Do you believe in capital punishment and if so, with which means (I would bring back drowning myself)?

Question

Sorry if I'm sounding like an extremist!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Punishment

Thank you to those with the courage to respond.

Answer 1

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

i do no longer.... reason being: States tell human beings they are able to't kill..... yet however the states turn around and kill via capital punishment.. it quite is being hypocritical.. additionally, in a "functioning, democratic society" how do we positioned human beings on loss of existence row, as quickly as all of us comprehend in some unspecified time sooner or later an harmless person is going to be accomplished??? Now granted that doesn't ensue usually, yet my counseled wager is that its has befell. The criminal Justice device isn't and not in any respect would be acceptable...... i do no longer think of it is ideal for individuals to homicide different human beings yet unfortuately it happens even though the justification may be. My ultimate chum became murdered and that i nevertheless don't have self assurance in capital punishment- somebody else loss of existence won't carry my chum lower back. there is not any justice while somebody is murdered. existence in penal complex is extra maximum economical besides... loss of existence sentence appeals take a minimum of 7-8 years (or longer reckoning on the state) to get via the courts. by utilising the time tax payers pay for court docket costs, faxes, lawyer costs, paralegals, etc, its a lot extra maximum economical to enable killers rot in a cellular.....

Answer 3

I don't.

Not, I am quick to note, for any moral reasons, but simply because we're having it so vividly proven in the last few years just HOW often the wrong person is convicted.

Go and look at the case stories on the "Innocence Project" website. That one organization alone has had 208 convictions overturned in just the last 8 years when DNA evidence PROVED that an innocent person was in prison for the crime.

Now remember - DNA is available for testing in only a TINY percentage of cases. How many innocent people are in prison for crimes they didn't commit in cases where there is no evidence to test for DNA ? Hundreds? Thousands?

Richard

Answer 4

I don't believe in capital punishment. I don't think the state should commit murder. How can the state condemn murder but at the same time justify it? It is a hypocracy.
I think a life in confinement, true confinement, not what our current prison system does, is worse than death. I would rather die than spend my life in a small cell with no one around but the cochroaches, so I think its a better punishment for even the worst crimes. If true confinement were what our prisons were practicing, capital punishment might be seen as more humane.

Answer 5

if someone killed my relative/ friend, then an eye for an eye. the problem i have is when innocent, poorly represented people get put to death. if you are going to have it get it over with, and save the taxpayers money. it is ironic that out of all the civilized countries we put to death more people than any other. kinda makes us look like hypocrites in the eyes of the world. firing squad with the victims family taking part.

Answer 6

Start researching serial killers. Especially the Van rapists of LA.

You will believe in capital punishment and not give a damn about how it's carried out.

I personally would bring back firing squads.

Answer 7

No. But not because of the whole killing people thing. It's just that the system is flawed -- who is given the death penalty, the type of evidence used, etc. But if the system were fixed, I'd totally go for it.

Answer 8

yes i believe in capitol punishment....i think if you intentionally kill someone or hurt them like rape or a child molester then you need to pay the price...why is that when a family moves to the mountains and a mountain lion kills a child then the mountain lion has to be killed...the lion doesn't know any better and it is for its own survival...yet a rapist and child molester get to live life in jail with meals medical attention and even get an education not to mention physical ed while i foot the tab??? animals that we experiment on should be left alone and be for the people on death row so they give back to society..lets experiment with them...

Answer 9

Yes, for serious offences. Prison only makes criminals worse and teaches them the tricks of the trade. Personally, I think something quick and painless would be the best alternative. Shutting down the brain, for instance - although i don't know how they'd do that.

Answer 10

I reckon bring back the stocks in the town square, public humiliation, would be a great way to recycle all those soggy veg in the bottom of the fridge