Just curious about what society believes on the death penalty. I think it is a little nerve wrecking to hear of murder, rape, and pedophiles just receiving a small penalty of prison time. Classic case is the Charles Manson case. He ordered his group, he called his "Family", to kill Sharon Tate who was eight and a half months pregnant. He was convicted for conspiring a murder. Should he be allowed to live for such a cruel murder of an innocent women with child. I don't think so. But yet he is still living, and he states if they ever let him out he would do it again. Another classic case, O.J. Simpson. Everyone knows he did it. He is even wrote a book that's main plot was "If I would have done it, here is how I would do it." That should give it away. Why are prisons full? Because no one is afraid of committing a crime. There is no fear of punishment. I'm just curious of what others think.Bring back severe death penalty and bring back the fear of punishment. Do you agree?
2007-01-23 14:21:47 · 8 answers · asked by clay2592003 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I think that a person who kills should be killed the same why they murdered their victim...that includes women who get abortions...
2007-01-23 14:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jujuchi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I want to clear up some mistakes from some people who answered your question. People should make up their minds on this using verifiable facts. I hope that folks will give the subject the time it deserves.
I share your disgust with people like Manson. I can assure you that life in prison, with no hope of anything ever changing is a horrible fate .
The most common mistake is that the fear of punishment prevents murder. Actually most murderers do not think they will be caught. Most of them are not playing with a full deck anyway.
Here are some of the facts about the death penalty-
-It is not a deterrent- states with the death penalty have higher homicide rates than states that do not. People who commit murder do not think they will be caught, let alone punished, that is, if they think at all.
-The death penalty costs much more than life sentences. Much of the extra cost comes before conviction, in fact even before trial. (In my opinion, we should spend the extra money for victims services where it is really needed.)
-Life without parole is on the books in more and more states. It means what it says. It is no picnic to be locked up in a tiny cell for 23 of 24 hours a day, forever.
-Over 120 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. (In the overwhelming number of these cases, the evidence was not DNA. DNA is not a miracle cure for wrongful convictions). The exonerees had spent many years on death row before being found innocent. Speeding up the process would guarantee the execution of an innocent person. It is human nature to make mistakes.
-Once someone is executed for a crime the case is closed. If the wrong person was convicted, the real killer is still out there.
-Death sentences can be very hard on victims’ families. The process takes a long time and they are forced to relive their ordeal over and over again, in courts and in the media. Some murder victims’ family members have said that although they support the death penalty in theory, they do not want to see it in the case of their murdered loved one because of how the process affects families like theirs. Life without parole is swift and sure and rarely results in appeals.
-Last of all, opposing the death penalty does not mean you excuse or coddle criminals who commit brutal and depraved acts. They must be punished severely. But we need to use common sense based on the facts, not to focus on revenge.
2007-01-23 23:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the death penalty.
The death penalty is the ultimate, and most effective, deterrent. Once carried out, it is absolutely, positively 100% successful in preventing the executed offender from committing new crime.
Execution should occur as soon as possible after the conviction and should be highly publicized so as to serve as a deterrent to those who may go out and commit similar crimes.
2007-01-24 01:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by James P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep and the death sentence should be carried out immediately after the court's decision. Execution should be by choice 1) buried alive 2) locked in a cell with no food or water until fully decade. 3) by the same method that the performed their crime.
2007-01-23 22:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well said, thank you indeed! I agree, time for us to take crime seriously and do something to make people think twice before they take a life or kidnap a child. I think it is time for every state to have a death penalty and use it!
2007-01-23 22:53:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think that if you are with out a doubt guilty of murder and it was on purpose then yes you should get the death penelty... i see no use in wasting all this money on a piece of crap like charles manson.. as for rapest and child molesters i think they should have a tatto on there 4head to show what they are just in case they ever got out. but they should be put in jail for life. because its a sickness and they will continue to do it...
2007-01-23 22:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by momoftwobestkids 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think severe Death Penalty should be done in every State! Why should we Support a Killer til they die?
2007-01-23 22:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by idaho_native57 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i say that death penalty should stay
2007-01-23 22:59:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋