Do you favor 1) the Death Penalty and 2) Corporal Punishment of children?

Question

Please answer BOTH questions and give your reasoning on each. I'm curious as to opinion's on each.

Answer 1

Death Penalty - No, I do not believe that the government should be killing it's own citizens. Also - it is more expensive and more taxing on the legal system (more tax money spent) than putting someone in jail for life to work hard labor. The death penalty serve revenge, not justice and the judicial branch should only be concerned with justice. And the two should never be confused with each-other.

Corporal Punishment of children - Yes, providing it is not cruel. Because then it becomes abuse. Once again, the government has no place to legislate morality and how you teach your children.

Answer 2

Yes, I do favor the death penalty. It IS a deterrant. The convicted offender that is put to death will never offend again. I don't know if it deters anyone else from committing a similar crime, but for certain the offender won't ever commit the crime again.

2. Corporal punishment just means physical punishment. I am not adamantly opposed to corporal punishment of children, but I would argue that it should only be used as a last resort. In general, other means of disciplining a child and often times spanking and hitting a child is merely an adult temper tantrum.

Answer 3

1) The death penalty should be reserved only for premeditated murder. Taking a person's life is a serious thing, and we should only impose death on someone who very purposely takes another's life.

2) When a child is young, he or she does not respond to reason. A slap on the wrist or even one swat on the bottom is not unreasonable, especially if it concerns something that could seriously hurt the child (staying out of the street, trying to reach the burners on a stove, etc). Not beating, not slapping the face, not punching and not trying to hurt the child. A slap on the wrist or ONE swat on the bottom does establish that the child has done something SERIOUS. If it's not serious, then no, no corporal punishment

Answer 4

1. I believe in the death penalty for serious crimes, ie., first degree murder, serial murder, mass murder, serial rape. Some sort of example needs to be made, and besides, do we really want such people to have a chance of escaping prison?

2. I agree with corporal punishment when used rarely and for severe discipline problems. There is a difference between "childish acts" and "rebellious acts." Leaving toys in the yard, spilling milk, etc., are childish acts. For those, use a practical discipline that fits the crime. For spilled milk, you might hand them a damp towel and ask them to wipe up the mess. For toys broken through negligence, don't immediately replace them. Maybe give them a job to do to earn replacement of the broken items.

Rebellious acts are the ones that deserve stronger punishment. If you flip off a parent/teacher, curse them, spit on them, and or attack them, that is asking for corporal punishment.

Answer 5

Yes. Quite frankly, some people just don't deserve to live.
Yes. It should only be administered by parents or legal guardians, BUT it is extremely effective. I grew up with a bunch of "no spanking" kids, and they're all scum of the earth these days (most in prison for things like murder). Those of us that got whacked once in a while for being stupid and obtuse, well we live productive lives.

Answer 6

death penalty - no NO NO!!!! human life is much to precious a gift to take from other people. Killing for vengeance is never correct. Another argument, that my uncle, an attorney and university professor uses, it's not a technical legal argument, which he also uses,... when we kill a person we take away their life on earth. Each soul has the chance to go to heaven, if they want to. People who are in trouble enough with human law to be condemned to death are also at high risk of being in trouble with God for their next life. Taking away the prisoner's time to reflect on his actions and possibly ask for Divine forgiveness robs that person of the opportunity of heaven.
Teaching little kids that violence is wrong by hitting them???? What kind of double message is that? It says don't hit another unless you are a lot bigger than the other.

Answer 7

I favor the death penalty for the most extreme cases such as murders(not voluntary homicide etc.). And it depends on what the child did and the child's backround, but not usually.

Answer 8

no I do not favor the death penalty - many supposedly guilty are not, it is not man's place to kill another man; no I do not support corporal punishment for children - children behave better when using a carrot than they do when using a stick

Answer 9

1) no.

2) no.

Both are barbaric and disgusting.

Neither does any good.