2007-01-06 09:12:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
If a person is given life in prision there there should be no parole. The problem with the death penalty is 1. the length between sentencing and death 2.The cost of the appeals 3. Financial resources for the initial trial which result in death sentences. 4. Equity in the diffferences in death pentaly and life sentences why do some get death and others get life? 5. Plea Bargains to prevent death pentalty 6. Racial imbalances 7. legal murder vs illegal murder 8. shall I go on.
2007-01-06 09:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by cece 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mistakes I see in a couple of answers relate to costs and relate to people on death row who were found to be absolutely innocent. (Read about Kirk Bloodsworth and Ray Krone.) I hope the people who misstated the facts on this page will take the time to get them right. Here are some good reasons to get rid of capital punishment. We should learn the facts instead of calling for revenge
The death penalty system costs much more than a system that does not have the death penalty. Much of these extra costs come way before the appeals begin. (In my opinion, some of the extra money should be spent on victims' services, which are underfunded.)
The death penalty is not a deterrent. Homicide rates are much higher in states that have the death penalty than in states that do not.
The death penalty is racially biased, but not in the way you may think. A defendent is twice as likely to face the death penalty if the victim was white than if the victim was non white.
More and more states have life without parole on the books. It means what it says and is no picnic to be locked up for 23 of 24 hours a day, with no hope of anything else.
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. In the majority of these cases, the evidence was not DNA, which is not often available. More often, the problem is one of mistaken eyewitnesses. After an execution, the case is closed. If the wrong person was executed the real killer is still out there. It is human nature to make mistakes and executing an innocent person, killing an innocent person in our name should be unacceptable in a civilized society.
Speeding up the process will certainly result in the execution of innocent people, some people just like you, your families and friends. Ordinary, law abiding people have been sentenced to death, spent years on death rows, and, thankfully, were saved in time. People like us.
The death penalty can be very hard on the families of murder victims. As the process goes on they are forced to relive their ordeal in the courts and in the media. The death penalty revictimizes families of murder victims. Life without parole is sure and swift and rarely appealed.
Last of all, opposing the death penalty does not mean you excuse brutal crimes or the people who commit them. This is a matter of common sense based on the facts.
2007-01-06 18:07:55 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason one faces a death penalty is usually for a horrific crime or death. I don't feel it is acceptable to take another's life for any reason. I feel a life in prison is a far is more just and the price that person pays will go on for as long as they live. No one knows with certainty that there is life after death, that belief has to be based on faith. Since the crime occurred in life I feel that person committing the crime should pay for it in this life. After death, if one has faith, then the payment for that crime will be continue for eternity. I feel this is true justice.
2007-01-06 17:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by surfX 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree that spending money on some of these people is a complete waste, how ever, look back, several people have been proven innocent for the crime they are accused of. DNA has been the best thing that ever happened. Let's not kill the innocent, but lets make jail what it is supposed to be. Punishment.
2007-01-06 17:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by blue2blnde 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is dynamic and ever changing and is about learning, growing and helping others grow.
Death is stagnant. No teaching others or learning for yourself.
If someone makes a really bad choice and gets life in prison that is obviously punishment. But life is still a gift – and if they can change and grow or help others grow through their experiences than it’s worth it.
What a waste to kill someone for punishment.
2007-01-06 17:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by mary n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO !!!!! Keeping them in prison for years costs us a LOT of money. We need to Kill them and get it over with. If they got the death sentance, they probably killed someone anyway, so why should they deserve to live? A lot of these animals would rather be in prison anyway, because they know they will be fed and will have no bills to pay. I say take everybody on death row and get rid of all them tomorrow ! Now I feel better for saying that.
2007-01-06 17:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by rliescheidt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because people make mistakes and death is a penalty which cannot be reversed.
2007-01-10 02:08:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you have heard of Mr. Scheck who has sprung close to 200 people in jail, many of them on death row.
Simple, it's a lot cheaper and to some degree it is reversible.
2007-01-06 18:13:41 · answer #8 · answered by Billy M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because liberals would rather see killers and rapists enjoy a lifetime of free privileges (including free privileges that some honest hard working people cannot afford).
2007-01-06 18:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by Chickidee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Shouldn't be. Especially for crimes against women and children.
(rape,murder child molestation.) ought to be instant death sentence with any appeals allowed.
2007-01-06 17:22:18 · answer #10 · answered by bakerone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋