Nowadays, after thousand of years is demonstrated that this excecrable practice has been unuseful, everyday crimes become quantitative higher and in more sophisticated forms, is that the intelligence of the man has not been able to discover another way to punish crimes instead killing people?
2007-01-18 23:33:52 · 9 answers · asked by mc23571 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only backwards countries still execute criminals. Like Iran and the USA for example...
2007-01-18 23:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Yoda Greene 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Several people who answered your question are wrong.
The United States is in terrible company with regard to the death penalty. In 2006, only China, Saudi Arabia and Iran had more executions than we did.
I think that more and more Americans are realizing that the death penalty does not keep us safe.
Here are some important and verifiable facts about the death penalty that some people do not know:
Re: cost effectiveness
The death penalty costs far more than lifetime incarceration.
Re: Making sure we don’t execute an innocent person
DNA evidence is available in no more than 20% of all murder cases. It is no guarantee that we will never execute an innocent person. It is human nature to make mistakes.
We do not know for certain whether an innocent person has been executed after the 1970’s. After an execution the case is closed. The death penalty system buries its mistakes.
Re: Deterrence
The death penalty is not a deterrent. Murder rates are actually higher in states with the death penalty than in states without it. Moreover, people who kill or commit other serious crimes do not think they will be caught (if they think at all.)
Re: Alternatives
More and more states have life without parole on the books (including Texas.) Life without parole means what it says and is no picnic.
Re: Who gets the death penalty
The death penalty is not reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??
Re: Victims families
People should know that the death penalty is very hard on victims’ families. They must relive their ordeal in the courts and the media. Life without parole is sure, swift and rarely appealed. Some victims families who support the death penalty in principal prefer life without parole because of how the death penalty affects families like theirs.
Last of all, opposing the death penalty does not mean a person condones brutal crimes or excuses the people who commit them. I believe that the dialogue on the death penalty should be based on verifiable facts, not on labels and name calling. People should make up their minds using common sense not revenge.
2007-01-19 12:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saudi Arabia is in all probability the strictest place now that the Taliban isn't ruling Afghanistan. you may maximum unquestionably might desire to transform to Islam to be an executioner. i wish you will agree as enthusiatically with each and every thing in Sharia regulation too, because of the fact you would be living under it. You sound like an unhappy man or woman. What has a gay executed to you? and notwithstanding in case you have been harmed by one gay there is not any reason to decide to kill all of them.
2016-10-07 09:40:44 · answer #3 · answered by erlebach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vast majority of countries have abolished the death penalty. The USA is the only 'civilised' country other than Japan who still have it on their books and Japan very very rarely uses it. Sadly as usual the USA is decades behind the rest of the world.
And of course it does not work, the USA's serious crime rate is the highest of any Western country.
2007-01-18 23:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is not about intelligence; it is about justice. And actually it is the other way round; had killers known they would be put to death for their crimes, they would not have dared kill others.
Peace
2007-01-18 23:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's such a waste of time and money too.
(USA) They sit on death row forever and cost the gov. all kinds of money appealing the decision, I just don't see the point.
2007-01-18 23:40:22 · answer #6 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
death penalty is a good preventive method and it works
2007-01-18 23:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people just need hanging.
2007-01-18 23:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It works and is cheap!
2007-01-18 23:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by dumpllin 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋