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captainamerica
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yes
make the death penalty retroactive for the ones already in prison also
possibly include illegal aliens under certain conditions....like smuggling drugs, etc |
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davidmi711
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No. The death penalty does not serve as a deterrent to crime. this is evident if you compare crime statistics between places that have and places that don't have the death penalty. |
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sian p
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I think many do especially during the current times where the offender seems to get an easy ride of it compared to the victim.
I personally don't think we should bring back capital punishment, but I do think life should mean life and each case through the courts should be treated individually and the more heinous the crime the greater the sentence. And parole shouldn't be granted willy-nilly as it seems to be these days.
One could argue that it doesn't work as a deterrent as many states in the US have capital punishment, but it doesn't stop people from committing crimes does it ?
I for one would like to see a government take the justice system by the balls and shake it up so that the system favours the victim and all crimes punished correctly - I mean killing someone on the road and you get 8 years even if you were classed as a dangerous driver - what a joke! |
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Avondrow
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No. The commons of England, together in parliament assembled, abolished the death penalty decades ago. Do keep up. |
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undercover elephant
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Why are those opposed to capital punishment labelled "do-gooders?"
Capital punishment does not prevent crime or act as a deterrent. Fact.
Texas executes more people than any other US state and has worse crime rates. States without death penalty have lower crime.
Capital Punishment results in fewer guilty pleas, more appeals and bigger fees for lawyers. Fact. Would you own up and send yourself to the gallows?
If you kill a defendant in error, a pardon is no good to him when he is dead. Fact. The Guildford Four, Birmingham Six, that solicitor who was acquitted on appeal of murdering her children. They would all have died for nothing.
Only the world's most dubious regimes murder prisoners. The argument for capital punishment is dead in the water and was settled 40 years ago. Even a landslide Tory government didn't manage to reinstate it. Move on. |
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SDS
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Prove to me that it is cost effective, stops crimes, and is absent of imperfections. |
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Mr Sceptic
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So anyone who disagrees with you, should be classed as a murderer, paedophile and terrorist.
You're up for a bit of reasoned debate, then? |
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jeanimus
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No its never worked as a deterrent before, if it had there would have only ever been one hanging. |
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Chipmunk
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No I am against the death penalty. It was abolished for a reason - it is not foolproof and innocent people have been killed by the state. Even in this day and age of DNA evidence it is still possible to convict the wrong person - look at those poor women who were convicted of killing their babies and eventually freed, or the Jill Dando "killer" who is quite possibly innocent. And these are just the high profile cases, there are many more.
I don't believe in an eye for an eye - how can you say that killing is wrong and then punish a killer by killing them? Surely that would make you just as bad as them. |
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melp1010
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No, because not everyone on death row really committed the crimes they are there for. The system is not any where near perfect. The # of people the have been exonerated from death row is amazing... and the people that have been found innocent after they died is completely unacceptable (ex. Jesse Tafero)!
Besides life in prison is much worse then death. If they really are guilty I'd rather see them spending their life paying for what they did then just die for it.
FYI to the person who said that it costs more to keep some one in prison for life... here is the reality!
The cost of incarceration are expensive (about $25,000 per year per inmate), that amounts to $750,000 to $1,000,000 depending on whether a person lives 30 or 40 years after his or her sentencing. The death penalty, on the other hand, costs an additional $2 million per execution! |
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Theluckyhedgehog
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No
Because it makes us just as bad as them, locking them up is the only option dude. |
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Jason J
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I am a rare republican who does not believe in the death penalty. So no. |
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lippz
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This question has been asked a million times.
The first part of your question ...you will find answers from the hang em and flog em brigade. They think they are right
You will have answers from the devils advocates who look at the previous effectiveness of such deterrants and yet see the re-establishment of capital punishment as a way of controlling the numbers of these offenders that are caught.
You will get answers from the bleeding heart do gooders, who see capital punishment as barbaric and regressive to society..
As for the second part of your question....thats what I find more disturbing...why should an opinion be so wrong that you deserve to be labelled a paedophile, murderer or terrorist?
We live in a country that embraces freedom of speech and thought...what you suggest in response to this is a Big Brother state! |
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dels replies
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Quick answer YES kill the B's. |
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The CO2 Agenda is a LIE!
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Evil monsters such as failed suicide bombers, those who torture victims to death, and a few other types of skinbag who forefit their human Rights, because they've ceased to be human should definitely be killed if there's absolutely no doubt about their guilt. |
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mollymoosmummy
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When you hear of a children murder or a peadophile hurting a child your instinct is to bring back hanging but when you think about it logically then no.
These people who would "qualify" for capital punishment (terrorists, peadophiles) are so sick in the head it would not deter them from doing their crime anyway!
Its a sad world.................. |
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yupchagee
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1) Yes.
2) Yes.
3) No. |
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single occupant
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Will all pedophiles get capital punishment? I'm thinking foley and some evangelicals here.
Or will that only be reserved for the other team's pervs?
Get back to me when you sort that out. |
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ph
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Why waste thousands on keeping them in jail. If a person is willing to take life then they should be prepared to pay the price. |
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Legally Brunette
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What do you mean "reestablishment"? Capital punishment is still used in this country. |
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booman17
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Yes, and no....Stupidity is not a crime. |
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Martin K
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If God wont destroy them who are we to destroy them.. |
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kimberly M
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I am all for the re-establishment of capital punishment. I believe that we should go back to the old days when stoning was an acceptable form of punishment for some cases. I believ in an eye for an eye..... |
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fireblood
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1,YES .2YES. 3.YES. BRING EM ON |
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Wheelie
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I say if someone tortures and rapes and murders someone it should be done to them too. But then again Karma is a female dog too. So they will get theirs in the end anyways. |
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the_tent_man36
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here here, or a big island put them altogether. |
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ggates1982
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i think we need to reestablish the death penalty but if someone is opposed to u having something they dont like do u shoot them i think every person is entitled to an opinion and should not come under fire for their beliefs |
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Bubba
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Yes....but.... it has to be carried out in a time efficent manner. No more 14 year appeal proccesses. I think if criminals knew they were going to die as soon as they were convicted they would be a lot less apt to committing crimes. |
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vdv_desantnik
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yes to both |
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Wildman
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Oh yes, without a shadow of a doubt. I do, however foresee one pretty major problem though. How do we prove, without a shadow of a doubt that the accused are guilty of the crimes with which they are charged? I am vehemently opposed to people who commit these crimes spending the rest of their lives in prison costing the taxpayer money and bleeding the State. Death to beasts, terrorists and murderers. |
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Bear
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What else would deter these sick and depraved individuals. A stint in a cushy prison!?!
As for the do gooders....... see their opinion change when one of their loved ones is the victim of a murder or the their children the victim of a paedophile!!
Lets not waste money on these people.... PLEASE!!! |
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