Do you believe in the death penalty?

Question

I only support it in 2 instances. When children are murdered by adults and when victims are terrorized, tortorured before they die.

Every other case I say lock them up for life. And also, I understand appeals, but executing somebody in this country takes waaaaay to long, even after every appeal has been made.

Answer 1

My ex has been on San Quetin's death row since 1986. I'm not saying that what he did does not deserve harsh punishment - it does. But, taking into consideration all factors that weren't presented at his trial, I am sure the outcome would have been different (i.e., life without). He is still in the appeals process after 20 years.

Do I believe in the death penalty? Yes. Child rapists an murderers, mass murders, serial killers...and Lord have mercy on the person who murders somebody I love.

Answer 2

Execution does take a lot of time and money. I feel though that the death penalty is necessary just in order to maintain the seriousness of crimes. One can adapt to life in prison, I don't care what most people say, the prospect of death is still almost always more terrifying than living the rest of your life behind bars. I agree that there should be certain circumstances which merit the death penalty more than others, but when you start making exclusions and qualifications, circumstances unthought of make things that much harder. You end up in an entanglement of red tape. That's the same place we are right now in the liberation of American morals. People without a definite moral background (a standard, if you will), have no boundaries with which to request freedoms. That is why things such as the legal definition of marriage were never spelled out, they were assumed. Now it seems as though it may only be a matter of time until other requests are made which people feel they are "entitled" to. Beastality, incest, pedophilism could eventually come because people will feel that their rights to these things are being impeded on when they are denied them. I don't dislike homosexuals. But understand, without a definite moral standard (which our forefathers agreed would be the principles set forth in the Christian Bible - not exclusively Christian principles, mind you; other religions believe wholeheartedly in the moral principles, just not the doctrines) then it is difficult to determine what is indeed a right and what is, in fact, wrong.

Answer 3

I would believe in it if it was carried out within a year. And only if DNA evidence confirms the guilt of the accused. The long appeals process is unnecessary...you are guilty. As it is now the death penalty is more expensive per inmate than if they were put in prison for life. This is because of the long waits on death row due to endless appeals and other BS.

Answer 4

specific that is Biblical. The demise penalty became into wide-unfold as a human judicial regulation by using the God Yahweh Himself and is one in all His Mosaic rules which lots of those rules have been judicial rules for a united states of america to run that is government by using. that is objective became into to the two do away with the regulation breaking man or woman from society and scare something of the human beings into controlling their movements in the different case the comparable could take place to them. Yahweh Himself is being quoted in the Bible speaking and training this demise penalty regulation to Moses after the Israelites exodus from being slaves of Egypt. The demise penalty became into and nevertheless is seen a justified killing of a convicted criminal and not an act of homicide in the eyes of our God.

Answer 5

Do I BELIEVE in the death penalty? Yes. Has our ridiculous system made it an incredibly lengthy, and expensive process to get through? Yes. In principle, yes, serial killers deserve to die. Do their narcissistic, un-remorseful assess end up sitting on death row enjoying private cells and three meals a day for a decade or better, sucking up media attention...costing the taxpayers money that could be spent keeping people who deserve to live alive? Yes.

Answer 6

YES. why should we pay to house someone in prison after killing someone else. I'm talking about point blank murder I think they should receive the death penalty. This country is to soft on violent crimes and it's just getting worse. Why should someone that doesn't care about taking a life deserve one. What about the victims and their families. We need tougher laws on crime not just murder but all violent crime.

Answer 7

I support the death penalty for child abuse and most other forms of abuse, rape, vicious murder etc.

Some of these cases can be solved without leading to death though but for serious repeat offenders they should be put to death and the victims should get a choice if they want to watch the jerks die.

Answer 8

Unless the person has repeatedly affirmed his guilt, then absolutely not. I'm am opposed to the death penalty, because of the "Human Error Factor". With the use of DNA testing, quite a few inmates of varying types of crime, have been found innocent. I cannot imagine a more horrific crime, than to send an innocent person to their death.

Answer 9

I believe in it. It may take forever, but you have to allow the person to appeal and plead there case. Imagine if we executed them immediately... we would have executed the 200 or so people they removed from death row due to DNA.

The system has faults, but it works.

Answer 10

Viewed from the standpoint of society in general, a sentence of life without parole seems pointless, and certainly not worth the expense.