AProudLefty
Black Kitty Ain't Happy
Why or why not?
Do you support death penalty?
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WinterBorn
Verified User
I do not support the death penalty. And for 2 reasons.
#1 - Are we ever 100% sure we got the right person? Not 99%.
#2 - If we prosecute someone for killing someone, how can the penalty be death? We The People should not be killing our fellow citizens.
#1 - Are we ever 100% sure we got the right person? Not 99%.
#2 - If we prosecute someone for killing someone, how can the penalty be death? We The People should not be killing our fellow citizens.
christiefan915
Catalyst
No. It's like WinterBorn says. And added to that, it's discriminatory, doesn't deter crime and puts the power of life or death in the hands of a jury.
T. A. Gardner
Thread Killer
Absolutely. When you sentence someone to life in prison without parole, and they continue to commit capital crimes in prison, they deserve to die for it. Why should we keep someone around who was imprisoned for life for such crimes and then have no means to punish them for doing those crimes in prison?
Why should another inmate, or a guard, or staff, in a prison be subject to rape, murder, or the like by a prisoner who knows they will suffer no consequences for their act? Solitary isn't punishment for someone like that. It's simply an attempt to minimize that prisoner doing it again. Note, that won't stop them entirely and they could still commit further crimes. Death is the only sure solution.
There are also crimes so heinous, so vile, that they deserve something more than simply putting someone in prison for life. Without a death penalty what would you give such a person, multiple life sentences without parole? How stupid is that? Hell, such a person might take it as a challenge to see how many they can rack up.
The death penalty is a deterrent, an absolute deterrent, that prevents the person put to death from committing further crimes.
Without a death penalty there will be those in our society that see they can spend their life committing murder, rape, or whatever, be it in prison or on the street and face no penalty for their actions. Eliminating them from society by death is the only sure option open to dealing with such a person.
Why should another inmate, or a guard, or staff, in a prison be subject to rape, murder, or the like by a prisoner who knows they will suffer no consequences for their act? Solitary isn't punishment for someone like that. It's simply an attempt to minimize that prisoner doing it again. Note, that won't stop them entirely and they could still commit further crimes. Death is the only sure solution.
There are also crimes so heinous, so vile, that they deserve something more than simply putting someone in prison for life. Without a death penalty what would you give such a person, multiple life sentences without parole? How stupid is that? Hell, such a person might take it as a challenge to see how many they can rack up.
The death penalty is a deterrent, an absolute deterrent, that prevents the person put to death from committing further crimes.
Without a death penalty there will be those in our society that see they can spend their life committing murder, rape, or whatever, be it in prison or on the street and face no penalty for their actions. Eliminating them from society by death is the only sure option open to dealing with such a person.
I do, when there is 100% proof of a crime worthy of a death sentence.
That bastard who burned that unsuspecting sleeping woman to death on the subway should be doused with lighter fluid and burned to death as just punishment. Let that woman's family light the match.
That bastard who burned that unsuspecting sleeping woman to death on the subway should be doused with lighter fluid and burned to death as just punishment. Let that woman's family light the match.
There is no such thing as 100% proof of anything, so you are basically saying you are against the death penalty.
How do you feel about Paxton's argument that even though the evidence against Robert Roberson has completely fallen apart, it fell apart after an arbitrary deadline, therefore he should be executed?
So eyewitnesses and cameras aren't reliable enough proof?
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
No. Life in a box is more appropriate. Unless there's unequivocal evidence a person is guilty and a clear and present danger to innocents, I believe it's wrong to empower government to take a life.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
^^^
Has relatives in prison.
TOP
Retired Teacher
There is not a person who would be against the death penalty if their family had been slaughtered...
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Ummmm....yes there is. Consider James Fields or the asshole who drove his car into a crowd of German Christmas shoppers. If their brakes failed, that's one thing. If they did it deliberately, that's another.
Still, life in a box without parole is better, IMHO.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Death is easy. It's everlasting peace. Living in a 6X8 foot box for the rest of one's life is harder.
Your hatred is destroying you, son.
The question is do we deserve to kill, not do they deserve to die. Apart from competing moral considerations, a baseline requirement for the right to kill is a perfect justice system, a system that guarantees innocents will not be put to death, which society has never had. So, no, we do not deserve to kill.
TOP
Retired Teacher
Was there doubt of guilt in any of the cases where the sentences were commuted? Especially the threeJoe did not commute?
Why should we pay to house them for life? There are certain circumstances that should warrant the death penalty. That bastard that burned that woman to death is one example.
You're the one advocating shooting angry Trump supporters as a national pastime. You're the one saying shoot them in the back of the head (like you know anything about marksmanship
). You have some unethical fantasies, coward. Don't preach to me about hate. You cannot own a firearm.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
I support the death penalty under certain circumstances.
Libtards support the death penalty under certain circumstances as well, but they target young children instead of violent criminals.