Should the death penanty be brought back in for Pedo's & Killers?

Question

With DNA technology the way it is, Should we bring back the death penalty back? Should the killings be public or private?
It costs about £15,000 per year to keep a prisoner, surely it would be make more sense just to kill 'em.

Answer 1

Only if you're in Texas!

Answer 2

Actually, in the over 120 cases where men were released from death rows in the United States with conclusive evidence of their innocence, very few involved DNA. DNA evidence is available in less than 10% of all homicide cases.

There are so many flaws in the USA death penalty. Here are some veriable and sourced facts about it.

This is an issue that needs to be considered using solid facts. Here are a few.

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. Many had already served over 2 decades on death row. If we speed up the process we are bound to execute an innocent person. Once someone is executed the case is closed. If we execute an innocent person we are not likely to find that out and, also, the real criminal is still out there.

Re: DNA
DNA is available in no more than 10% of murder cases. It is not a miracle cure for sentencing innocent people to death. It’s human nature to make mistakes.

Re: Appeals
Our appeals system is designed to make sure that the trial was in accord with constitutional standards, not to second guess whether the defendant was actually innocent. It is very difficult to get evidence of innocence introduced before an appeals court.

Re: Deterrence
The death penalty isn’t 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: cost
The death penalty costs far more than life in prison. The huge extra costs start to mount up even before the trial.

Re: Alternatives
48 states have life without parole on the books. It means what it says, is swift and sure and is rarely appealed. Being locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day, forever, is certainly no picnic.

Re: Who gets the death penalty
The death penalty isn’t 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
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.

Opposing the death penalty doesn’t mean you condone brutal crimes or excuse people who commit them. According to a Gallup Poll, in 2006, 47% of all Americans prefer capital punishment while 48% prefer life without parole. Americans are learning the facts and making up their minds using common sense, not revenge.

Answer 3

The simple answer to this, is YES, - but, that's only a PERSONAL OPINION! It DOES make sense, to execute these sadistic individuals, - but, the FACT, is, that the so-called "EUROPEAN UNION" politicos, actually, think that THEY KNOW BEST, - and, have OUTLAWED the use of capital punishment, FOREVER! I don't THINK they understand, at ALL, how the people feel, on this subject, -if they DID, then the UK representatives, - elected, by the UK voters, to work "FOR" those voters, - would have done what the MAJORITY of British PEOPLE want them to do, - and, would have pulled OUT of it, YEARS BACK, -thereby, giving this Country the CHOICE, that the WANT, - and DESERVE! Damn the politicians! As to WHERE such things should happen? PRIVATELY, I think, - because there may be KIDS around, - although, PUBLIC executions, ARE known, to HAVE the desired, - "DETERRENT" effect! Look at the SAUDIS!

Answer 4

a man two miles away from my house killed a man and got 2 years in prison, the first day he got let out, he went straight to find the witness who had provided evidence to get him jailed and stabbed them to death, he went to jail again and is still inside now on a slightly longer sentence. i think this story kind of sums up who we're dealing with. Did this killer get rectified? did the law protect the second victim? good question, but i sadly feel our voices are wasted on here. what ever gets done? taxes go up and the streets become more dangerous. Ive lost so much faith in the government these last few years.

Answer 5

You may not realise that the Maastricht Treaty signed by our government at the time committed UK to abandon the death penalty for ever. This can only be reversed by new legislation in the European Parliament (which is unlikely) or by the UK leaving the European Union (another unlikely event) Just another example of how our country is being increasingly subjugated by Europe.

Answer 6

It doesn't work in the US does it, people always say it's a good detterent and it would be for a normal person but a murderer is not normal and I don't think they would think to themselves they shouldn't commit murder because they might be executed. FACT: USA; capital punishment also a high murder rate. You should watch the film, ' The Life of David Gale,' if you have asked this question I presume you are interested in this issue, the film certainly makes you think anyway. Perhaps it may change your views, I don't know. Alex

Answer 7

I do not beleive in the death penalty but I do beleive that people should pay for their crimes. Prison should be work, eat and sleep and pedo's should not be segregated but should be in main stream where other prisoners would make it so tough for them that they would NEVER want to be in that position again.

Answer 8

No, keep them in prison for life. No telly or any comforts like they do now. I'd gladly pay £15k to see them rot in hell for the rest of their miserable existances. Let them sh@g and kill each other - it could be televised - a bit like Big Brother.

Answer 9

i reckon it should be back, for killers, pedo's and most serious crimes that envolves a killing or kiddy fiddling they should be hanged. i reckon the law has to change like the saying "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". lets say a lady gets seriously asaulted by a man, he should get the same beatings what he gave to the lady but more serious, drug dealers should get forced into using every bit of there drugs on themselves, robbers should have all there posetions taken off them, man raping women the man should get rapped by a bloke, so next time people want to do dodgy things they'll think coz if they get caught they'll be the victims to there own crime

Answer 10

once pedo's have been proved guilty they should have there nobs cut off or there ballcocks why kill them let um take the easy way out them twisted bastar@ds that can do such sick atrocitIEs should roam the earth in shame knowing that they ain't a man! killers is a tricky one as there are many different forms of killing ie mental health,man slaughter, fear of there own life, battered women, its to tricky.

Answer 11

As long as there is 100% certainty that the accused committed the crime - then this is definitely worth considering. It not only alleviates the prison overcrowding problem but it should act as an effective deterrent to stop these crimes being committed in the first place.