Your opinion of the death penalty?

To me, it depends on a person's beliefs. But if one thinks that death is the true end of life, and that there is nothing after, the penalty is effective. But yet, isn't a punishment supposed to make a guilty person learn from their mistake through suffering and justice? If one dies, what has been learned? If one believes that there is no life after death, what's the point of losing life if you'll never exist afterwards to know how it feels to have no life? If one believes in life after death, the death penalty would make more sense since they will be in the hands of God's justice.

Regardless, I believe that the death penalty is wrong. A punishment is meant for someone to learn from their mistakes, and if that person can not be trusted again, they should be sentenced to jail for life. That way they can atleast reflect on their mistakes and try to improve with the life they have. What has been learned if someone kills a person that has killed? Eye for an eye doesn't seem right to me. What do you think?

I am against it.

Homicide is illegal and death is the penalty. Kind of contradicts itself doesn't it.

Fine by me.

Some people need it...

Eye for an eye.

Eye for an eye.

Agressive_Sock

I am against it.

I'm not agaisnt the death penalty, but I think life in prison is way worse.

I think the death penalty is a bit too nice.

I'm against it no matter the circumstances.

I'm against it. I don't see what it proves or accomplishes, if anything.

Eye for an eye.

Agressive_Sock

Would you rather have Hitler be put to death or be in jail for life? (hypothetical question)

I'd much rather have him be put in jail for life. Or anything to make him suffer the way he made people suffer. Killing him won't make him suffer, or atleast not for long. He won't understand anything.rubber-chicken

Being aloud to live is better than being dead. No matter what is is.

Both morally and in piratical terms I don't support it.

[QUOTE="rubber-chicken"]I'd much rather have him be put in jail for life. Or anything to make him suffer the way he made people suffer. Killing him won't make him suffer, or atleast not for long. He won't understand anything.kingkui

Being aloud to live is better than being dead. No matter what is is.

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[QUOTE="rubber-chicken"]I'd much rather have him be put in jail for life. Or anything to make him suffer the way he made people suffer. Killing him won't make him suffer, or atleast not for long. He won't understand anything.T_P_O

Being aloud to live is better than being dead. No matter what is is.

Living, always.

I'm against it. I don't see what it proves or accomplishes, if anything.

effena

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I'm against it. I don't see what it proves or accomplishes, if anything.

Vagal_Fiddle_6

That would make sense...if it didn't take a 15 year waiting list on death row.

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I'm against it. I don't see what it proves or accomplishes, if anything.

Vagal_Fiddle_6

You guy's aren't thinking it out. If I killed your family, would you rather have me dead or in jail, living while a buttload of people are dead.

If anyone killed my family i would want them to die slowly and painfully

You guy's aren't thinking it out. If I killed your family, would you rather have me dead or in jail, living while a buttload of people are dead.

If anyone killed my family i would want them to die slowly and painfully

kingkui

You guy's aren't thinking it out. If I killed your family, would you rather have me dead or in jail, living while a buttload of people are dead.

If anyone killed my family i would want them to die slowly and painfully

kingkui

That last part isn't going to happen even under the current death penalty.

You guy's aren't thinking it out. If I killed your family, would you rather have me dead or in jail, living while a buttload of people are dead.

If anyone killed my family i would want them to die slowly and painfully

kingkui

That is your personal retribution, not justice.

Personally, Im for the Death Penalty. It is the ultimate punishment for someone and their crimes. I really don't think that life imprisonment works, furthermore why so we, the taxpayers, have to fork over our hard earned money for someone to sit in a room for the rest of their natural life.

Personally, Im for the Death Penalty. It is the ultimate punishment for someone and their crimes. I really don't think that life imprisonment works, furthermore why so we, the taxpayers, have to fork over our hard earned money for someone to sit in a room for the rest of their natural life.

jjwalker9600

Personally, Im for the Death Penalty. It is the ultimate punishment for someone and their crimes. I really don't think that life imprisonment works, furthermore why so we, the taxpayers, have to fork over our hard earned money for someone to sit in a room for the rest of their natural life.

jjwalker9600

You would have to fork over hard earned money to pay for further investigations before the criminal can even THINK about being executed,pay for the ridiculous amount of paper work that goes into this kind of thing,pay for the funeral, pay the family some sort of compensation, not to mention pay for the execution itself. I would say it costs just as much, if not more, to execute somebody rather than life imprisonment

+ 10 points for being stereotypically American.T_P_O

it's okay

no need to have them arond. Don't erally care

[QUOTE="T_P_O"]+ 10 points for being stereotypically American.Sajo7