Should America take some advice from Iraq's new government on how to handle a convicted murderer.?

Question

hmmmm...(see Richard Ramirez, over 20 years on death row.)

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Answer 1

as long as you don't mind explaining any mistakes you make to God... it's your call...

I don't want any part of it...

there have been far too many prisoners on death row that have been found innocent years after their conviction for me to support your idea...

Answer 2

In the face of overwhelming evidence, after a speedy appeals system, yes.
But I'd prefer to get some work out of them instead. Life, without chance of parole (unless incontrovertible evidence proving innocence manifests after conviction), performing difficult and menial tasks. Mandatory GPS locators surgically implanted. The ACLU will scream about that, too, but they'd probably accept it over the death penalty.
Demanding an immediate execution is easy when it's not you having to pull the switch and wonder to yourself if you're 100% sure that the conviction was correct. It's not so easy to kill a man, even one who deserves it, regardless of what you see in the movies.
One incorrect conviction leading to an innocent person dying isn't worth the visceral & vicarious thrill of snuffing out the bad guys.

And enough with the non-educational recreational facilities for prisoners. Basic exercise equipment and yard access, a selected & restricted library, and PBS. That's it.

Answer 3

We spend $60000 a year to keep a death row inmate in jail. If they murdered someone, they did not let them leave for years before they killed them, so why should they get to be treated better than their victim. Our country is too afraid to hurt someone, so they basically say that it is okay to break the law because we barely punish. The bible says an eye for an eye, and the countries that still do this, have less crime.

Answer 4

No one can be wrong then. I sincerely hope that is not the opinion of the rest of America! What do you serve by execution? No one comes back from the dead! So no one gets their loved ones back! The person you execute no longer feels any humiliation, conscience and is no longer aware of his wasted energy in prison that could have been spent making positive decisions in life. So he is not being punished he is out of the equation. Punishment is being aware of your continuing miserable circumstances with no way to alter it.

Answer 5

Great question - earlier I commented in one of my answers that if Saddam had been found guilty in a US court, it would have been just the beginning of lengthy, numerous and expensive appeals and extensions, postponements and possible retrials.
It could well be a good example of the student teaching the professor a thing or two.

Answer 6

What kind of world would we be living in if the law was driven by knee jerk reactions of a lynch mob?

Bring back the Witch Burning histeria! LOL

Answer 7

Absolutely!!!

Not only did they execute him fast, but they also executed him before having to go through the (now pointless) trials he was supposed to have in the coming years.

I think it is a breath of freash air. I also think that hanging is much more humane than gassing or electric chair.

Answer 8

agreed...if they have the death sentance..then kill them immediatley...instead of honest taxpayes paying for there keep and feed for any amount of years....just kill them straight away...they deserve it for there crime

Answer 9

if you think brutal hangings should be done in America, you are seriously disturbed

Answer 10

yup......