Should the death sentence be used more?
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An Eye For An Eye isn't exactly the best way to go about things. :/meowchef said:
Plus, there are those that put such a horrible experience behind them, therefore, you would be killing somebody for an entirely different reason. An unjust reason.
In one, you live.ninjastovall0 said:
The other, can be a fate worse than death itself.
When you start using the death sentence on serious crimes except for murder then it starts being a bit blurry when you can use it.
For instance, if I get shot in the head for robbing a bank, isn't it then better to shoot all the hostages and get out as quickly as possible? Leaving no witnesses?
If I get executed for mugging someone, shouldn't I then as well just murder my mugging victim?
See where this is going? Also, to who's set of justice and believes do we adjust to?
A crazy bigot might get into power and make it illegal to be gay and that you would get the death sentence.
Murdering people for however bad their crime is, is not right.
Because the state is taking a life here, you voted the state, so techniclly YOU! Are murdering him. YOU! Are taking a life. It's you! Who took the ability to vote and got these people in.
Good day, and have a nice life.
For instance, if I get shot in the head for robbing a bank, isn't it then better to shoot all the hostages and get out as quickly as possible? Leaving no witnesses?
If I get executed for mugging someone, shouldn't I then as well just murder my mugging victim?
See where this is going? Also, to who's set of justice and believes do we adjust to?
A crazy bigot might get into power and make it illegal to be gay and that you would get the death sentence.
Murdering people for however bad their crime is, is not right.
Because the state is taking a life here, you voted the state, so techniclly YOU! Are murdering him. YOU! Are taking a life. It's you! Who took the ability to vote and got these people in.
Good day, and have a nice life.
Personally I'd see death as the better punishment to being locked up for eternity.
But it is really not a subject I put much thought on,
I just think "fuck you parasites" and don't pay attention to the criminals.
(Sure, it might be stupid, but I just can't help but not care for criminals)
But it is really not a subject I put much thought on,
I just think "fuck you parasites" and don't pay attention to the criminals.
(Sure, it might be stupid, but I just can't help but not care for criminals)
By your logic we shouldn't have any penalties at all. That same logic can be used to say "A crazy bigot might get in power and make it illegal to be gay and that you would be put in jail for the rest of your life, therefore we shouldn't have jails." Personally, I would rather be killed than put in jail.The Stonker said:
And I disagree that killing murderers is "not right." It is VERY right to kill people who kill innocents. Eye for an Eye after all.
If you don't trust the justice system to keep them locked up, do you trust the justice system to even get the right guy?KeyMaster45 said:
My grief with the death penalty is that the action is irreversible, and innocent people have been put to death, with their innocence proven only after they died.
No, death sentence is not a punishment, it's a way to get out of the punishment, also it's really cruel. In prison, the criminal could think about what he did for a good time and learn that what he did was wrong and eventually live a happy normal life when he/she gets out.
And i have heard from alot of sources that executions cost about same amount or even more than many, many, many years in prison.
But i do belive that all the maniacs like mass-murderes should be killed or have rest of his/her lifetime in prison where he/she can't harm anybody.
Edit: Also, what if the guy who was killed by deat penalty didn't actually do the crime and was staged and the police would find this out many years later. It has happened, just horrible..
And i have heard from alot of sources that executions cost about same amount or even more than many, many, many years in prison.
But i do belive that all the maniacs like mass-murderes should be killed or have rest of his/her lifetime in prison where he/she can't harm anybody.
Edit: Also, what if the guy who was killed by deat penalty didn't actually do the crime and was staged and the police would find this out many years later. It has happened, just horrible..
But, then you are making a decision that is no better than what they most likely made.KeyMaster45 said:
By that logic, someone who kills people just because they believe said persons are "mentally deranged", can be considered deranged themselves.
You see where I'm going with this, right?
Do two rights make a wrong? Why do we have the right to take away someone's life, (actually two deaths, the fear of waiting decades to be killed, and then actual death) just because they took someone else's away?
Also, the death penalty does not work as a deterrent, it is shown over and over that crime rates slightly increase after an execution.
I want to take a more constructive approach. Let's actually try getting decreases in crime rates instead of killing people, get to the source of the criminal activity.
Also, the death penalty does not work as a deterrent, it is shown over and over that crime rates slightly increase after an execution.
I want to take a more constructive approach. Let's actually try getting decreases in crime rates instead of killing people, get to the source of the criminal activity.
Enforcing the death penalty in California costs the state $250'000'000 per year (yes, that's million), this cost is mostly incurred through legal appeals, maintaining Death Row and arranging said executions. That is substantially more than the cost of every single life prisoner in Cali state prisons.Arizona Kyle said:
Death penalty is a bad idea, expensive and if the convicted gets exhonerated later you can't release a corpse. Considering the hole in Cali's finances, you'd think they'd just ditch it.