capitol punishment (death penalty)?

Question

what is your guys opinion on capitol punishment? are you for it or against it? do you think it is right or wrong?

Answer 1

We need it very much. Even when you refute the abolishists' arguments about it not being a deterrant, about it being inevitable that innocent people will be executed, about it being intrinsically racist, about it being the only punishment that is a form of vengence, etc., they usually cling like barnacles to the hull of a ship to thier idea that capitol (sic) punishment is immoral, for what amounts to religious reasons. Any law abolishing the death penalty is therefore a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the United States Constitution. This clearly illustrates how liberals are constantly using the government to impose their morality on society as a whole.
If you really DID mean "capitol" punishment, I'm still in favor of it because we need to punish the building where Congress meets for being the site of so much wasteful spending.

Answer 2

diego,

You'll find that this subject ignites a lot of passionate arguments, as it's not as simple as agreement/disagreement or right/wrong...ones opinion on this matter cuts to the core of ones moral center. At the end of the day, agree or not, capital punishment is practiced in the majority (of the 38 states that allow it, 32 actively executes those sentenced to death) of states...if the practice was not accepted by the public at large, this would not be the case.

I for one support the practice of executing those found guilty of appropriate crimes, though I feel that there should be an iron-clad case against those who stand accused. Instead of being found guilty 'against a REASONABLE doubt,' I feel those who are tried in capital cases should be found guilty 'beyond a SHADOW of doubt.' Any and all means should be utilized to make damn sure that this person actually committed the crime. This way, there need not be an appeal process and the time frame between conviction and execution is cut dramatically. I think that the time and cost incurred up front in the trial stage will inevitably save effort and money in the long run.

Answer 3

First to al e c: Does your view of one human taking another's life being murder, regardless, extend to abortion. If not then YOU are the hypocrite. At least with capital punishment a guilty person is dying, not someone who has not had the chance to live much less commit a crime. But that's a whole other can of worms.

Basically in this country one has the right to do just about anything as long as it doesn't effect the rights of another (at least in theory). Once a person does an act that would violate another's rights, he should be punished by having his rights taken from him in an appropriate manner. The right to life should be above all rights. If a person takes another's life in a particular heinous way, then he should forfeit his own right to life.

Answer 4

I say keep it going and put it on PPV. The revenue generated could help offset the costs of keeping these animals alive for 10-15-20 years while they go through the appeals process.

I also agree with professionaleccentric about punishing those at the "Capitol" for wasting oxygen the rest of us could use while actually accomplishing something.

Pssssst. It's "Capital Punishment".

Answer 5

For it. However, it has lost is deterrent effect. For a punishment to be effective it must be:
1) Severe. This means equal to the crime (cannot kill for shoplifting, 10 yrs imprisonment is too lenient for murder, etc).
2) Immediate. There is not deterrent of others when it takes 20 years to finally execute someone for a murder.
3) Public. No one will be deterred if they don't know/see the punishment that can happen if they commit the crime.

DNA evidence is making it extremely unlikely that we execute the wrong person now days. We should use the death penalty more frequently, more publically and more quickly!
--Z--

Answer 6

I believe in "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". When I read about children who are molested or raped and then killed, I become enraged at our system of Justice. Most men and some women convicted of the most horrible crimes, can sit on death row for years,before sentence is carried out. Appeal after appeal can go on for a very long time. If you do the crime, you should not expect a tap on the wrist. I do indeed believe in capital punishment.

Answer 7

i am against the capitol punishment . no human being has the right to kill another person , however the worse the crime may be . But the person cannot be let free or pardoned for the henous crimes they commit . for this we have to make the judicial system such dat the person has to be given the proper education and mental treatement to reform . The laws should be made stringent

Answer 8

I don't know it depends on the gravity of the crime if you are serial killer, child molester , rapist or committed a hate crime you should be put to death but i wouldn't want to be the one applying the punishment because one of the tenth commandments is not to judge thy neighbors .How can a sinful human judge another ?
But i guess since the judges and jury deciding that person's faith will be the ones facing their own demons at the end of time I'm for it some scums don't deserve to live

Answer 9

ok...Capitol is the construction and that i will assure I extremely have in no way supported punishing a construction.... the death Penalty (CapitAl Punishment) is in essence society finding out that for the period of guy's rules (what we live by utilising there brainiac) have desperate that a guy or woman is so heinous that to allow them to proceed to stay might in effortless terms enable them to further injury society or their very own soul. that's then desperate in guy's Courts that we as a society have the final to get rid of this guy or woman from the planet. See Junior on your Oh so specific international of Daddy's funds and Mommy's kisses you won't know that rules are created to maintain society orderly. there's a duty each and each citizen accepts to hitch the society. in the event that they wreck specific rules then they teach that they are unwilling to stay in the societal Norms.... substantial or heinous (that's extremely undesirable and not the ingredient you enable tommy faucet in the bathe) crimes for which a guy or woman ought to get Justice (which ability what they deserve) and could lose the main mandatory of all rights and that's the final to existence.

Answer 10

I don't think that falling asleep and never waking up is punishment enough for someone who say, murdered and molested a child. These people should be left alone with the familty of the child for ten minutes and whatever happens happens. Then electric chair them.