For or against death penalty. 10 points for the best help. Thank you?

Question

I am conducting a research about public opinion on dealth penalty based on race and socieconomic status.


Are supporting dealth penalty?

What is your race? White, Black, Asian, etc?
What is your occupation?

Thank you very much for your kindness.

Answer 1

Since I think it is reasonable to say that most intentional homicides, do not involve a thought process of, gee, if I get caught for killing these ten people, will I get the death penalty, or just life in prison, the death penalty therefore has no ability to deter.

But, can we justify killing someone in order to save money, or to prevent their escape from prison to kill again? Since the statistical chances of escaping life sentencees committing another terrible crime is (I believe) actually smaller than the chances of their actually being innocent of the first one, the only reason would be to save money.

However, killing someone paradoxically costs much more than keeping them in prison for life because of the appeals process, which has (arguably) been proven important in the realization that we were going to kill someone that was actually innocent on more than one occasion.

However, even if we could reduce the cost without destroying the appeals process, there is the question of reduction:

Is it morally reasonable to reduce the entire life of a person to the single worst decision they made? If so, why are we all not judged based only on our worst decision?

I think we had better think of a better reason than money, deterrence, or absolute detainment before we kill people, because all these goals seem to be better served by not killing anyone.

Perhaps cultural reformation is a more productive goal than perfection of punishment for those victims of our collective inability (we must all take some responsibility for the actions of those who we influence by our own choices) to do said reformation.

Answer 2

Here's the deal. There are those people who say that if you believe murder is wrong then to punish murder with "murder" is wrong and contradictory.
What these people have failure to distinguish is the difference between law and morals, legality and morality. They are not the same and thus cannot be treated the same. As a result, if you think that it is morally wrong to kill, then yes it would be contradictory to punish murder with murder. On the other hand, if there is a law forbidding murder, then there is no contradiction to give the death penalty as a consequence to murder.

Think of the laws of nature. There are actions and reactions, cause and effect. If something happens the laws dictate what will happen in response. Similarly, human laws dictates what actions will follow in response to other actions. In the case of murder, that action is met with the death penalty. Is that wrong? It's not right or wrong, it's just a reaction. We don't blame the laws of gravity when a man falls and dies.

I think you get my point...there's a diffence between legalities and moralities.

I'm Half puerto rican, half colombian. Born in the Connecticut, USA. I work as a nurse. I make $60-75k a year.

I'm for the death penalty in one respect and against it in another sense. Due to what i think of things, it's hard for me to decide.

Answer 3

i am very mush against the death penalty. i think it is very wrong to kill some one for making a mistake. everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect... that is part of being human. just like the death penalty i beleive that abortion and youthanacia is wrong.. i am white. i do not have an occupation becuz i cant i am to young.. witch make me a student... but i want to be a doctor ... a maternity nurse so that i can help begin new lives not end them... i am a girl.

Answer 4

To an extent, I am against death penalty, especially if the criminal has only committed the crime ONCE. Killing these people just like that won't encourage them to learn - they have no opportunity to reflect on what they have done wrong to improve themselves as humans.

Death penalty should only be imposed on repetitive crime doers, because it is very likely that these people will repeat the same crime again.

I am Japanese, and still a high school student.

Answer 5

I am against the death penalty. I think it's disgusting that people think they can just take people's lives away from them. I understand the logic that if they killed someone they should die themselves, but the "eye for an eye" way of living is a bit outdated. Our society has come too far to justify killing any one by law. I've heard that some states are considering killing some sexual predators as well as murderers, which is even worse.
The way we do it now is considered the most humane, but that just means it's easy to watch, it's supposed to be extremely horrible for the person actually dying.

I'm African American. I'm a preschool gymnastics teacher but I say my occupation is student on most things that ask. Most of my money comes from my parents. They both have doctorate degrees and jobs relative to them.

Answer 6

-No. 1) There is a possibility that the person being sent to be executed had no crime and the police got mixed up. (wrong innocence) 2) Do you want to be executed if you did something wrong? I'm sure I don't.
-Yes. 1) People that don't commit crimes aren't afraid of the death penalty because they will never have to go though it since they are sure they won't do anything bad. 2) If your parents were killed by some random guy today, don't you want them to die too? 3) If someone kills someone, that person should deserve the consequences.
-Race: Asian
-Occupation: Student
Hope this helps.

Answer 7

This is a difficult question because while I don't like the fact the the government is executing people, every once an awhile you here about these rapist, serial killers, child molesters/torturers that really deserve it. They are a threat to society and quite frankly, I don't believe we should be wasting tax payers money on them during life sentences, but that's just my opinion.

Answer 8

I am against the death penalty. I have seen too many stories about people on death row who were found to be innocent because of new evidence that came up. I would rather see 100 guilty people get life sentences instead of the death penalty, than to see one innocent person be put to death because of an error. I am white. I am an office manager.

Answer 9

I support the death penalty.

I am white. I work for the Post Office as a Letter Carrier.

Answer 10

First of all, I am completely against the Death Penalty unless it is under extreme circumstances.

I am caucasian, and I am actually only 13.

But in my opinion, it is completely WRONG to kill someone unless what they did is entirely unacceptable, such as raping then killing a small child. Or if a terrorist or another un-needed killer is put in jail and using up OUR tax money if he is put under a life-sentence and never getting out.

In any other case, such as killing another human their age, why should we kill someone who killed someone else to show that killing is wrong?

It is all one big cycle that makes no sense, especially if it is something unworthy of the death penalty.

I have done research on the subject multiple times and it just seems completely wrong on so many levels, unless there is a 100% relevant reason for doing it.

Good look in your research and I hope you get the information you need!