Is the death penalty a righteous punishment? is it morally right or wrong?are you morally held accountable for taking a murderer's life although it it your job?
2007-12-27 20:33:26 · 14 answers · asked by sincerly ready 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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, to think about its toll on victims' families and to know about alternatives. Whatever someones take on the death penalty from a moral standpoint, they should have the facts about how it actually works. Sources below.
126 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.
2007-12-28 00:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly believe that if the death penalty were used in every single state then there would be a lot less murders happening. What is life in prison? 20 years? So you go somewhere that someone feeds you, houses you, educates you, and pays you. How is that a fit punishment for such a foul crime???
If more people were afraid of the consequences of their actions then there would not be as much crime. If you kill someone then you die seems a fitting price to me. I am tired of seeing so many repeat criminals out there. In order to know right from wrong you have to be punished and the punishment has to fit the crime. If you kill someone or several people then there should be more than a reprieve before you are let out on the streets to do it again. Even those who are certifiably insane, don't you think that is the best defense ever created? Prove you are crazy so you can live regardless of how many people are dead because of you.
2007-12-28 00:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Storm 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
death penalty is not righteous.it comforts the pain cause by this murderer, by doing the same thing back. It will give you pleasure. The death penalty is not a punishment, it is a way to make people who suffered, feel better. I know it is not righteous, but it is effective for the families of the murdered people. It makes them ignorant of the other pain associated with it. You know ignorance is bliss. They don't acknowledge that someone innocent has been killed, it's been done, and the killer has gotten away with that and you cannot change that fact.And it is unfair.
2007-12-27 23:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by warning: flammable! 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The death penalty is a morality issue, not a religions issue. I feel it IS morally right to make someone pay for the murder of another, by the use of the death penalty. Even if it doesn't defer others from killing. The family members of the victims need justice. Let them be the ones to decide for the death penalty, or life in prison for the guilty one.
2007-12-27 20:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Most people who have been executed have committed multiple murders and the death penalty is the only way to guaranty they will never again murder. The 688 killers who were executed between 1998 and 2006 had murdered at least 1442 people. That is an average of 2.1 victims per executed killer.
2007-12-27 20:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by DaveNCUSA 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
my cousin(the innately good one) was tortured and murdered by his own brother
(the bad always violent abusive and troubled one)
not just murdered but tortured for hours by his brother the murderer plus HIS bro in law and wife
his fingernails were ripped off with pliers
then they used the pliers to rip off his fingertips
they poured alcohol and gasoline on his arm and lit him on fire
they raped him
they hog tied him and stabbed him in the heart
they left him to bleed to death
and this was all in attemplt to rob him and show him what he gets for coming out of teh closet
they went to work the next day and bought everyone lunch with that money and then were cutting up laughing that night at my dead cousind job then gambling the money away after blowing up his car to hide evidence hidden inside while we were finding the body
i want them to die
i think death is more than a worthy punishment
trial is up in march and unfortunately because the murderer is the only living child- they may give him life instead of death so not to caus more injury for the father who 4 months before his death allowed the murderer to beat the deceased in front of him with a basball bat while calling his now dead son a pussy who needs to stand up like a man
2007-12-27 20:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by smittnlittlkitn 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The idea that twelve perfectly sane men and women can rationally decide to kill a member of their society seems more outrageous to me than the idea that one impassioned person might commit an act of violence in the heat of the moment. I also wonder if our lives are the property of the state, that they can be legally removed.
2007-12-27 21:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by Who Else? 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Isn't murder by government a bit socialist?
A traditional American punishment is lynching by torchlight, that's free community enterprise at it's finest...
2007-12-27 20:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think murderers should be given a choice. Would they prefer to spend the rest of their life in jail or be humanely put down?
2007-12-27 20:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by Exodus 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
People should be put to death for murder. My wife's mother was tied up, doused with gasoline, and burned to death by my wife's ex boyfriend. He only got 46 years. Her mother had refused to tell him where my wife had moved. He deserves to die.
2007-12-27 20:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by Patrick 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋