What do u think about death penalty?

Question

Ok, i need to know whether youre against death penalty or with it and why?

Thanks for all your answers, this info is going to help me out with my senior project...

Answer 1

I am for it. If you cannot live on this earth respecting other people, you dont deserve to live here.

Answer 2

It seems like a good time to re-introduce it to the places where it's been abolished.
The world is over-populated and we have Global Warming,so isn't it time to dispose of those who refuse to live by society's rules and are just taking up valuable space and resources?
The money spent on keeping them in prison could then be spent on the people who are poor or hungry through no fault of their own.
You would also save the state a lot of money which is spent on these continual appeals.
It wouldn't be too bad if these appeals were justified.
It's just the money-grabbing lawyers who don't really care whether somebody is guilty or innocent,provided they get their cash.
Is that right that lawyers take bets on who can produce the most stupid reason for an appeal?
Any lawyers out there? At least,send us some lawyer jokes.
Some people say that the wrong person might be executed.
So? You don't stop doctors and surgeons from doing surgical operations no matter how many patients die.

Answer 3

This issue should be decided on the basis of solid facts. A few of the people who have already answered are misinformed and one person says the facts don't matter to him. Here are some verifiable and sourced facts. Once you have them, common sense will do the rest.

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

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. Life without parole incapacitates a killer (keeps him from re-offending.)

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. There are more cost effective ways to prevent and control crime. In my opinion the extra money should go to victims services instead of for revenge.

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 or an eye for an eye mentality.

Answer 4

I am for death penalty.
Advantages:
1. It is deterrent against serious crimes.
2. It is good for the people to get peace of mind against abuses and crimes.
3. It is good & will attract economic growth and investment because of safety atmosphere.
4. It will create a good place to live in.
5. Lesser congestion of prisoners in the jail.
6. Lesser expense budget for life termers in the jail for subsistence & upkeep.
7. Encourage people to be good and behave well.
8. Generally give ambiance of good & peaceful society.
9. Disciplined citizens & society..
10. Lesser problems in the society in general against troubles.

Disadvantages:
1. Bribery and corruption may increase to save people from the being arrested and given punishment if there death penalty.
2. Religious & moral concerns.
3. Harsh attitude against the punishment.
4. Not good for those found guilty under dubious circumstances or not beyond doubt.
5. The penalty may be subject to abuses by the authority.

Answer 5

What do I think about the death penalty ??

they waisted my tax money for the chair to sit there .and rust .we paid a lot of money for the d*mn thing ..fire it up , I wanna see old sparky light up the night sky ..I wish they would fast track the appeals across the US , each state have enough electric chairs to go around , and on Dec.31 as the ball drops to count down the New Year fire em all up all across the country at the same time ..

I actually got to witness an execution when I worked the State prison for 6 years , I worked death row for a year ..OH man it was awesome to see that .. I figure if you can not behave in the general public then we don't need them waisting our air....

Answer 6

I am for it, but only when there is beyond no shadow of a doubt that the person is guilty. Even if convicted by the jury, if there is no actual evidence that the person is guilty, then not to ensure an innocent person does not pay with his life for something they did not do. I do believe it's a joke to keep people in death row for almost as long as life in prison.

Answer 7

I am all for the death penalty . There are so many people in prisons that have killed people in cold blood for things they wanted or self gratification they shouldn't spend the rest of their lives in prison they should be killed .Why should my tax dollars be spent taking care of them? 3 square meals a day medical and dental treatments and they can sue ,because they claim in humane treatment if they don't like the food??Please do society a favor and kill them ..Make room for the other sickos.

Answer 8

Against it,
theres been about 13% of the people on death row since 1976 who have been found innocent. Not counting those who were executed yet innocent. You cant compensate them and its non-reversible.
Its hypocritical in sense that we punish murder with another murder.
And the cost is ridiculous with the amount of appeals and time spent on death row.

Answer 9

for everyone who says that the death penalty does not deter crime i wil have to argue 100% and here is my simple answer..no stats, no lawyers, no bleeding heart liberals, just this..If I kill a person that has killed someone ELSE..then I promise you without a doubt that that animal will NEVER ever ever, committ another crime so "ipso-facto" crime has ben detered if only by a little. If only we could find a way to stream line the whole process.

Answer 10

well, I tend to agree with C.S. Lewis on the death penalty. He wrote that as human beings it is our duty to punish a fellow human being to the extent warented by the crime they have committed, and by doing so we are treating them as an equal, and giving them the same respect that we would expect them to give for us.
However what I do not agree with is using the death penalty as a deterant. Using it in this way will only reduce the convicted to a means, which is denying them their basic human rights.

Answer 11

I'm against the appeals process being so long and having to fund those on death row for an average of 12 years after the sentence.