The Death Penalty

[backagain39]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

I feel the death penalty is right for mainly practical reasons, prisoners cost a fortune to keep alive. If we can't kill the worst of them we should be able to work them to freakin' death. They need to serve whatever is left of their violent pathetic lives as a warning to others.

I agree with you....I am tired of feeding, clothing and educating violent social rejects.....if the damn bleeding hearts would stay out of the justice system then maybe we can get the death penalty in all states.

Even animals kill misfits within herds and packs..............

[PulseStart]

McVeigh and the Death Penalty by Thomas Sowell -- Capitalism Magazine

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

I think the death penalty is right for practical reasons, not moral or religious. So I didn't vote.

The ACLU has a very good article out there concerning death and life, and I am in no way shape or form a supporter of the ACLU, but their arguments against the death penalty make sense.

Death, family has to relive it over and over again, for an average of 25 years, as the criminal continues appeal after appeal..

Life, one appeal, and it's usually exhausted quickly.. The day they are sentenced it's usually over for the victim's family.

Death, you are going to live on average, another 25 years at tax payer expense in private accomodations.. not having contact iwth other dangerous criminals or felons. Most die of natural causes before they are executed.

Life, you are still going to average 25 years in jail, in the general population. You won't have the benefit of private ANYTHING during that time, YOu will be someone's bithch.. you will probably NOT die of natural causes.

Death, you are around forever and can have a "cause" you can become celebrity after time has passed, and celebrities will come to your cause to fight against your execution. You can get rich, selling books... get an education..

Life, they lock the door, everyone forgets about you.

Death, usually commuted to life, sometimes even pardoned if you survive 25 years.

Life, never commuted, rarely defeated on appeal, and only one pardon for clemency ever.

When you think of death row, and how the criminals are protected as they wait their time.. it seems a much better punishment to sentence them to life and have them deal with others just like them FOREVER.

[signora]

Jails are over populated which makes you wonder what is wrong w/our society that so many people are committing crimes. So in many ways the death penalty would help alleviate the problem of over populated jails especially if the person is serving life w/o parole.

But I do think capital punishment is a tough decision to make because there is sometimes that doubt - what if the person is really innocent. Anymore due to DNA, you are hearing of cases where people who are serving have been found innocent. Also for the person that administers the lethal injection into the criminal - are they then considered a murderer?

[Baja28]

Originally Posted by kris31280

I have not decided my position on the death penalty yet... I will need to come to my own conclusion prior to writing my paper.

Food for thought....

Don't you have a little girl?
Suppose she was kidnapped.
Brutally raped and tortured (and I don't mean what the pussies stool & anhoying think is torture).
I mean real torture.
In fact, he tortures her to a slow, agonizing, painful death.
He does things to her you cannot fathom.
The creep videos all of it.
He's caught.
The tape is found.
He's tried.
He laughs at you in the court room,
He's convicted.

Should he live?


Guess how I voted......

[Baja28]

Originally Posted by PulseStart

McVeigh and the Death Penalty by Thomas Sowell -- Capitalism Magazine

You should be executed before you drive drunk again and kill an innocent person.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Baja28

You should be executed before you drive drunk again and kill an innocent person.

Hopefully he'll hit a tree and not a family.

[kris31280 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Baja28

Food for thought....

Don't you have a little girl?
Suppose she was kidnapped.
Brutally raped and tortured (and I don't mean what the pussies stool & anhoying think is torture).
I mean real torture.
In fact, he tortures her to a slow, agonizing, painful death.
He does things to her you cannot fathom.
The creep videos all of it.
He's caught.
The tape is found.
He's tried.
He laughs at you in the court room,
He's convicted.

Should he live?


Guess how I voted......

I have a little boy, actually.

In the interest of this survey, until such time as I've written my paper I'm not going to reveal my feelings one way or the other.

[Baja28]

Originally Posted by kris31280

I have a little boy, actually.

In the interest of this survey, until such time as I've written my paper I'm not going to reveal my feelings one way or the other.

I couldn't remember the gender but the impact of the hypothetical is the same.

IMO there's only one sane answer.

[Baja28]

Originally Posted by MMDad

Hopefully he'll hit a tree and not a family.

Amen to that brother!!