Human rights? I feel that you give up those rights as soon as you rape, take another's life.. molest a child? I live in South Africa, and think we could do with having the death penaly reinstated.
2007-03-05 17:38:04 · 15 answers · asked by feel_like 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This is not about race!!!!
2007-03-05 17:46:42 · update #1
I'm against it.
Not because i don't think that certain crimes don't deserve death, but because we humans are fallible in everything we do....we make mistakes.
Every year, there are quite a few people who get that extra test that wasn't available 8 years ago and it sets them free.
What about those who never got that test?
How many people who are innocent of the crime in question are you willing to kill in order to make sure you also kill the guilty?
35 innocent people every year?
29 innocent people?
How about if Less 10 % can be innocent...those are pretty good odds. Would that be ok with you if only 10 percent of them were innocent when put to death?
That's why I'm against th death penalty.
2007-03-05 17:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Born of a Broken Man 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The problem in the United States is that with the current legal system it costs as much if not more to send someone to the chair vs. life without parole, and I'm not 100 percent sure whether it is a better sentence as a deterrent either.
Because when considering the choice of spending the rest of my life behind bars vs. being electrocuted, I likely wouldn't be the first who would seriously weigh the pros and cons of either sentence, that is, from the convict's side of things.
Then again, it would appear that the death sentence in any case sure gets a lot of folks upset, so perhaps it does work as a deterrent, if not for the person going to the chair, I conclude that I'm neither for nor against it.
2007-03-05 17:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by netthiefx 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think human rights are inalienable.
Criminals are punished and society is protected by appropriate periods of imprisonment. The cost in money to "support" the imprisoned is no more than the largely publicly funded legal extravaganza spent to get them out.
If premeditated killing is wrong, it is wrong for all. If vengeance is needed, why are the Amish people truly recovered from the unspeakable crimes against their children this year?
Which countries do not advocate capital punishment? By and large, which countries do? With whom do you align yourself?
ADDED: How did I manage to not mention the unacceptably large number of wrongful convictions??
ADDED: Maybe not in South Africa, but in America, in practice, ethnic, social and economic conditions are a notable part of the reality.
2007-03-05 17:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by and_y_knot 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I think that killing is wrong. But I also think that it is wrong to let people who have wrongly killed many others live. I think it depends on the person. The death penalty is wrong for some of the people who get it. But others really do deserve it. I feel that it should be reserved for the worst of the worst.
2007-03-05 17:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by wyzeguy82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm for it. I personally think they should bring back public hangings. Now, I know I'm gonna get all kinds of thumbs down for this, but I don't care. I think that too many people get away with too much crap....
Oh, and where did YOU stand on the Saddam Hussain issue? Not too many people protested about his hanging. So why should any other terrorist, murderer, child molester not be handed the same fate?
2007-03-05 18:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by MoMoney23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a paradoxical issue.
If my son committed murder...I would have difficulty being for it.
But if my son was murdered...I would have no problem favoring it. Both sides are perfectly human feelings.
I don't think its always about whether you agree or disagree with the death penalty...its about whether you, as a human being, understand why those, on both sides, feel the way they do.
With such a paradox,....that's all you can do....just understand it.
2007-03-05 17:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm against it under most normal circumstances, but I would support it for a mass murderer or a dictator. However, you should never execute anybody unless there is 100% certainty that they are guilty. Under no circumstances would I support the death penalty for any crime less than mass murder.
2007-03-05 17:46:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that the death penalty should only be used in extreme cases.
2007-03-05 17:41:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Theoretically, it's fine
Practically, it applies far more to the poor and minorites so is inherently classist and racist. A black man that murders will be far more likely to be killed than a white who murders.
Plus, juries, judges, prosecutors, etc... make mistakes. Pretty serious punishment if its in error.
2007-03-05 17:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Statistics do not back up the death penalty. It remains one of the biggest hypocrisys of our day.
2007-03-05 17:41:18 · answer #10 · answered by scammaj12 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋