Time after time, vicious criminals are paroled only to pick up right where they left off. I can't think of one good reason to preserve the life of a paedophile or a murderer or a rapist or any violent offender for that matter. Why show mercy to those who have no intention of ever showing mercy to others?
2007-10-17 01:05:36 · 6 answers · asked by MaxPower 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You're right. We now know that paedophiles do not believe that they are doing anything wrong, so they don't stop. If someone has committed pre-meditated murder, or any planned violent attack, it seems absolutely crazy to let them go after a certain amount of time just because someone chose this amount of time for them. The judges can't know that these people will be 'cured' after 10, 20 years, whatever. They've been kept apart from what they wanted to do, so as soon as they are free, it seems obvious to me that they will do it again.
These are the ones who know what they are doing, btw, who planned their attacks and are not mentally sick. Though I believe those who are mentally sick and pose danger if they forget tablets should not ever be let out either.
2007-10-17 01:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by Acai 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Here is a slightly different perspective. I leave it to others to write about the moral issues. You don't have to condone brutal crimes or want the criminals who commit them to avoid a harsh punishment to ask whether the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime and whether it risks killing 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.
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.
2007-10-17 09:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cruel and unusual punishment.Damn that.How much consideration did this criminal have for their victum.
Halt an exicution because it is cruel and may hurt the con!What the heyyell!! did this creep think what it did to the person or faminly of this person.
No but they don't want to die so it is cruel,I say tuff,you did the crime therefore yaou receive the punishment.
2007-10-17 09:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
. . . because innocent people are executed!!! In fact, if only one innocent person is executed, then capital punishment is unjustifiable.
2007-10-17 08:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by Monk 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
TOO many liberals is why. They would rather we hug the evil people and hope they change.
2007-10-17 08:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by indyskinsfan 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
because some people are idiots
2007-10-17 08:11:29 · answer #6 · answered by epipig 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋