how many americans are agree with death penalty?

Answer 1

Too many Americans support the right of the State to commit murder. I'm not one of them.

Answer 2

Fewer than ten years ago with all the news about wrongful convictions and DNA evidence that is out now.
When you see a survey about the death penalty ask if the people asked were given a option of "Life, no parole." When people are given this option, support for the death penalty drops considerably.
I live in a death penalty state and I don't approve.
Texas is crazy for executions and you can still get murdered in Texas.

Answer 3

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 then making up their minds using common sense, not revenge. Here are some of the facts about the death penalty, verifiable and sourced.

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person
(Carol D should rethink what she wrote about speeding the process up.)
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence, many having 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 the real criminal is still out there and will have successfully avoided being charged.

Re: DNA (Many people are mistaken about this.)
DNA is available in less than 10% of murder cases. It’s not a miracle cure for sentencing innocent people to death. It’s human nature to make mistakes.

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 (I hope that ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ will look at this. He is mistaken about costs.)
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.

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, forever, is certainly no picnic. Life without parole incapacitates a killer (keeps him from re-offending) and costs considerably less than the death penalty.

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. Life without parole is a very harsh punishment.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I don't know how many American's agree with the death penalty, but I for one am in total support of the death penalty. I do believe that we take too long to execute (not murder) convicted murderers.

I don't believe it is murder for the State to execute criminals that are a threat to the rest of us.

I believe an "eye for an eye" and a "life for a life" is justified in all murder cases.

I thank God that I live in Florida where we are not afraid to exact justice from murderers.

Answer 6

I don't know the percentage, but imo, Im really caught in the middle. I truly believe that child molesters and rapists should die. No doubt in my mind. However, I've seen so many innocent people do time and finally dna proves them innocent. This is usually in the case of murder. So, when I hear that someone is sentenced to death for murder, and they plead not guilty, screaming their innocence, I have to question the sentence. It used to confuse me, why prisoners would stay on death row for ten...twenty years. Now, I understand. I can't imagine being accused of a crime I didn't commit, and then being sentenced to death?? Whew!

Answer 7

Since only 13 states do NOT have the death penalty, I can safely say the majority of Americans support it.

Answer 8

I agree with the death penalty as long as there is no reasonable doubt that the convicted is completely guilty.

Answer 9

i guess im a neo nazi supporting the right of the state to commit murder according to your other answers.

i think our process for sentencing someone to the death penalty should be much more stringent. technology advances all the time, therefore our method of conviction is getting better and better all the time. of course, with DNA testing now, there are a handful of people who have been on death row and been proven innocent by DNA testing. i think it should take much more deliberation before we sentence someone to death, but once we're sure of the culprit of a heinous crime, i agree with capital punishment.

Answer 10

I agree with it , especially if there is extreme evidence shown in the case. But I also think we should make criminals pay for their crimes, rather than just sitting around in a jail cell for the rest of their life doing nothing useful and tax payers paying for it. Why can't we send them to Iraq or something instead of our innocent young people and others to get killed or maimed ? Then if the criminals get killed, so what. But if they make it through to the end of the war, they would get some reward. And if they run or try to commit treason, then they get executed right then and there. I would be talking about lifers or those sitting on death row, for murder or rape on children or the worse of crimes.

Answer 11

As a liberal I like the Bible version of the death penalty.

The community that finds the person guilty kills him. The criminal is stoned to death every single person has to throw a rock at the guy until he is dead and buried under a pile of thousands of rocks.

The body and the pile of rocks are left as a memorial to all that the wages of sin is death.


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