i think the death penalty is wrong what about you?

Question

who is with me on this one i was reading last words from the people who got executed and i was thinking 2 myself this is some bull theses are people not bugs that you can kill with no regard i know what alot of people have done was wrong but killing a human for killing another human doesn't make any sense if the government has the right 2 kill people than how is it wrong for people 2 kill other people killing is wrong no matter who is doing it but I'm thinking if we are in a free country and we have laws that say no killing that goes for everyone even the government my main question is after they executed a person what happens 2 them if they killed a person and you killed them shouldn't you die

Answer 1

Since answers are mistaken about deterrence and a couple of answers use slogans instead of facts, I am including sources, below.

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. In the last few years the public discussion has been focused on how the death penalty is actually implemented, rather than on moral questions.

Risks of executing 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

Kill the bastards - FAST.
1. Why would I want to share the planet with someone who's going to kill my kid
2. What stops a person from acting out if there is no ultimate deterent like losing ones life (you gotta give me the point here there are fools who LIKE prison life vs. freedom)
3. The Government has the right to end a murderers life BECAUSE it's we the people who've given them our blessing to do so.
4. Law abiding people who want their family to live a safe and happy life have every right to do so without fear due to *some* idiots opinion that a killer should be kept alive scheming his escape from prison.... to murder.... don't think it happens? Research!
5. Why the hell do you care? You a murderer who is trying to justify in your own head how come you shouldn't be put to sleep?
6. Killing people is NOT wrong. Do a little history reading and see what would have become of you and I had the Japanese Imperialists, or the Hitler Nazzi's hadn't been killed in war.
7. If you are a "human" capable of causing harm and grief and death to a real human you are an animal and not fit to share the air we humans breath and do all of society a favor by ceasing to exist.
8. There is no "I found God' or "rehab" for killers and if you think so you're a sucker.
9. I cannot fathom how there are not more vigilanty executions when you consider people running around who've got away with murder... you know who they are. I've never killed anyone but would certainly have a clear concience doing so myself if I could get away with giving the eye for and eye to some F***ers out there.
10. This is just all ranting in my ever so humble opinion. Stay within the law peeps!

Answer 3

I used to think this way too. Ethically, if no one in society can kill, then the Gov should not have that right either. But now I have changed my mind.

The cost of keeping someone on death row is indeed more expensive to the taxpayers, then locking them up and throwing away the key. However, stats have shown that in the states that have the death penalty, it has deterred crime, especially by gangs. Not enough, but it has. Also, some of these heinous monsters, like Jeffery Damher, I think, deserves to die.

There was a case where a psycopath who tortured and raped a girl, then cut off her arms, leaving her to die, ( she didn't) got off on attempted murder. He got parole, and did it again, murdered 2 women. I think the laws should be stringent about this kind of thing. Yes, death penalty.

Another alternative would be to give life without parole, no protection for these monsters in prison ( as they will be killed by the inmates), let them out in the general population, and in a matter of hours, they will be killed. No Gov is going to allow that, as it is a crime for prisoners to kill. Although they do it anyway. ( they got to Dahmer's cell and killed him.

As long as the sentencing laws are not one and the same for those found guilty of murder, yes, I think the death penalty should apply.

Answer 4

The biggest reason we have the death penalty, is to show other people that if you commit certain crimes against humanity, that you will have to pay a great price. it does not do a lot to the one being executed, but the one out there thinking about doing the next crime will think twice about it if he thinks he could get the chair for doing it. If there is no punishment, some people would do what ever they wanted.

Answer 5

I agree with you but only on the grounds that innocent people are executed quite often. There is no crime worse than executing an innocent person. Today, DNA evidence have freed many innocent people who are on death row or in prison for life who would have been executed in the past.

Answer 6

I think they should bring back "an eye for an eye"
However you kill someone or hurt someone...the exact same punishment is what you should be subject to.
I think people may think before they act if this was the law.
Another view I have about the death penalty....is if the person has been found guilty of first degree murder....then I think it should be the choice of the victim's family who should decide if they want that person to be put to death or life in prison. That way, the family can live with the decision made.

Answer 7

Its a pretty final solution and it you make a mistake you cant fix it. However it still is a legal option but needs to be enacted more swiftly. There is no reason that a person spends years waiting for their execution. My biggest question has always been how someone could be pro life and pro death penalty and they can quote scripture to support both positions.

Answer 8

i'm a corrections officer. I trust no one. we inventory prisoners that have murdered human beings and are a possibility to society (they do get away) and to the guards that supervise them. Housing somebody that has no possibility of freedom is a waste of money that should pass to coaching toddlers in colleges. The dying penalty serves of all.

Answer 9

I think the death penalty should be used for extreme cases, and should be quicker.

For example, it should be applied to serial killers, serial rapists, and to serial child molesters.

For these extreme cases, it should be quick justice, instead of supporting these convicted felons for ages. They should be executed within a year of conviction, without a chance for parole or bail.

Answer 10

Im for and against the death penalty n Ill tell you how,instead of giving them a humane and painless death I say let the family of the victims decide(and carry out)their demise.