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Really, the thing about prison in general is how many factors play into which punishment is "right" for the criminal. If you think about it too long you're head will start to spin and you start vollying between the two sides, seeing the pros and cons of both.
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I agree, having to suffer in prison is a much bigger punishment. And who gives the government the right to murder people anyway? If you jail them, and then find out it was an incorrect statement, atleast yoiu can let them out. But if you KILL them, then you wrongly killed someone, there's no going back.
However, there are a few cases where I'm sure the death penalty is the better option. But I can't actually think of anything. I rather make a dictator suffer, like he did to his country, than let him free by killing him. :1 Actually, there is no correct answer. D: Either way it's horrible. There's always loopholes, always differences of opinions, etc etc. If only we had a perfect world. |
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Morally, I should be against the death sentence. But realistically? I'm undecided. There are too many pros & cons to battle out. |
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Oh joy, another subject I can give a boring, educated rant about.
For years and years now, this has been a controversial topic. Bleeding hearts of the world unite, saying that the death penalty is "inhumane" and "intolerable". We're stooping to their level are we not? Personally, I am all for it, but again...there are two sides. The Pros of the Death Penalty: - Ending the life of a convicted felon. - Reduction in the number of inmates in our prisons. - Less taxpayer's money to support said inmates. The Cons of the Death Penalty: - Inhumane to take another human being's life. - Giving this person the "easy way out". - The risk of executing an innocent person. My head's a little bit off today on account of a lack of sleep, but I'll try to be as clear as I can. Hundreds of years ago, the death penalty was handed out for misdemeanors such as thievery, assault, and in some areas, for religious reasons. In today's age, the death penalty isn't handed out enough...ugh... Forgive me, but my head isn't all here right now. I cannot continue. I'll make an attempt to finish this at a later date. |
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Honestly, if a convicted criminal was put to death and it was stated in the news once and a person had no ties to the criminal, I don't think remorse for that fellow would stay in that person's head for very long. |
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It is impossible to eliminate even half the killing in the world.
I'd be more angry at the government for sending who-knows-how-many troops to a pointless war than if they killed off one or two convicted criminals. |
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i'm for the death penalty
you took someone else's life so you'll get yours taken away Life is something that as far as i know only comes once It is probably one of the most precious things that can be taken away etc etc you kill someone and/or do something equal to that then you should be eliminated and not be given the chance to do the same again DX< |
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I do believe in the death penalty. If you intentionally kill someone why shouldn't you have to die because of it. Plus, as it is, our prisons are way over crowded and it costs taxpayers a lot of money to take care of people doing nothing. They're not making any money, they're not really able to give back to their community in anyway...
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I'm all for the Death Penalty.Even way way back in the Day they used the Death Penalty. Whenever someone killed a member of someones family when the killer was caught the family would stone people to death. But if it was an accidental murder then they would send that person to another town out of respect for the family.
Some people actually do not suffer more in prison. Some of our prisoners have it better off then poor people. They get daily meals and some have large tvs. I think the punishment should fit the crime. Like if a guy rapes a girl I'm all for his junk getting chopped off, but thats just me XDD |
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ah see, here is where we enter a grey area. in all honesty if the people we actually put on death penalty were ACTUALLY killed lets say a week after they were condemned then i think a lot less people would be doing stuff in which the death penalty was a punishment *shrugs*
today most of the jails are too.. privledged? they have cable, they have clean place, good food, they are allowed to work out in a gym. there are people outside of jail that dont have all these commodities. i think its incredibly unfair to the families of people that have been subject to the pain some of these people cause. Penalties are too lax these days. For example... my family, my sister was run over by a drunk pot head.. on a CLOSED street.. closed as in 3000 people were crossing it and it had been marked off and blocked with cones and road blocks. not only was she killed, but another girl was as well, and my brother had his head smashed in (5 brain surgeries later, hes still recuperating). now.. did this retard get punished for being drunk.. being on drugs.. and frekkin driving a motorcycle at 100 mph + down a closed road? no... did his license get taken away? no, did he get fined? no. he killed 2 people severely damaged another.. and nothing, he walked away with a broken finger and then turned around and tried to SUE our family and the other girl that died for his broken finger. where, i ask, is the justice there? there is a country (im afraid i cant recall the name at this time) that actually cuts off your hand if you steal, and you die if you kill someone else. its a very harsh penalty system.. but their crime rate is almost none existant... |
I tried to read as much of this thread as possible before commenting (sorry - some of the font colours/sizes and walls of text were skimmed), and of all of the arguments, this is the remark I think is probably worth highlighting the most.
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One of the problems, I think, with gaols is that a lot of inmates are imprisoned for non-violent crimes - I fail to see how this helps the community in any way at all. It doesn't rehabilitate the offender (robbery recidivism is not on the way down), and the hardships of prison life don't do much to encourage people to obey the law. I disagree with non-violent offenders being imprisoned at all, actually - it's just a waste. The money spent on gaoling people could go towards addressing the issues of why they commit these acts. |
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I think there are certain crimes that warrent the death penalty. I think if a person gets life for killing one person, someone who kills 10 people deserves a harsher sentence. And the only thing that seems 'fair' is to take their life since they took the lives of others. |
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But in instances where there is proof in the form of dna, and the person admits guilt, why shouldn't they be put to death?
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If you dish it out,you can take it back. A person can decide to take the life of another... and all they get is a jail cell to live in for the rst of their lives? One family can never see their loved on again, but the person who killed can get visits from their family for the rest of their life? Hardly seems fair to me. |
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