do you think the deat penalty is an effect punishment for capital crimes.?

Question

ok i have a sociology project and i did a survey but i want more data

here are a few more questions:

-do you think the death penalty is moral?
-Do you think the death penalty should be used as punishment for a capital crime?
-Do you think that inocent people have been sentenced to the death penalty, and have some been executed?

Answer 1

Yes I think its moral, why let them sit in prison and rot when they can rot even better dead

Yes it should be used whenever the sentence is over 50 years or more and in cases involving the loss of life or sex crimes against children under the age of 13

yes innocent people have been executed that's gonna happen however whats the difference jail for life or death either way your screwed so you may as well do the public a favor and die so you save the taxpayers money.

Answer 2

- do you think the deat penalty is an effect punishment for capital crimes.?

Yes. The person executed for capital murder will never murder again, so it is a very effective punishment. Remember that murder is often committed serially. When a person shows the ultimate disregard for the rights of another, it is time to stop the issue cold. And the death penalty does that.

- do you think the death penalty is moral?

Yes, on two grounds. First, under the Mosaic code, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life - was perfectly moral when that rule was in force. Second, consider it in light of the Golden Rule, and realize that the perpetrator has done unto others as he would have done unto him. So do unto him and get it over with. Can't get any more moral than the Golden Rule, can we?

-Do you think the death penalty should be used as punishment for a capital crime?

That's a definitional term. That's what "capital crime" means.

-Do you think that inocent people have been sentenced to the death penalty, and have some been executed?

Probably.

I'll add this to those who said it isn't a deterrent. A study was published over the AP two weeks ago that says quite the opposite. The death penalty DOES have a small but non-zero deterrent effect. Google for it.

Answer 3

Do I think it's an effective punishment? Yes. However, the real question should be whether it's an effective deterrent, in which case, my answer would be no. In order for the death penalty to be an effective deterrent, it would have to be carried out swiftly, if not immediately (which, it is neither). The fact that it takes years to execute someone on death row negates the deterrence effect.

Is it moral? I think so. But that doesn't mean I'm in favor of it - I just believe that in many cases, it's too easy.

Should it be used as punishment for a capital crime? I think it depends on the circumstances of the offender/crime and whether more effective punishments are available. But generally, yes.

Do I think innocent people have been sentenced to the death penalty and that some have been executed? Yes and yes. It is estimated that 1/2 of 1% (or .005%) of those on death row are innocent. Given that there are about 3,400 people in the U.S. currently on death row, 1/2 of 1% would be 17 innocent people facing execution (in the U.S.).

Answer 4

No, no, no , yes.

Here is another perspective, with some information and sources. 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 find out about alternatives.

125 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. (That is more than a tenth of the number of executions in the recent past.) 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.

Answer 5

I don't think it's an effective punishment because it isn't used exactly how it should be in my eyes. Twenty years of sitting on death row or longer before finally being put to death is pretty ridiculous and pointless. If we're going to use the death penalty then put them to death in a reasonable amount of time instead of wasting tax money to support someone who should be dead by the court of law.

Is it moral?? I would have to say no but justifiable, yes.

Again I don't think it should be used as punishment only because it's not being used the way it should be in my eyes.

I do think there have probably been very few innocent people sentenced to death penalty and some have probably been executed but it's a war on crime and in any war there will be innocent lives lost but it's for the greater of the common good.

Answer 6

Not moral in my opinion. People on drugs or insane have no concept of right or wrong as we know it. They don't think about the punishment. That being said, some people do deserve to die, but only for very clear cases and very bad crimes.

the Innocence Project has established and exonerated some innocent people who have been sentenced to death, but they have not yet documented a case of a person being executed that was innocent.

Answer 7

-do you think the death penalty is moral?
No

-Do you think the death penalty should be used as punishment for a capital crime?
Only in rare cases

-Do you think that inocent people have been sentenced to the death penalty, and have some been executed?
yes

the death penalty is not a deterrent, it is revenge. justice & revenge are 2 different things.

Answer 8

No, I don't think the death penalty is effective. And I absolutely believe that some innocents have been put to death. But there are some monsters that shouldn't walk free under the living sky (child molesters, rapists, etc.), and sometimes you need to do the hard thing to make the world clean again.

Answer 9

i have mixed emotions about this there are many different senarios ill list my thoughts for the ones you talked about.
so is it fair to kill somone for killing another eye for an eye they say thats fair enough, but wouldnt an eye for an eye make the world blind, what seems more logical? you dicide was it well deserved or unfairly convicted? what about rapists? in my opinion those people shouldnt be aloud to breathe air and should rot in hell asap, but then considering the hell they usually pay for living in a cell with angry inmates, whats worse punishment? but then again why should they get to live, having free education, no rent, bills, or taxes, free cable tv, and food, no responsibilities, and visitation for ruining and or taking a life? but what if they are wrongly convicted? i wouldnt want that to happen to an innocent person i cared about or even really a guilty one, its sad to think about the innocents that have died on a count of this penalty and to think about the real criminal running loose and guilty, letting someone else take the blame, "what if" " what if" , there is no way around injustice in this life, i think karma (good and bad) is the only way to end up square

Answer 10

Yea i think the death penalty is moral.

I think the dealth penalty should be used for capital punishment like for really intentionally killing someone or for someone like a serial killer who kills alot of people.

Yea i think innocent people have bean sent to the dealth penalty yea people have bean executed.