Do you support the death penalty?

Question

Its easy,

If you don't want to die, don't do the crime.

Anyone stupid enough not to realize this simple rule deserves their fate.

My opinion.

Could you tell that to someone who lost their child to a murderer "trouble maker"?

Their whole life shattered by this person and you would tell them it "wasn't the person who stabbed thems fault".

Look ME in the eyes and tell me that because I am one WHO HAS LOST!!!!!

Answer 1

As a retired law enforcement officer I do support it. It is called Capital Punishment. To the poster below that thinks it should be a deterrent. It is a punishment for a crime. We don't care if it doesn't deter anyone from killing. It deters that murder from killing again. It's intention is not and never was meant to be a deterrent.

Answer 2

I've supported the death penalty for many years. But I think a federal halt order needs to be put on death sentences until the laws that regard death penalty stipulations can be revamped for the enormous impact that DNA testing has had. I've been astounded at the number of people released from death row because it was found their DNA did not match the murderer. I can't even imagine how you feel if you've lost someone to murder, but I have a hard time imagining that those on death row who don't belong there are just acceptable losses to you either. Of course there are situations that do not need DNA to be proven 100%. Numerous credible witnesses, etc. But if DNA evidence is available at all it should be one of the criteria to sentence someone to death.

Answer 3

If its proven your guilty ..YES.. Also second offence for a violent crime I feel its a waste to spend so much on people that will never fit in after jail time < will you hire a sex ofender ? Robert Picton is on trial in BC charged with multiple murders of women. He is a pig farmer. Do you want to know what happened to the bodies? Some jails allow the inmates to have weekend visits With girl friends and wives condoms supplied

Answer 4

I am torn on this subject, I am a true crime buff, so I have read about some very horrendous crimes, and a part of me thinks we have an obligation to rid society of these animals, yet I could not be the one to flip the switch. Then there is always that innocent person who will die wrongfully, see, I talk my self right out of supporting the death penalty every time I debate myself.

Answer 5

The State is imperfect. If one innocent is executed then that makes the State a murderer. Who pays for that planned murder? There have been a great many folks acquitted by genetic evidence that had been convicted by EYE WITNESSES! Most folks distrust the government until it comes to this ....very odd. Also remember that Jesus was an innocent that was a executed by the State (one of the reasons that the catholic church is against the death penalty).

Until the State becomes perfect I don't want the blood of ONE innocent on my hands. We can do just like our other 1st world countries and have "life without parole".

Answer 6

What if people commit crimes because of a mental defect that can be corrected .
Suppose people are pre determined to commit crimes because of faulty chemical releases in their brains and are not responsible .
They are driven to do bad things even though they try not to .

We have shop- aholics , alcoholics and people who gamble uncontrollably . Married women who have affair after affair and when asked why they say they just felt they needed to .

So its possible some people commit crimes for reasons you can not comprehend .

Do we want to continue to jail people at a cost of $40,000.00 a year . DO we want to execute them ,or do we need to conduct more research on criminals to find the cause of this behavior .

Seems we could prevent bank robberies if only we gave people money who became desperate . 7 Years in prison and possibly some injured people or even deaths and 25- life at a cost of nearly 2,000,000 dollars sound rational to you .
Maybe we just give some money away . They have to be willing to fight 4 guys to get the cash and take a beating .

People jump into gangs this way for protection and safety from others .

Why not offer them freedom and independence by giving them 500,000 . If they survive the beating from the 4 guys .
The four guys get to split the money if they beat the guy to death and we could put it on television . This would pay for the entire cost and give people an option who are desperate

Answer 7

Depends on the situation. Does Scott Peterson Deserve it? yes he killed more than one person. Not only his wife, but his unborn son. I think killing more than one person deserves the death penalty automatically (with wait). Killing one person should be life, and of course you have those drunk drivers who end up killing someone. They don't deserve the death penalty. Like I said depends on the situation. I also believe in wait when they are on death row. These two guys were accused of murder and they didn't do it. They died for no reason. They found the real person afterwords. But people who do insane killings over and over deserve the death penalty no doubt.

Answer 8

It costs the United States far more money to handle all the legal appeals on death penalty cases than it would to keep the criminals behind bars for life.

Also, there are remarkable statistics about falsely convicted people who could have been put to death.

How does taking another life help?

Do you have any statistics in the United States that indiate that the death penalty reduces murder?

Personally, I find the death penalty barbaric and most countries in the world have banned it.

Answer 9

you may be overly simplistic to a point, but yes, I do support the death penalty. in doing so I know that that makes me have undue faith in the judicial system and to that I must say I have reservations. I do not believe that justice is always served but to that point I must go with the odds and say that for the most part its just. its hard to be in the wrong place at the right time and be totally innocent.

Answer 10

If anything should be understood about government, its that its imperfect. This includes the Justice system. Our Justice system as modern as it is, still makes mistakes and sometimes sentences the wrong people for the wrong crimes. Thats why I disagree with the use of Capital Punishment. It allows for the possibility of an innocent person being tried and executed. Now how just would that be? Imagine yourself in that position.