The Death Penalty. Whats your views?

[sdffa11]

i did a research report on the death penalty and its necessary to have capital punishment in america. do you know how much it costs just to keep people in prison for life compared to that of killing them off.

if the punishment fits the crime, they should die. why should the taxpayers have to pay to keep the criminal alive?

[whyamiwhite]

Use it in Rape, Mass Murder, and Cold Blooded Murder.

what about child molesters and pedophiles??

[Whos Carl]

I reckon it should be only for rape, mass murder, cold blooded murder and paedophiles.

[beachguy in thongs]

I reckon it should be only for rape, mass murder, cold blooded murder and paedophiles.

What about consensual incest?

[dj defibrillator]

I don't think money should play a large factor in determining whether a person should live or die, even if they're a criminal. Having said that, let's be clear about one thing.

The death penalty costs more $$$$ than a life sentence.

I can't back that up with a link to a credible source, but I remember hearing that fact being thrown out in past discussions about the death penalty (in school, on the news, etc.) - but I wouldn't expect anyone to buy even that. Why am i posting this?

[KylefromVA]

Now say what you will, but when I was there I lived in a city with 14 million people. This place was so fucking crowded that it made NYC look like a subburb. It had many of the same problems as NYC (or any big U.S. city) such as poverty, huge gaps between the wealthy and the poor, etc. What it didn't have a lot of, however, was crime. I could walk down any street at any time of the day and not feel like my personal safety was threatened. How many big U.S. cities can we say that about?

I can't help but think that the lack of violent crime in this country has something to do with the fact that it is well known that if you have committed a crime and are caught your life will either be shortened greatly or, at the very least, made very unpleasant. Unlike in the U.S., where in many cases criminals feel that the rewards of crime easily make up for the potential consequences of getting caught. What we need to do is make criminals think that no matter what they might gain from committing their crime, no way does the reward justify the risk of what will happen to them if they are caught.

I have to respectfully disagree with you.

I had no idea of the figures before Dec. when Stanley "Tookie" Williams was in the news.

They started talking about how in 2005 the US was ranked 2nd in death penalty cases carried out with 57(at the time I heard the report, by the end of the year it was 60). China was ranked 1st with almost 10,000.

You write about feeling safe and there being a lack of violent crime but the number of executions there have skyrocketed... so there must be a decent amount of violent crime.

Not only is the death penalty (and jail/prison) a punishment... but it's also supposed to work as a deterrent. The death penalty in china is not working as a deterrent if the rate they are executing people there is going up by several hundred every year.

It's crazy how many people are wrongfully accused and convicted in the US. I can't imagine the court system is much better in China. Like you said most of the people convicted there are put to death within days after the conviction... I wonder how many innocent people have been wrongfully convicted and executed in China.

sorry for the long post
happy smoking

[amsterdam]

I have never heard of an executed killer ever hurting anyone again. States should follow Texas and open an express lane on the death chamber so we can get the scum of death row quicker. And without wasting any more of my money!! Hang 'em high!!

[Krippysmoker]

I read the post from the idiot who thinks it costs more to execute someone than to give a life sentance. First of all on average it costs almost 36,000 $ per year to house an inmate.....EACH ONE....that is if they have no medical problems. So Im thinking that less electricity is used to zap someone.
If you all remember the kid a few years ago that got caught spray painting cars...got cained?? Do you think that little bastard will every spray paint anything again??? PROBABLY NOT. Child molesters, rapists, murders. Why should they get to live out their lives? What can they truely contribute? NOTHING. I say an eye for en eye. If the sentance for murder was DEATH...how many murders do you really think the US would have? How many rapes if the guys wiener got cut off? Child molester??? NO TRIAL JUST DEATH. Sorry but our country is going into the shitter...and if you dont see it well then your just blind. Shit you cant even smack your kids today....without fearing CPS. When I was a kid...if you were bad you got your ass beat with a belt....it wasnt child abuse it was called discipline....thats what our country is lacking today. And while Im on my rant....if your on Welfare and have more than 2 kids....and you get pregnant again.....either have your tubes tied or be denied public assistance. Why should I pay for someone TO BE A BABY factory???? This country needs an overhaul BADLY!!

[Polymirize]

i did a research report on the death penalty and its necessary to have capital punishment in america. do you know how much it costs just to keep people in prison for life compared to that of killing them off.
if the punishment fits the crime, they should die. why should the taxpayers have to pay to keep the criminal alive?

Apparently you didn't do a very good report. The US has this little thing called the appeals process, which means in the case of capital punishment its far more expensive to execute than to simply detain for life.
Just in California alone the death penalty system costs taxpayers over $114 million a year beyond the cost of simply keeping the convicts locked up for life.

I'll tell you what the problem is, it's our pesky notion of human rights that's what it is. Due process? bah, we know who's guilty, right?
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[imagoober]

eye for and eye, but you should have to do your own dirty work! fuck capital punishment!