capital punishment?

Answer 1

YES!!!
But primarily for Sociopaths (people incapable of feeling remorse. . .the kinds of people that would still go out and kill after being released), and serial killers (who are often psychotic).

Spend the money saved by executing the above subjects ASAP to fund ACTUAL rehabilitation programs for the other criminals.

Keep political prisoners (specifically the severely radical and dangerous ones) imprisoned alive so they don't become a martyr to their cause.

Answer 2

In my opinion capital punishment should not be execution. By executing the accused, all his sufferings will end. If he is the real culprit and punished for a capital sentence, his remaining life should be in the jail till his death without any parole. So the law makers should try to amend the law of capital punishment as such.

Answer 3

This is an issue that needs to be considered in the light of verifiable facts. Here are a few.

Re: cost
The death penalty costs far more than life in prison.

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with conclusive evidence of their innocence.

Re: DNA
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.

Re: False confessions
Among the many cases of people being released from death row with conclusive evidence of their innocence are several who had confessed. (Walter Olgrod, Earl Washington, David Keaton, Ronald Jones and more). These men were coerced
into confessing (beatings, mental coercion of retarded individuals.)


Re: speed
If we speed the process we are bound to execute an innocent person.

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. 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.

Some victims families oppose the death penalty on moral grounds. (See www.journeyofhope.org)

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. People should make up their minds using common sense not revenge.

Answer 4

I only wish that those who are all for it, will get accused of a capital offense and convicted for it, even though innocent.
I'd like to hear what they have to say just before they stick the needles into their arms.
All those supporting capital punishment are murderers.

Answer 5

People say it costs more to execute someone than to put them in prison for life....how much is a bullet and a handgun? I'm sorry, but if someone killed my child like Ted Bundy raped and killed that 12 year-old girl in Florida, you had better believe that I would want that person dead. Most people that say they are against the death penalty have never been the victim or had a family member be the victim of a violent crime. I know someone that was stabbed 32 times and lingered in a coma for almost a month before she died. Her children were 3 years-old and 18 months, so they had to grow up not knowing their mom. Do you think that is fair?

Answer 6

All the time. -Every time Bush opens his mouth, it's from the Capital. Haven't we all been punished enough?

Answer 7

Yes it is the law in my state

Answer 8

well, considering the cost of those prisoners sitting on death row and in solitary confinement, i think it's best they get thrown back in with the big crowd and let them all duke it out on their own..... we'll put up a camera and we spectators will watch live action brought to our homes ..... let them eat cake

Answer 9

tooth for a tooth will leave the whole world hungry, eye for an eye will leave everyone blind. violence only begets violence

Answer 10

Yes, for sure and swiftly.