Is the death penalty right? But also is giving a person a extreme number of years?

Question

also why do ppl watch executions?
also since most ppl come from poor locations is there anyway to help combat this

life or 60+ years which is more depressing
the thing i want to combat is the number of poor ppl in jail there must be a way to decrease the number of crimes committed although idk how and public attorneys are almost pointless to some ppl i thinknthere needs to be more of an effort by these ppl some times

Answer 1

The question of moral right or wrong which should be up to each individual based on his/her faith and ethical beliefs. However, 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 proof that they were wrongfully convicted. 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.

Answer 2

The death penalty being "right" depends on the culture. In biblical times, people were stoned on the spot for transgressions. In Roman times, people were crucified without much thought. In Salem, Massachussetts, they were burning "witches" at the stake.

However, in our day, things are more hazy because we believe that we are a people of REASON, and that many people can be changed for the better. However, this conflicts with our more primal, instinctual nature for survival. The need for justice/revenge is strong when a family loses someone due to murder, kidnapping, etc., so usually those feelings go out the window.

Giving somebody life in prison is a way not only to remove the person from society, but also to satisfy the family that has been wrong.

Everybody needs to have a wrong against them redressed in some way, I don't care who they are.

Example: ATurkish man tried to kill Pope John Paul II when he first came into office. The Pope, being a good Catholic, forgave the man, and even visited him for 20 minutes in prison. However, do you think the Pope would have visited the man if he had been sitting free in an apartment somewhere?

Why do people watch executions? Because people have a natural morbid fascination with things they don't see often, or ever. That's people are willing to pay to see an execution. They may not ever want to see another one, but they can at least say that they saw ONE. Also, seeing somebody being executed would reenforce the notion that we are good, decent citizens and the reason we are not being burned at the stake is because we follow the rules.

To answer the final part of your question: why does it seem that poor are always being the people executed? Well, it has a two-part answer: economics and education. Economics, because poor people obviously have more trouble coming about money. Education because many poor people don't teach their kids right from wrong. You put these two together and what do you get--

A guy who just got life in prison without the possibility of parole because he shot two people in a botched armed robbery at a 7-11 because he had no money.

Answer 3

Death penalty is right. If criminals know they won't die for commiting violent murderous crimes, they will do it. I do believe that states who have the death penalty, criminals know this. So when they are commiting the crime, in the back of the messed up mind they know how far to take it to avoid the death penalty.

People watch executions the same reason people slow down and look at traffic accidents. The human brain has a twisted side that needs to see the worst in life. Just like we need to see the best.

Every "poor location" in America has the resources and areas where a poor child or individual can suceed. If your dirt poor more then likely you can get to college for free. But the problem is the "poor" want the money fast. And gangs, drugs, theft is quicker and easier then studying and spending years in school.

Jail is a must. I don't want societies worst individuals around me. Put them in jail so they can be surrounded by sick twisted individuals like themselves. Not around people who are law abiding hard working folks.

Answer 4

Is the death penalty "right"? Well, I reckon it all depends on who you ask. Some people are all for it, some people are against it.

Giving a murder or rapist or pedophile 100 years in prison is very appropriate, I think. Because most of them will never change. When they get out of prison, they'll go right back to doing the same ol' thing.

People watch executions, because they are the family members of the victim and they want to see justice done.

Yes, I'm sure there are more poor people/black people in prisons because of lack of education, but that still does not give them a right to kill or rape. Nobody deserves the right to hurt someone else just because they are poor or uneducated.

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Answer 5

It costs a lot more to keep them locked up for years , so I believe in the death penalty . And also there is no possible way that they can kill again. If they are just locked up , then there is always possiblity for escape. Max prison is hard to get out of , but not impossible . I don't understand where any sympathy for these killers comes from . They have a much more humane death than how they killed thier victims .If anything we should increase the amount and speed up the process.

Answer 6

I am a Warden in a max security prison. We have 84 death row inmates. The way the death penalty is done in the states...it is not right. I have inmates dying of old age before they are executed. I have some that have been on death row for over 30 years...whats the point? Most people who watch executions do it for a reason...job (media and prison staff) or victims who want to finally end this.

Answer 7

I do not approve it.Did you know that death penalty coast's more than life imprisonment.There have been hundreds of studies done concerning the cost of the death penalty - and not one of them proves that the death sentence saves money. In a study done in North Carolina, the death penalty costs them $2.16 million more than a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. In Texas, the death penalty costs around $2.3 million, nearly three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a maximum security jail for forty years. Yet Texas still has one of the highest murder rates in the country. Where does all this money come from?The death penalty is causing government officials to lose jobs, and most importantly, police to be removed from the streets. How can we stop crime if we do not have more police in the area? New Jersey had to dismiss 500 police officers to pay for death penalty costs, yet politicians are still praising the death penalty as a great way to fight crime. The numbers just don't add up. The death penalty is in fact making America a more unsafe place to live, because funds are going to the death penalty instead of more needed crime-fighting strategies.Smaller counties in states across the U.S. are becoming near bankrupt because of death penalty cases. In a study done in Arizona, the death penalty was found to be arbitrary based on where the crime was committed. If someone commits a murder in a small county, the chance for a death sentence is much smaller than if the murder was committed in a large one, frankly because small counties lack the funding for large capital cases. In Louisiana, death penalty cases are being postponed because of lack of funding to pay attourneys. The public attourneys who have to defend the accused are not being paid, sometimes even missing a year's salary because of the death penalty. This causes poor representation and an unfair trial for criminals being tried for death - a combination which could lead to mistakes and possibly innocence on death row. You'd think that in capital cases, the trial would be the most fair and represented, but this is not the case with poor people who can't afford attourneys. These criminals get assigned underpaid, overworked public attourneys, who because of this, may not represent the accused to the best of their ability.In California, the death penalty costs $90 million annually over what would cost for an ordinary murder trial. $78 million of that money is spent on the trial level alone, proving that the majority of death penalty costs come from the trial level - not the appeals process like everyone thinks.

Answer 8

Giving people "an extreme number of years" so that they die in prison is a greater punishment than the death penalty I believe. I hate how "life" in England is only twenty years- life should mean life. The government is reluctant to make people rot in prison as it is expensive and they take up space however.
The morality of the death penalty depends on each situation. If there is and absolute psycho who will never reform and only use valuable resources to detain, then it can be seen as acceptable.

Answer 9

I dont think the death penalty is right, i personaly belive that no one should take anyones life,

say some guy kill some one, of course the family will be more than upset and that man should be punished but not killed.

"AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND EVERYONE GOES BLIND" i've always worderd if the people that work in the execution room go to hell for taking someones life i understad its there job but taking a life is taking a life. Its not much different then back in the days when people were lynched for commiting a crime.

the thing is you cant kill some one because they kill someone and now you killed some one, and it goes on.

should they rot in prison? yes, by natural causes

Answer 10

the death penalty is not right, noone has the right to take another persons life. However, a sick person who commits a serious crime such as murder/rape/abuse etc does deserve extreme penalties such as long life sentences. I am sick of criminals being let off lightly so that they can commit again.

However, having said that, each case is individual and I also think it is a shame that some people are imprisoned for pety crimes in which they really need help, not punishment.