Is capital punishment worth the effort?

Answer 1

There has been studies made with conflicting results. As the average death row inmate is incarcerated over 10 years before the sentence is carried out, there are significant costs both in the appeal process and in confining a criminal. Texas, which has one of the lowest incarceration rates estimates it costs the state 35-40k per year to confine a criminal.
I am not advocating letting dangerous folks run loose. I contend that this is a complex issue and there may not be a solid black and white answer. Anyone whom murders children or mutiple folks could never return to society. Is it worth the cost to keep them alive in prison? One may recall the 8 death row inmates in illinois released when DNA evidence proved their innocence.

Answer 2

Capital punishment is wrong and should be abolished. Places like China and the US execute far too many people. A lifetime behind bars is a much harder sentence than being injected or hanged.

Also, the person who presses the switch or administers the injection is no better than the murderer being sentenced to death.

Thankfully, in Europe, the death penalty is a thing of the past.

Answer 3

Depends on if "we" are 100% positive that the person is guilty of a horrible crime,then yes in some cases it is worth it. Other times being alone in a jail cell for 23 hrs. a day can be worse for the crimminal which again is fine too if "we" are 100% sure of their guilt. I don't believe in wasting our money keeping someone on death row for years and years though. P.S. What's up with Mike D the RACIST PIG? Did he forget that us white people are also in prisons for committing horrible crimes?

Answer 4

Never. When the state executes anyone, it lowers itself to the level of the individual being executed. In the case of Saddam Husein, it has transformed a criminal into a martyr. For me, life imprisonment would be a more severe sentence than death. In the case of someone later found to have been wrongly convicted, a life sentenced person can be freed, an executed person can not.

Answer 5

thrilling, yet; with each and all of the liberal bleeding hearts working amuck as we talk, it somewhat is going to in no way happen. (Barbaric) I surely have continuously concept, that a great public unbelievable, over the interstate, during rush hour site visitors, whilst it grew to become into subsidized up, could be a great deterrent. (Hedonistic) I wrote a regulation, referred to as "Abortion from Society." fairly of capital punishment,. we only aborted you from society, like we do little ones. (activity / Philosophically)

Answer 6

Statistically pointless. Capital punishment has no effect on crime rates. It is simply retribution.

Answer 7

yes in some cases. they could be a public threat to all. and if you just keep them locked up in jail. that means free food and boarding for life for them.

Answer 8

No. It is more expensive than life in prison. It doesn't deter criminals (what criminal commits a crime *knowing* that they will get caught?). It can't be implemented fairly (more poor and minority people are executed). And, I have serious doubts that it has a significant healing impact on victims or their families.

Answer 9

capital punishment is wrong and should be abolished

however convicted murderers should be allowed to commit suicide

Answer 10

Sometimes yes sometimes no. It all depends on if the person is pure evil.