

it works in saudi arabia. they have public be headings and it deters crime. why it doenst work over here is because of all the loop holes in our laws. people commit crimes because they know they have a good chance to beat it in court if the state screws up the investigation.

also in washington state you can request to be hung as the manner of your exicustion. they dont say you will be hung.

Answer 8

I think if we had more severe punishments for crimes like they do in Singapore, that would deter crime. We actually give some criminals a better life in jail than what they had on the outside.
Eye for an eye I say....you rape someone, you get your willy cut off.
You kill someone, you die....that includes drunk drivers!
And the punishments should be carried out much sooner than they are now.....someone on death row can wait years and years before they get what they deserve.

Answer 9

Uhm, no. Does anyone in the act of committing a crime think "gee I might get the death penalty for this, I better not do it."

You are putting rational thought on irrational acts.

There is no evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrant to crime.

Answer 10

The death penalty should not be outlawed, but it should be implemented on politicians who profit from the corruption of their office. Let's see if it would make them more responsive to the will of the people and founders of this country.