The Death Penalty Options

[Laura]

Please don't turn this into an argument over yes and no...

[Tom in Virginia]

I think that sometimes the evil is so great that it must excised from the community for the good of all mankind.


Cordially,
Tom

[Daniel]

Yes because some convicted killers and criminals no longer need to be alive. The time they spend on death row waiting should be no more than 7 days. IMO

[DSgamby]

Yes because some convicted killers and criminals no longer need to be alive. The time they spend on death row waiting should be no more than 7 days. IMO

because the courts never convict the wrong person

[Tom in Virginia]

because the courts never convict the wrong person

That is definitely a major glitch in my agreeing that the DP is needed.

Cordially,
Tom

[GetOffMeFace]

I believe in it. I don't like the fact that someone who is sick enough to commit a cold blooded murder is still around and we're paying for his housing(jail) and trials. Once they have gone so far as to murder, they are beyond helping. IMO

[Remy266]

Yes. Too many convicted murderers, rapists, child molestors, etc. are relaxing on Death Row, watching movies, listening to music, working out, writing books, etc., while we pay for their housing, as mentioned above. They took away an innocent person's life, and they don't deserve to keep their own. I say fry 'em.

"Critics of the death penalty say that when we execute a murderer then we as a society are no better than he is. Hey, I'm not an elitist snob, I don't think I'm better than anyone. So fry the mother." - Dennis Miller (amen (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

This post has been edited by Remy266: May 1 2007, 11:29 AM

[melissa]

I picked No. [i almost picked yes and no]...

but morally, I had to go with No. I just don't think two wrongs make a right.

But I'm not 100% against it, in certain circumstances.

[James]

Now we have so many innocent people who have been on death row and in ordinary jail that were found not guilty.

Also we have poor people who get convicted after not been able to afford a lawyer or a decent lawyer,leading not a fair trial.

Do you think if O-jay could not afford a lawyer,he would have walked.
No chance.

Yes i would take on anyone who would harm any of my family,but again i would need the 100%.

Until then im against it.

[Remy266]

Do you think if O-jay could not afford a lawyer,he would have walked.
No chance.

He would have fried like he should have.

While it wouldn't surprise me to learn an innocent person has been convicted of something they didn't do, I'm willing to bet it doesn't happen as often as people think, and that the anti-death penalty crowd simply exaggerate such claims so as to try and make their stance look good. If someone killed a member of my family or a friend, nothing short of the killer being executed would satisfy me.

[Indiana Jeff]

I think that sometimes the evil is so great that it must excised from the community for the good of all mankind.
Cordially,
Tom

I voted 'yes and no'. I agree with Tom's statement 100%, but I'm pulled the other way when thinking only God has the authority to choose life and death. Make sense? Believe me, I get very frustrated knowing society's scum is running loose.

[Dr. Tom]

I don't think that its ever 'cool' to kill and I don't find anything 'rah rah' about the death penalty, but I believe that it is necessary for a society to have the ultimate punishment for certain individuals. An example would be, what if a person was serving life with no chance of parole and then kills a prison guard, what do you do? Sometimes hard decisions have to be made for the sake of the greater good.

[Reluctant Daught...]

I voted 'yes and no'. I agree with Tom's statement 100%, but I'm pulled the other way when thinking only God has the authority to choose life and death. Make sense? Believe me, I get very frustrated knowing society's scum is running loose.

I agree.

[Daniel]

Innocent people can be found guilty and sentenced to as little as one year or to death. Guilty people can be found innocent and do it again and get found innocent, again.

What a world we live in.

[Ang Monique]

The innocent are often convicted (whether it's a common occurance or not, it does happen). I'm firmly against the death penalty. I don't think someone who murdered another human being is really going to be all that effected by being "fried." And obviously the prospect of it isn't detering a lot of other people from murder either. There needs to be a re-evaluation of "cruel and unusual punishment." Prison is almost commonplace these days, and no one is really all that afraid to go there. I'm not suggesting torture, but a little less comfort couldn't hurt.

[¿Mallory!]

I picked No. [i almost picked yes and no]...

but morally, I had to go with No. I just don't think two wrongs make a right.

But I'm not 100% against it, in certain circumstances.

100% Agreed!

[nylasaunt]

i mean come on who is man to have the right to play god. we shall not kill one another no matter how big the crime is.

[HappyGirl4ever]

I picked No. [i almost picked yes and no]...

but morally, I had to go with No. I just don't think two wrongs make a right.

But I'm not 100% against it, in certain circumstances.

i mean come on who is man to have the right to play god. we shall not kill one another no matter how big the crime is.

Agree with both of you!

[ForTheseTimes07]

I'm against it. I just don't think - like others have said - that two wrongs make a right. Just my opinon.

[Concrete Angel]

I almost voted yes and no, but went with no - purely because I believe capital punishment is an easy way out, yes jails aren't that bad nowadays and they should be but people should be made to live with the guilt of the crimes, I know I would hate to live with the fact that I'd taken away somebody's son or daughter, or mother or father.

Another reason I don't agree with it is that sure the criminal is getting punished but why put their families through that pain when they've done nothing wrong? What happens if the ''criminal'' turns out to be innocent, death isn't something that can be reversed.