2007-10-09 17:14:10 · 11 answers · asked by till 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
no...the death penalty is no deterrent. Jail is no deterrent to people stealing or selling drugs is it? No one ever thinks they will be caught. Money spent on executions, appeals,new trials etc. is astronomical. Money could be better spent educating our children.
2007-10-10 00:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can a civilized society use a punishment of dubious value in preventing or reducing crime while risking the execution of innocent people. You don't have to condone brutal crimes or want the criminals who commit them to avoid a harsh punishment to ask how the system actually works.
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 deters others. 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.
The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.
The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. 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.
2007-10-10 11:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree.A death penalty doesn't auger well in a civilized society.However the moot point is,it's not for the civilized people but for those who aren't civilized humans, to the extent of being a perennial source of threat to a such a society.The only other way is to keep them locked up and try to reform them through medication and psychological treatment.If a society can bear that cost and take the risk of giving them one more chance,it should be resorted to.
2007-10-10 02:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i believe we can. there are just some things that have to be done whether we like it or not. the thing is when someone does bad crimes and you know they can't be rehabilatated then they must go but not taking 10 years they should have couple years and then gone. not 20 years either. we know when somone is in the jail and is not guilty. there are so many times we gotten the wrong ones out of life for nothing. so therefore the ones that deserve this especially serial killers should be done away with no one can really trust whether they will stop and we can;t keep someone locked for life there fore the best thing to do it put them out of their misery. sorry btu capital pushnishment is for me take care all.
2007-10-13 21:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tsunami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's not right to kill anyone for any reason. Because a criminal killed someone, why do we have the right to kill them off as well?
Our society focuses a lot on money, I don't understand why there's a lot for the death penalty, since it costs about 3 million dollars to execute one person.
2007-10-10 01:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Cindy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How does the death penalty indicate anything contrary to a civilised society? The difference here is we are putting to death, as one of many legal punishments, a criminal who broke the law and is getting the appropriate punishment. Think not of the actual act of putting one to death, but that it is a legal consequnce of a wrong doing. You have to put it in perspective.
2007-10-10 00:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by Lighthouse 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely Not!
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N7/ring.7c.html
2007-10-10 01:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by shasinc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes... Yes we can. The death penalty can be used to keep people civilized.
2007-10-10 00:19:58 · answer #8 · answered by scorch_22 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm...what is civilized? Every nation in the world is corrupt (yes, every nation/country)....there is something wrong with everyone....teh death penalty is an extremely forceful way of punishment for those who have committed unspeakable wrongs. i mean, if u ran society, would u have the death peanlty? what about those disguisting men who rape little girls and old women? what about the guys who murder children for the fun of it? do they deserve anything but death?
2007-10-10 00:27:08 · answer #9 · answered by tigerkween623 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
oh definitly. I think we should actually put people to death that are on death row instead of letting them sit on death row for years and years. What is the point of death row if your not actually put to death
2007-10-13 21:03:06 · answer #10 · answered by New B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋