Death penalty?

Question

I'm doing a project for Gov class, I would like you to tell me if you think the Death penalty should be allowed to be legal at all, and then give me your resons why.

Answer 1

Capital punishment is the ultimate penalty it should be reserved for those who are beyond redemption. The John Cooey case is a perfect example. Those who would rape, and murder children have no place in society not even a life in prison.

Answer 2

Here is a terrific resource on the death penalty for students writing essays or getting ready for debates-- http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=1917

In the meantime, 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 3

If the law states a certain crime is punishable by death then yes. If for instance someone takes a life, what right do they have of keeping their own?...Why should the taxpayer have to pay for their upkeep should their sentence be commuted to life in prison?...People in prison have better medical care than people on the outside who are homeless, or the elderly who can't afford insurance. Statistically, prisoners live longer than their counter-parts on the outside for the very reason they have better medical and are fed every day while some elderly eat dog food because it's cheaper. It cost thousands of dollars a year to house each inmate and they are given more rights than a lot of people on the outside...The death penalty is for the worst of crimes, the reason for it is not so much to punish the wrong-doer as to be an example for the next guy that wants to take a life or do some other horrific crime. The death penalty shouldn't be nice, give him a shot in the arm and let him 'fall asleep'...It should be painful and they should suffer. It should serve as a deterrent...Most people who commit murder probably have a death with anyway, they don't have the nerve to off themself so they'll take someone else's life...If they want to commit suicide, why not take someone else's life who you don't like, then, the law will give you a shot so you can 'fall asleep' peacefully...No, make it hurt so that others will think twice...

Answer 4

NO.
Capital punishment does nothing to frighten people from committing horrible crimes. Only good policing and the high (perceived) possibility of being caught do that, as every criminological study and the US history and present clearly show.

The justice system is not infallible. It has been shown time and again that innocent people were convicted of capital offenses. You can let people out of prison if their innocence is shown later, but you can't bring them back from the dead. That is actually my main argument.

Even if a person is guilty of e.g. murder, who is going to say they can't make a significant contribution to humanity in the future? This whole system of vengeance instead of a view to the public good is abhorrent to me, I think the old Irish got it right in the Brehon law, were it was important to make it up to the victim's family, more than being punished.
If human life is truly valued Nobody should be entitled to take it, not a single human, not the state.

Capital punishment in a society brutalizes and toughens the whole nation towards human suffering of any kind. Reporting about it seems to appeal to a grubby voyeurism which I personally find extremely disgusting.

Answer 5

Yes I do believe that the death penalty should be legal in all states as a matter of fact because we are wasting a lot of government money on a bunch of muderers that have done some really messed up things. That money could be spent on better things like education or rebuilding the towns that have been destroyed recently by those fires in the west.

Answer 6

I think it should be legal in all states!! To take a humans life is a serious thing! Plus as a Christian who believes in the Bible, God Himself, ordained it because man is made in His image and He is Holy!

However, I do think the justice system needs to be reformed and there must be absolute, concrete proof that proves the party sentenced to death really is guilty. If there is question then I think, it shouldn't be used. An innocent person shouldn't die for something they didn't do. Bottom line: LIFE IS PRECIOUS!!

Answer 7

i think it's a wrong thing
1- u can make a mistake and kill an innocent person
2- who can say this life or this life don't diserve a 2d chance and who wan play the role of god and kill another person
3- it's crual and barbare and savage... specially the manner u do that... at least in the last century in france it was more human... in the USA (i think the only country) the guy suffer a lot of time before dieing...

Answer 8

I am against any form of man killing man, I am really torn about the death penalty. I am from Texas and as you know we have an "Express Lane" for the death penalty. I think if the crime warrants the punishment, then so be it. Kill em!

Answer 9

yes for repeat ofenders, some RO's have made requests for the death penalty in britain. it solves loads of problems such as psycho paths...

on an unrelated note, did u know they actually swab the prisoners are with alchohol before the inject them....wtf for they have like 30 seconds to live anyway!!!!!

Answer 10

yes it should allowed.why should someone like charles manson be allowed to continue to walk around a free man in prison.when he took lives.or the hill side strangler.or any other mass murderer for that fact.if you take a life just because you enjoy doing it for fun.then you should have your life taken as well.why should they be allowed to live off the system.some of them have been let out of prison just to murder all over again.it;s like a bad animal.you kill it before it hurts someone.in order to protect others.