I dont look at the death penalty as a deterrant. I look at it from a retribution/ punishment perspective. If a person has committed a crime so bad that people would contemplate killing them then we probably should. If you kill me, I will kill you right back.
I hold the unpopular opinion that capital punishment should be expanded to include other offenses such as raping a child......dont worry about doing a psych eval on the guy....dont want to know why he is crazy....just put him down.
If you come across a rabid dog do you pet it or stop to wonder why it turned rabid? Do you stop to ascertain who's fault it is that the dog went rabid? Or do you put it down? I say it must be put down.
Violent offenders who have a long history of lesser violent crimes must at some point be considered to cross a threshold where their existence is considered an unredeemable threat to society. at some point, they should just be removed from society, permanantly.
The death penalty is a sensitive subject which makes the current event in several countries: abolish the death penalty or keep it ... That is the question !
Porcelain Black
2012/04/18 15:57:03
What do you think about it ?
Does the death penalty decrease the criminality in a country or does not it change anything? Would it be necessary to abolish the death penalty, but on the other hand to make an emprisonnememt for life? All these questionsspend me by the head and I do not really know how to answer it. Maybe that you would know how to answer it.
Does the death penalty decrease the criminality in a country or does not it change anything? Would it be necessary to abolish the death penalty, but on the other hand to make an emprisonnememt for life? All these questionsspend me by the head and I do not really know how to answer it. Maybe that you would know how to answer it.
The ACLU’s opposition to capital punishment incorporates the following fundamental concerns:
The death penalty system in the US is applied in an unfair and unjust manner against people,largely dependent on how much money they have, the skill of their attorneys, race of the victim and where the crime took place. People of color are far more likely to be executed than white people, especially if the victim is white
The death penalty is a waste of taxpayers money and has no public safety benefit. The vast majority of law enforcement professionals surveyed agree that capital punishment does not deter violent crime; a survey of police chiefs nationwide found they rank the death penalty lowest among ways to reduce violent crime. They ranked increasing the number of police officers, reducing drug abuse, and creating a better economy with more jobs higher than the death penalty as the best ways to reduce violence. The FBI has found the states with the death penalty have the highest murder rates.
Innocent people are too often sentenced to death. Since 1973, over 138 people have been released from death rows in 26 states because of innocence. Nationally, at least one person is exonerated for every 10 that are exe...
The ACLU’s opposition to capital punishment incorporates the following fundamental concerns:
The death penalty system in the US is applied in an unfair and unjust manner against people,largely dependent on how much money they have, the skill of their attorneys, race of the victim and where the crime took place. People of color are far more likely to be executed than white people, especially if the victim is white
The death penalty is a waste of taxpayers money and has no public safety benefit. The vast majority of law enforcement professionals surveyed agree that capital punishment does not deter violent crime; a survey of police chiefs nationwide found they rank the death penalty lowest among ways to reduce violent crime. They ranked increasing the number of police officers, reducing drug abuse, and creating a better economy with more jobs higher than the death penalty as the best ways to reduce violence. The FBI has found the states with the death penalty have the highest murder rates.
Innocent people are too often sentenced to death. Since 1973, over 138 people have been released from death rows in 26 states because of innocence. Nationally, at least one person is exonerated for every 10 that are executed.
Read more at: http://www.aclu.org/capital-p...
Lets be consitent - either pro death penalty on both ends or pro life on both ends.
Remember-at least the person committing the murder has a choice in the decision to kill,the innocent baby gets no choice in their fate
Abolish it for adulterers.
Don
I think the insanity defense is usually bogus. How do you reliably know such persons wont do it again.
I hold the unpopular opinion that capital punishment should be expanded to include other offenses such as raping a child......dont worry about doing a psych eval on the guy....dont want to know why he is crazy....just put him down.
If you come across a rabid dog do you pet it or stop to wonder why it turned rabid? Do you stop to ascertain who's fault it is that the dog went rabid? Or do you put it down? I say it must be put down.
Violent offenders who have a long history of lesser violent crimes must at some point be considered to cross a threshold where their existence is considered an unredeemable threat to society. at some point, they should just be removed from society, permanantly.