reasons why there shouldn't be a death penalty?

Answer 1

There have been so many cases in which an innocent person has been wrongly convicted for murder and put to death. Even more so if said victim actually faked his/her death and disappeared, only to come back into the picture when it's all said and done (like I saw on one episode of "One Life to Live.")

Also, when a black man is convicted of killing a white person, there are people who like to play the "race card" and have the black suspect put to death just to put other blacks in their place, or scare them out of the community to make it more 'lily white." Attitudes like this DISGUST me to no bloody end.

In order for the death penalty to be just, we need to have a justice system that is 100% infallable and unprejudiced. That means hiring cops and district attorneys who are not power-hungry and obsessed with authority, who don't have a "sixth sense," so to speak, and who actually work their jobs for the sole purpose of helping society and giving back to it, not proving some things to other people - as well as get those who meet such criteria to change their attitudes, or strip them of their reputations altogether if we can't.

Answer 2

I oppose the death penalty because it is not an effective way of preventing or reducing crime. You have received several very good answers. Here is a list of facts about the practical aspects of the death penalty system, with sources listed below.

The death penalty risks executing innocent people (124 already exonerated).

DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides. It is not a guarantee against the execution of innocent people. (note to dammitdrag)

No reputable study has shown the death penalty to be a deterrent. In fact, homicide rates are higher in states with the death penalty. To deter others a punishment must be sure ans swift. The death penalty is neither.

Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift. Like the death penalty it incapacitates criminals (keeps them from reoffending.)

The death penalty can be very hard on families of murder victims. Many murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn- out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

The death penalty costs much more than life in prison because of the complicated and lengthy legal process.

Among the 124 innocent people sentenced to death, over 50 had already served well over a decade. Speeding up the process will guarantee the execution of an innocent person

The death penalty does not apply to the worst of the worst. It applies to defendants with the worst lawyers.

48% of Americans prefer life without parole and 47% prefer the death penalty. We are learning. Eye for an eye judgments may sound good but they do not make sense.

Answer 3

1. Its cheaper to house an inmate for life then it is to pay for the lenghty appeal process involved with the death penalty.
2. Killing someone does not bring back their victims.
3. Deterrance-What sounds worse to you? Spending time in an isolated part of the prison (only as long as you choose to appeal) and then dying painlessly. Or spending the rest of your natural life in general population, dealing with anal rape and shankings? Life in prison sounds a lot scarier than the death penalty to me.
4. What the person above me said about executing innocents.

Answer 4

The Death Penalty is wrong because there a 99% chance that at some point, an innocent person is going to wrongfully die.

Answer 5

With all the appeal processes and the advent of D.N.A. Testing there is a relatively small chance that an innocent person could be wrongly convicted.
The death penalty is a good thing if for nothing more than it insure that the person executed will be removed from society.

Answer 6

Man should not kill man under any situation period.

Who are we to take another persons life?

As though we have no sin?

The death penalty is state terrorism and it is pure murder

It solves NOTHING

States with the death penalty have a higher crime rate FACT

I just dont think lady justice is blind. SHE SEES VERY CLEARLY

Answer 7

Because if someone is getting acused of somethimg bad like "killing a cop"
they will sentence a daeth penalty.
the people don't care until the person is dead that got acused
then the person that realy did it confesses and that person doen't get a death penalty.

Answer 8

Our justice system isn't perfect - and with the appeal process, it isn't final either - but death sure is.

I do believe, however, that in certain unique cases where the crime is horrendous and the criminal is absolutely and positively guilty (the crime is caught on tape or there are numerous witnesses) it sure beats supporting the dirt bag for the rest of his or her life.

Answer 9

eye for an eye is what i say. then put it on TV to show the other people what will happen if you kill.then make their mom or dad flip the switch for not raising them right everyone wins that way. that would be the perfect job riding the world of crazies

Answer 10

That really depends on what the person did.But no sin is worth taking a life.