Is the death penalty ever justified if the crime did not result in a loss of life?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/06/08 18:52:23

Related Topics: Rape, Crime, Death Penalty, Molestation, Torture, Life, Loss, Death

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Examples, instances of rape, and torture and child molestation.

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Kaimeso 2012/06/08 20:04:53

Yes

+3
Yes, some crimes are worse than murder.
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Thank you but no... 2012/07/02 15:23:47

No

Not then and not when it DID result in the loss of life.

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Tony 2012/07/02 13:08:49

No

Crimes like those listed, the guilty needs to be locked up for life and sentenced to hard labor until they die from it. Execution would be too quick and painless for those scum.

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sky 2012/07/02 13:05:32

Yes

yes

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SovereignX 2012/07/02 12:43:18

Yes

would u still hold true if a person was tortured endlessly for days on end and not allowed to die, would u say the torturer still deserves to live because thats the law?

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Jack's Pearl 2012/07/02 12:22:52

No

It's not justified period in my mind. And it's not the murder I'm concerned with. It's us protecting our innocency. We make mistakes. Therefore the death penalty should be abolished.

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Brosia 2012/07/02 02:47:37

Yes

Touching a child, or looking at other people touching a child is unforgivable and they are unable to become productive members of society. They are a leech on our system, and they deserve to be exterminated like the roaches they are.

No pity for those that do this. Ever.

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Dickens 2012/06/09 21:11:15 (edited)

Yes

..in China, if you ruin enough people's lives by financial chicanery, they will execute you. Maybe they should try that here, considering all the Wall Street scumbags we have looking to line their pockets by destroying other peoples' lives..(get caught running a Ponzi, get toasted..).

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beach bum 2012/06/09 10:38:03

Yes

yes

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MrsJJS 2012/06/09 04:40:30

Yes

Paedophiles - Anyone who preys on children should never be given a second chance in society as Paedophilia is not something that can be "cured".

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The Mosher 2012/06/09 02:56:03

Yes

Serial Rapist

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TheDeadAreLiving 2012/06/09 01:42:05

Yes

Whatever you did should be done to you, I think

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Gwen 2012/06/08 23:26:06

Yes

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ie...kidnapping and raping little children, dismemberment, disfigurement...torture....

absolutely.

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Lili13 2012/06/08 22:53:42

No

How about be the better person and not take a life for a life as your just begin like the person who did a crime [ and yet they dont count you as a criminal ] and its playing God as well .

Better to forgive then punish unless they are someone like hitler

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DJL 2012/06/08 22:48:57

Yes

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Why stop at only some murders? There are just as many people that deserve to die that have tried to kill or have committed other violent acts. Anyone that does not show respct for othes life shold not have their life repected. Anyone that rapes a hild should also die.

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Odinsown 2012/06/08 22:16:10

No

Justice is needed, but justice its fleeting when death is the punishment.

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Doreen 2012/06/08 21:38:41

Yes

In those instances listed the life of those people have been taken away but in a way that will last them for the rest of their lives. If you think about it the victim is serving a life sentence.

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Dave 2012/06/08 21:13:48

Yes

Treason and espionage .

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jaydenvdv 2012/06/08 21:09:28

Yes

+1
loss of the ability to live a normal life is way worse than loss of life.

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Solomonster 2012/06/08 21:06:49

Yes

I think the deserve it more than any killer.

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MichaelDillon 2012/06/08 20:51:37

Yes

Yes.

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Pops 2012/06/08 20:36:02

No

+1
It may be or become justified, but would it be wise?

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sockpuppet to Pops 2012/06/08 22:17:15

+1
That's the crux of the biscuit, right there. Can't see a highly advanced society executing its citizens. Implications too numerous to count.

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j2 2012/06/08 20:33:42

Yes

+2

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Superman 2012/06/08 20:12:44

Yes

+1
As a father of a 7 month old my vision on this is cloudy. I think any extreme violations of children should be met with maximum punishment. I have no tolerance for people who would violate or torture a kid. It breaks my heart just thinking about it.

Here in MO we have a case where three individuals have been caught having repeatedly violated 3 children ranging to an age as young as 6-7 months. This isn't a crime of passion, this is a crime of deviant pre meditation. These people are sub human.

As long as the evidence is overwhelming I say do whatever you want.

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Shawna 2012/06/08 20:09:35

No

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Because mistakes are made and innocent people go to jail, I am not comfortable with the death penalty. There have been a few notorious people in my lifetime whom I would tend to feel should just be killed. Canada's Paul Bernardo is one. However, I think that we use jail as a punishment for crimes where the criminal is not a danger to society and there could be another type of punishment so as to free up the jails for those who should have a life sentence. I think death is letting some of these people off too easily. They should suffer more.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/09 01:37:44

+1
ouch,,, punish them more and longer by keeping them in prison ?
other than the cost ( about $ 65,000 USD ) I agree , prison is a hell hole that could be worse than the execution...

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/09 10:34:01

+1
I think there are people in prison who could have a different type of punishment-work, fines etc and that would make it less costly to keep the really horrible ones there. They should be treated humanely but with no frills.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/09 12:55:14

+1
the county jail here in W. Pa.
cabel tv to include hbo
air conditioning
3 square meals
fresh linens
a full equiped gym
basket ball court ( you know they have to have that )
to name a few things that I pay for and the reason my taxes are so high..

Sheriff Joe out west has the right idea..
the basic needs, no frills .. and they do not look forward to return to his tent jail...

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/09 17:15:35

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Yes. I am humanitarian enough that I think they should have a clean and safe environment and be fed nutritious food-no point in deliberately jeopardizing their health. but definitely no frills-it should not be a better lifestyle than someone living on minimum wage and working two honest jobs to make ends meet.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/10 15:21:23

+1
but in the big city , the liberal's depend upon this social / economic class for the votes to get into office.. so, they give them hbo, etc

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/10 15:27:17

+1
LOL-well I don't think I'll go there since I consider myself a liberal though obviously I am not of the type you describe. Actually I consider myself centre with a left lean.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/10 16:10:15

+1
the far ends get a little too radical for me,,
left of center / right of center ... not much seperate the 2 of us....
besides a border ...

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/10 20:49:45

+1
I have voted both conservative and liberal, though a Canadian conservative is not usually as conservative as an American one. Sometimes I think it's just good to change government and one party is as bad as the next anyway. For me they will all have issues I agree with and ones I don't.

In BC, where I live we have a very conservative provincial government and yet they call themselves The Liberal Party.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/11 09:44:30

+1
some say they are conservative , but their actions show otherwise.
and then
some say they are liberal,

not so much what they call them selves, what their actions show is important..

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/11 15:20:42

+1
Very true. That's why I tend to apply the label according to the issue. I am liberal on this and conservative on that.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/11 15:27:51

+1
I have been lame blasted by both conservative and liberal zealots for my not enuff on their side,
damn, I did not know I had to pick sides...
you must be liberal with whom you converse with on soda head... :)

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/11 15:31:29

+1
Mostly but not entirely. I do have conservative friends who probably take the attitude that I'm not too bad for a liberal.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/11 15:36:16

+1
liberal in the sense that you allow your self to indulge in dealing with the other side of town... ME ! :)
a more conservative approach would to keep distance .. but I sense a moth to the flame with you .....

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Shawna to Patric 2012/06/11 15:39:48

+1
LOL-or perhaps I just tilt at windmills.

I love a good debate, I am a philosophical person, and I am flirtatious in my communication style and tend to be more comfortable with men. This does get me into trouble sometimes. I love people and good conversation though I am an introvert so the internet suits me well. I can turn everybody off when I need to.

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Patric to Shawna 2012/06/11 16:05:13

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tilt at the windmill do you ehh ?
I tend to tilt to the left after a long night....

I have always been more at ease with womens, you all are soft , smell nice, tender ... umm, ummm good.. :)

turning people off is easy, turning them on is the hard thing to master.. and once the engine is running, then what ?

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