2007-12-13 08:50:52 · 30 answers · asked by a bush family member 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Separate issues. However, many people who support the death penatly do so because of fears about killers being released into their communities. .
You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid a terrible punishment to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime, to think about the risks of executing innocent people and to ask about tough alternatives that keep killers off the streets.. Your question is much too important to settle on the basis of sound bites or without answers to these.
125 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 those 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.
Last of all, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is clear in its total opposition to both abortion and to the death penalty.
2007-12-14 00:49:24 · answer #1 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a dollar for how many times this question was asked, I'd be richer than Bill Gates. Any who, the same thing can be said/asked to those who are pro-life and support the death penalty. But, to answer your question, "how can people be pro-abortion and against the death penalty at the same time", EASY. I don't think ANYONE is pro-abortion, but pro-choice. People have different views and outlooks on life. Many people have different reasoning for their beliefs. For one, many people believe that a woman has a right to choose and believe that government should play no part in abortion matters.
2007-12-13 09:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Easy. Multiple murders get death penalty.
A child has no choice in the matter, even though they could grow up to do great things....
To all the people that are pro-choice: What if your parents had decided to have an abortion?
Again, easy.
You wouldn't be here to argue.
2007-12-13 09:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by College Kid. 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not "pro-abortion" (nobody wants to have an abortion), but pro-choice
And I'll tell you why:
abortions are legal only in the first trimester, meaning that fetus is not yet a human because it cannot survive without it's host.
A person facing a death penatly is already a human being, and being put to death is an easy punishment for them since it's an early dismissal out of an already miserable life; but their loved ones are the ones who are really paying the price.
I see many people did not understand your question.
2007-12-13 08:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by T Leeves 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
alot of people are for the death penalty and against abortion- takes all sorts.
2007-12-13 08:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by August M 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Simple. I'm not "pro-aborrtion". I am PRO-FREEDOM, which is why even though I disagree with abortion I believe it should remain legal.
The Death Penalty = No Repeat Offenders, which is why I support it.
2007-12-13 08:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well first off, the baby committed no crime against another human. The inmate had to perform murder to be indicted and sentenced to death.
EYE for an EYE!
Did you mean anti - abortion?
2007-12-13 09:01:06 · answer #7 · answered by Grape Stomper 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'd guess it'd be kinda like how people can be anti-choice and pro-death penalty and pro-war...
2007-12-13 08:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
We murder (see abort) because it is legal...We execute because it is lawfull....The freakish lie we tell ourselves is that a fetus is not a person...but a choice. To someone that fetus is a Loved one and we support the death penalty as a punishment to those who take a Loved one away from us. so we are killing on both ends for convenience...Separate issues...one answer....Kill...Kill...Kill. I think we kill because GOD told us not too...and we are precocious to authority.
2007-12-13 09:11:41 · answer #9 · answered by Raymond C 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because those that are pro-choice don't see abortion as taking a sentient human life.
2007-12-13 08:56:07 · answer #10 · answered by pip 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋