What are your views on the death penalty ? pros and cons .?

Question

just give me your opinion i would like to see different views

Answer 1

I oppose it. You don't have to condone brutal crimes or want the criminals who commit them avoid a harsh punishment to ask whether the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime and whether it risks killing innocent people.

Risks of executing innocent people-
124 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and isn’t a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that don’t.

We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

Death penalty costs. The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process. When the death penalty is a possible sentence, extra costs start mounting up before trial, continue through the uniquely complicated trial in death penalty cases (actually 2 separate stages, one to decide if the defendant is guilty and the second to choose the sentence, mandated by the Supreme Court), and appeals.

The death penalty doesn't apply to people with money. Its not reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. 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.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

Answer 2

I realise this is contrvertial and a bit mean but I think death is too quick and painless especially for mass murderers and prison is too little, especially if you ever get out.
Although I believe each case is unique and you have to look at everything before any sort of verdict is made.

Also by killing a person you are not just physically ending there life - you are mentally ending other peoples too. Like realatives and very close friends.

I have incredibly controversial views however and totally get why people disagree with me. I think humans are selfish ***** and the only way any country should feel the world is there buisness (I'm talking about people who say the worlds our business and would should save people in othere countries blah blah blah) is when talking about it naturally aka - Plants, animals and habitats

In countries where people are dying at the hands of other humans I don't think its our business I believe that any human who wants life can and will look after themselves.

Animals and plants are defenseless to human ways and we should protect them.


Oh sorry Guys I've kinda drfifted away from the point but I can't bear to delete this stuff so sorry.....

Answer 3

I think capital punishment is only appliceable in situations where the criminal can inflict danger on other people whilst still living.
There are many different views on the death penalty a.k.a. the capital punishment. The views can depend on religion, cultural practices, government law, etc.
I have just been studying that at school and completed an assignment on it.
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Answer 4

I am in favor of the death penalty in cases where one has killed another person out of hate or in the commission of a crime. I think we should be careful and allow the appeals process to work, that way a person can put up a defense. I do think that once they are convicted and then their appeals are over that they should be executed as fast as possible. I do not agree with this sitting around on death row crap. I think they should be taken and executed within a 2 month period of time. There is no reason to allow a person who has committed such cruel and horrific crimes to sit around for 1,2 or 5 years in prison and living off tax payer money. It would be far better to execute them and make room for more criminals with lesser offences to serve their time and get out. There are some people who are so cruel and evil that they can not live in society and in order to protect people from them they should be removed from society. I do not believe in life sentences without the possibility of parole. If a person has committed a crime so bad that they can never be released into society then get rid of them. I know that sounds cold, but it's the way I feel. Why should tax payer money be used to feed clothe and shelter these evil and mean people. Our jails and prisons are over crowded now. So lets make more room for people who have committed a less offensive crime so that they can serve their time and get out. We should not have to keep someone on death row for years after their appeals run out, they should be executed. I would even be in favor of having a special court of appeals that only hears death penalty cases. That way the amount of time waiting for an appeal is limited and will not take like 5 years. So I am for the death penalty, some people just can not live in society and in order to make it safe for the rest of us they must be removed from it.

Answer 5

Our entire system of justice is messed up in my opinion. Ethically i don't agree with the death penalty but I don't believe some people should be allowed back into society either. That leaves us with putting people in a cell for the rest of their lives and having the good people pay for it. Prison needs to be punishment again and get away from this rehabilitation garbage. The repeat offender percentage shows how in affective it is. We need a new Australia for rapists, killers, and child molesters. Stick them on an island where they have to fend for themselves. They cannot follow societies rules so take them out of society.

Answer 6

Anti Capital Punishment- We are still a society full of prejudice how can someone give a person of a different coo a fair trial. How many innocent people have been wrongfully executed, and how do you make it right, you can't give them their life back. Isn't that the same as why you are executing people in the first place because they took a life.


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Answer 7

The best "death penalty" is the one delivered by the victim just before or during a violent crime in which lethal force is justified in self-defense. We know we got the right guy, and we don't have to find him, put him on trial, pay for his incarceration, and listen to his whining for twenty years before we execute him. Your constitutional right to bear arms implies a constitutional right to protect yourself with them.

Answer 8

Pro death penalty. No executed killer has ever murdered again. It is 100% effective.

Answer 9

definitely for it let people who are against it have a loved one get murdered by some sicko and see if it doesn't change someones mind.

Answer 10

"If you kill somebody, we'll kill you back."

-Ron White

(I may have slightly reworded the quote unintentionally, it's been a while since I watched that particular piece)