The death penalty and injustices. Opinions?

Question

I think that the death penalty is wrong. Especiallt in young teens. IT'S TRUE. There was a sixteen year old boy who was executed for killing a woman in a robbery. Another injustice was where a fifteen year old boy was waved into adult court and found guilty, for pointing an empty gun at a bunch of kids who were beating the hell out of him. While the so recognized as "smart" ones sit and say he's leaning a lesson, I say; Why the **** would you put a kid in prison for defending himself. I bet the other kids are sitting back laughing at him. All that is, is just teaching that bullies should bully, and the victim will get blamed. I mean really, who IS the victim? The kid or the bullies? [What do you think? Tell in your post.]

As for the death penalty... If someone kills someone and they get the death penalty, isn't that like the whole state committing murder. At that, under OUR name are we killing them.

Answer 1

Sociopathology is untreatable from a psychological standpoint.
Sociopathology displays itself at around age 6 believe it or not. It can be redirected at that age, or it can be left alone to escalate to a sixteen year old boy who kills a woman in a robbery. By the way, most sociopaths can be found in gangs and gang leaders.

As for the young man who pointed an empty gun at bullies. If one is willing to point an empty guy, then they are willing to point a loaded one. If his action is justified through the court system, then he will think it is okay to use guns, regardless. There were other options in dealing with the bullies.

I thoroughly support the death penalty...even at that young age.

Answer 2

First of all, we kill people to teach people that killing people is wrong. Figure that one out.

Second, how is it that you can be found responsible for your own actions and be sentenced to death at 13 but you are not responsible for your own actions when it comes to age of sexual consent until 18 and not responsible enough to drink a beer until 21.

And yes the death penalty is state sponsored murder.

By the way the kid that waved the empty gun at the bullies should have had it loaded and taken out those pieces of ****.

Answer 3

The answer of Jennie B is the most informed one you have received. The facts that she lists are all sourced at the Death Penalty Information Center, www.deathpenatlyinfo.org.

Well done.

PS for Wendy P- the death penalty actually costs much more than life without parole.

Answer 4

It is very curious to me that they can arbitrarily declare someone an adult for the purpose of prosecution, (say a 16 year old) and yet said 16 year old would still be unable to vote or purchase tobacco or alcohol while awaiting trial (if he were out on bail). The death penalty is state sanctioned murder, much like war, or peace keeping missions. You can kill at the behest of your government and go unpunished. The government selects the target and sends people to kill them. Yet, as individual citizens you cannot kill your own personal enemies (and rightfully so I l might add). How can the state hold individuals to a higher standard than it hold's itself.

Answer 5

An wise talk....what a alleviation! i have connected a link to an editorial which addresses this mission providing each and each and every side. for my section, i'm not for the shortcoming of existence penalty. a million. apparently for a punishment to act as a deterrent, it must be adminstered right now after the guy is convicted. With the appeals procedure, that obviously would not take position. it truly is termed time-honored deterrent which isn't efficient in deterring crime. the different type, certain deterrent, basically refers to preventing that categorical criminal from ever committing that crime back. obviously that works. 2. i don't believe of it is fixable. there is continually a margin of blunders and the cost of the appeals often outweighs the cost of existence in reformatory. 3. i might want to hesitate to respond to this one. I, fortuitously, don't have any journey with the outrage someone would sense on the shortcoming of a loved one by homicide. i do not understand how i might want to sense, so I received't choose them. 4. i imagine the fee of a violent crime with information from everybody, extraordinarily a teens, exhibits a psychological ailment. existence in reformatory.

Answer 6

I think you have made a point. There are also MANY other reasons to be against the death penalty.

Including but not limited to:
It is not a deterrent for crime.

It costs more taxpayer money to try a death penalty case than to keep someone in prison forever.

Innocent people have been convicted and sent to death row, only to be released.

The disproportionate number of Black offenders on death row (sentences are often arbritrary and Black offenders rely mostly on Public Defenders [who may not be as competent]).

Answer 7

HELLO,
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Answer 8

I feel it an injustice to kill innocent babies who haven't killed anyone.
Some1 like john cuey who kidnapped,raped, and stuffed a 9 year old Jessica in a plastic bag,then buried her alive. Well I would gladly knock the stool out from under him and the 2 pigs that were in the same trailer with him for a week while he tortured that little girl, You think he should live? Well he did give her,her Teddy Bear B4 he killed her.

Answer 9

I totally agree with you, and more, on opposing the death penalty. I consider it premeditated murder, but we're in the minority. There is a lot of injustice in our system and we're told it is hte best in the world. I wonder about that. If the obscenity of Hussein's execution wasn't enough to sicken people, what is.

Answer 10

i agree with the death penalty for some cases the whole deal about the 15 yr old is just sad and i dont know that what he did was illegal it was a empty gun and he didnt shoot anyone