Why should it ever have to come down to the death penalty?

Question

Way too many people are innocently put to death even if just ONE person was wrongfully put to death that is one too many...

And why should the government be teaching people that if they want to try and get rid of a problem forever just kill it off because then it won't be able to give you any more problems?

Anyone who got angry in their reply should calm down a little bit I wasn't trying to offend I was trying to make friendly debate... chill out a bit.

Answer 1

Here is some specific info that supports what you state. I have listed specific sources for this.

The death penalty risks executing innocent people (123 already exonerated) and DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides. It is not a guarantee against the execution of innocent people.

Almost all the time, once a person is executed a case is closed and prosecutors and courts do not revisit the evidence. In the last year or so, however, there are four cases where there is significant evidence that an innocent person was executed.

1. Cameron Willingham- executed for setting a fire that led to the deaths of several people. The techniques of investigating fires in criminal cases have greatly advanced. They now show that the fire was an accident, not arson. Texas.

2. Carlos DeLuna- executed in Texas for a fatal stabbing. Sloppy police work, a failure to pursue a more likely suspect (who bragged of being the actual killer and about getting another man to pay for it.

3. Gary Graham. Texas. details available at Death Penalty Information Center

4. Calvin Griffiths. Missouri. details available at Death Penalty Information Center. The local district attorney has actually reopened an investigation into this case, because she has strong doubts about it.

48 states now have life without parole on the books. It means what it says and it is sure and swift (requirements for a punishment to serve as a deterrent. Like the death penalty it incapacitates criminals (prevents them from reoffending.) It costs much less than the death penalty.

48% of Americans prefer life without parole and 47% prefer the death penalty. Eye for an eye comments may sound good but more and more Americans are looking at the facts.

Answer 2

Sir, you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. No innocent person has ever been put to death by capital punishment. While some people that were on death row have, on appeal, had their sentence reduced to life and a few been found innocent and released, no one has ever proven that an innocent person was ever actually executed.

I also take issue with the idea that a innocent person may someday be executed. That is a risk that we should be willing to take. The alternative is people very much alive in prison with no chance of release and nothing to loose that already have a propensity of killing in the way that would qualify for the death penalty probably killing another innocent person such as a prison guard or another prisoner. Or if he should escape, even more innocent people.

Why do you accept these risks and not the ones you mention?


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Answer 3

If you are convicted of a crime and have went through your appeals process and nothing has been found to change your verdict, then you should be subject to the sentence given for that crime, even if it includes death. In my opinion we spend way too much money holding these convicted murderers on death row for years and years. If the appeals are done I personally think the death sentence needs to be performed within a month. As you the person have rights to a fast and speedy trial, we the citizens that pay taxes for your incarceration should have a right not to have to pay for you to milk your life away in a jail cell. You did it, your sentenced to die, the time has come.

Answer 4

Because some people don't deserve to live. The death penalty isn't a deterrent and it isn't a cure for the problem. The death penalty is a punishment. Why should murders, rapist and child molesters be allowed to live on this planet? Why should I continue to support slime like that with my tax dollars? Why are their lives worth so much more than the lives they stole?

Tell me!!! WHY ARE THE LIVES OF MURDERS AND RAPIST AND CHILD MOLESTERS WORTH MORE THAN THOSE THEY KILLED OR RAPED OR MOLESTED!!! TELL ME NOW!!

I don't understand people like you! You scream and yell about how it is inhumane to kill a person but you never stop to think about the lives that piece of trash destroyed! THEY ARE NOT BETTER THAN THEIR VICTIMS! THEY DESERVE TO DIE!!! THEY DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED FOR DESTROYING THE LIVES OF OTHERS!!!

Answer 5

I'm conservative, but I don't agree with the death penalty across the board. In cases like Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy, yes! But in some cases where there is no forensic evidence, then no, I don't agree with it.

Answer 6

when you have a dangerous dog.. like hmm a pit bull..

it needs to be put down..

If you don't believe that people can be no different than other animals... watch the HBO program.. "OZ"... it is about men who are "animals..." and many have done unspeakable horrors.......... and is time for a nap.. ala permanent one...

Answer 7

Some acts deserve it.