The death Penalty! Should it be banned?

[Gamer2020]

In the U.S. several states practice the death penalty! I haven't looked it up but I'm sure other countries do as well.

Some people will say its a good thing because people should be punished for their crimes and Jail time isn't enough.

Others will say is bad because no one has the right to take someone else's life no matter what they have done.

What do you guys think?

Please vote in the poll.

I myself am against the death penalty. No one has the right to end someone elses life.
That does not mean that the person does not deserve to die.

 

[True Reign]

The death penalty is necessary. Some people have done things in their life that are just too horrifying for them to be left alive.

Let me ask you this; if Hitler didn't commit suicide, would you think it's fair for him to be put on death penalty? Or would you rather him stay in prison for the rest of his life?

 

[Honest]

The death penalty is the ultimate choice, but it is an ideal choice. If you had this mass murderer around, and he gets a conviction, the only punishmest deemed fit would be death. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Only to those extremes the death penalty be used, whether it be lethal poison, hanging from a noose, or the electric chair.

Im gonna go back a few years right now. :P Remember Saddam Hussein? He was a horrible dictator, and what he did was downright wrong. He deserved to die, in response to the tremendous amount of lives he took.


So yes, the death penatly should be allowed. And if you know whats good for you, you wont do anything that could possibly ever put a judge in that position.

 

[Gamer2020]

The death penalty is necessary. Some people have done things in their life that are just too horrifying for them to be left alive.

Let me ask you this; if Hitler didn't commit suicide, would you think it's fair for him to be put on death penalty? Or would you rather him stay in prison for the rest of his life?

I would like to say that I would have killed Hitler myself If I had the chance.
But that being said It would not make me right in killing him and I would have to face the consequences. I don't think anyone has to the right to take someone else's life.

 

[Captain Hobo.]

No because if people try to kill us then they should be killed.

 

[Esper]

There are people who have been sentenced to death for crimes they didn't commit and later found to be innocent. It makes you wonder how many people have been executed who were really innocent.

Capital punishment feels more like revenge than justice if you ask me. Besides, if someone has done something so horrible wouldn't it be better if they had to live out their entire lives imprisoned, living with the guilt of knowing they put themselves there and the knowledge that they will never be free again, as a living example that society doesn't tolerate horrible things?

 

[True Reign]

I would like to say that I would have killed Hitler myself If I had the chance.
But that being said It would not make me right in killing him and I would have to face the consequences. I don't think anyone has to the right to take someone else's life.

Your saying that if you shot Hitler in the face, you would have that on your conscience the rest of your life?

 

[Honest]

There are people who have been sentenced to death for crimes they didn't commit and later found to be innocent. It makes you wonder how many people have been executed who were really innocent.

I don't think the death penalty is used as much as people think... at least here in the USA. And, people use the death penalty when it's pretty obvious that that person is the one who commited it (The crime).



Then again, this is old, but Spartacus in Greece was a slave and he had a lot of slaves. Spartucus was the "ring-leader" of the gang, but since they couldn't find out who exactly Spartucus was, the crucified all of the slaves.

...I don't know why I said that... xD

 

[True Reign]

I don't think the death penalty is used as much as people think... at least here in the USA. And, people use the death penalty when it's pretty obvious that that person is the one who commited it (The crime).

There have been 1193 executions through capital punishment since 1976.

That isn't a lot compared to other countries.

 

[Honest]

There have been 1193 executions through capital punishment since 1976.

That isn't a lot compared to other countries.

o_O You knew that? Or you used the internet? xD

Thats roughly 35 years. Eh, that is more than I expected... and if it's more in outher countries... yikes, that's a hell of a lot.

 

[Gamer2020]

Your saying that if you shot Hitler in the face, you would have that on your conscience the rest of your life?

No he deserved to die. But that does not mean I should have taken someone else's life. I would face whatever consequences may come but without remorse.

 

[True Reign]

o_O You knew that? Or you used the internet? xD

Thats roughly 35 years. Eh, that is more than I expected... and if it's more in outher countries... yikes, that's a hell of a lot.

Wikipedia ftw

By the way, in 2008 alone, China had near 5000 executions.

No he deserved to die. But that does not mean I should have taken someone else's life. I would face whatever consequences may come but without remorse.

If someone deserves to die, then he should die.

So you wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger?

 

[Cheesymitten]

Depends on the kind of person, their crime, how old or young they are, how long their family would last without them, are they working for an organisation, a lot of questions that don't get asked in time.

 

[Gamer2020]

Your saying that if you shot Hitler in the face, you would have that on your conscience the rest of your life?

Wikipedia ftw

By the way, in 2008 alone, China had near 5000 executions.

If someone deserves to die, then he should die.

So you wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger?

I would empty the gun in his face.
But that does not make it right because then I'm no better then him.

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

There are people who have been sentenced to death for crimes they didn't commit and later found to be innocent. It makes you wonder how many people have been executed who were really innocent.

Capital punishment feels more like revenge than justice if you ask me. Besides, if someone has done something so horrible wouldn't it be better if they had to live out their entire lives imprisoned, living with the guilt of knowing they put themselves there and the knowledge that they will never be free again, as a living example that society doesn't tolerate horrible things?

I agree with both sentiments. We are humans; we are not perfect; we make mistakes. You never can be absolutely 100% sure if someone is guilty, and you can't retract killing someone like you can retract a prison sentence. There's even new evidence emerging now that Doctor Crippen did not murder his wife, ninety years after he was sentenced to death.

As for the second sentiment, yes. Life imprisonment serves as a symbolic meaning: you take a life, we take yours, but we make sure you stay alive so that you can spend the rest of your days thinking it over. Killing the accused takes that away. Unfortunately in the UK the system is heavily borked, as a life sentence normally edges on around twelve years, but that doesn't mean I'm for the installation of the death penalty. I just want life-in-prison to mean Life.

 

[processr]

I would like to say that I would have killed Hitler myself If I had the chance.

No one has the right to end someone elses life.

Uh, what?

I'm undecided on which way to go on capital punishment. I'm not entirely sure it would have the effect of being a deterrent, simply because people would just go ahead and commit crimes anyway. I think, however, there are plenty of other options. Rehabilitation should be the top priority of criminal punishment, IMO.

 

[Gamer2020]

Uh, what?

I'm undecided on which way to go on capital punishment. I'm not entirely sure it would have the effect of being a deterrent, simply because people would just go ahead and commit crimes anyway. I think, however, there are plenty of other options. Rehabilitation should be the top priority of criminal punishment, IMO.

Read properly LOL

I would kill him but that does not mean I am right in killing him.

 

[processr]

Read properly LOL

I'm quite adept at reading, thanks.

I would kill him but that does not mean I am right in killing him.

So you think people should follow the moral guideline of "no one has the right to kill", but you would go ahead and break that rule anyway just because it's Hitler? That's such a crappy approach to morality that I barely know what to say.

 

[Esper]

I don't think the death penalty is used as much as people think... at least here in the USA. And, people use the death penalty when it's pretty obvious that that person is the one who commited it (The crime).

A few dozen executions a year. Nowhere near China's thousands, but still one of the highest in the world. I don't know the exact statistics, but the US in in the top 10 when it comes to number of people executed, in the company of Iran and North Korea. Most countries have abolished the death penalty or have simply stopped executions even if their laws still allow it.

 

[Anxiety.]

Huh. This?

Well, one forgotten point is - The criminals family. Think about it, they just had to deal with their husband, father, brother or whatever comitting such a crime. It's hardly fair that they have to go through even more trauma by having said person killed.
Also, its almost impossible to be 100% sure someone comitted a crime. So what if this guy gets executed, and then they find out he was the wrong guy? Horrible thought, isn't it. Evidence can be forged, and mistakes can be made.
Besides, whats the difference between the criminal and the executor then? They're both murders. Yes the criminal is just that - a criminal, but if a man broke into my house and killed my sister, and I killed him for it I'd be jailed.
And as bad as it sounds, it takes away the whole 'ruined the rest of your life' idea of having a life sentence in jail. Spending 50 odd years in a cramp cell, with only your thoughts would be enough to drive anyone insane, and killing them takes all of that away from it, it doesnt ruin your life, it just... removes it.

But, the death penalty inforces the law in a much better way - through fear. But then again, most people who commit serious crimes don't care about their own life.

The way I see it, you can't be sure about the criminal and just how guilty he is, so for me... no death penalty.