Do certain criminals deserve the death penalty?

rhutson

I agree completely. Many people want to say that the death penalty is too harsh of a punishment. I believe that it is not a punishment as much as protection for society. Animals kill out of instinct while humans have the ability to reason and understand their actions. But yet when an animal kills it is immediately put to death. Why would we even hesitate with a human.

kerilyn (RIP Nolte)

yes, I do believe in the death penalty....except they should be
put to death in the same way they killed their victims.....
not just easily put to sleep.....

JustJake

I believe that people who scream into their cellphones at a nice restaurant deserve the death penalty. I suppose if I support the death penalty for these black tie, banquet, bashers then maybe the murderers should be included.

atulsonak001

YES, but the death penalty should be ordered by the person who has never committed a crime.

KERMIT M

Absolutely.

bcwestcoaster

The problem with the death penalty is that there have been too many cases where a person has been convicted only to be found innocent years later.

Check out this web site for examples:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/archive/index.php/t-2785.html

Mark D

Agree. The severity of the punishment should match the severity of the crime.

something

Yes, but I disagree with the way the death penalty is implemented today.

normobrian

It certainly is effective in killing people. It has no effect on deterring people from crime, though.

When you find a sinless executioner, let him cast the first stone.

PikC

Yes! Yes! Yes! agree totally with u. Need to many pages to outline my thoughts but I suspect they'd b along the same lines s yours

Mr Ed

No, give them life it costs less.

Tommy

Yes. Terrorist or other cold blooded killings, like drive by shootings at random, mass killers and sadistic or torture killings and killings where the killer was in a position of power and took advantage of it.

Many murders are committed by family members. God didn't execute Cain for killing Able. Sometimes the best punishment is to leave someone alive. When and when not to do this is wisdom totally lost upon humanity today.

gry w

tough question ,one that will be debated long after we are gone,yes its true it has its benefits,i.e. punishing the one convicted of the crime ,but consider if it was you who was accused and you were innocent.how would your passion for and eye for an eye be than,but then those who hurt the innocent deserve what they get ,,,i myself do believe the benefits outway the bad that comes of it

brandy10006

Well, on the big scheme of things it is cheaper to keep a prisoner for life than it is to kill him.

However, I believe in swift justice. Once guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, then it is time to pay your dues. Does it work? In some cases it does. Does it pervent murder, I really can't say. Most people who pre meditate a murder think that they are not going to caught.

Anyway, who knows?

Take Care

jack jr

Certainly. I am a strong believer of an eye for an eye. That principal works as an excellent deterrent of crime in other some of the other countries around the world.

Shepherd

yes, they do... cold-blooded murderers should face it.... it's justice..

jorluke

well what can i say? every other month or so it looks like on the news we see some black guy getting out of jail after 20 years for a crime that has be retroactively confirmed he did not commit.
its heroic in the face of justice.
i would OK only very hesitantly to this one guys. careful.
paint yourself a world where someone can blackmail you with certain evidence of a heinous crime because by the time your innocense could be proven you are already dead with your little secrets.
i read in psychology today oct 06 issue that 1% of the US population is psychopathic. but 3.5% of upper management positions fit the profile. sorry if this is a bit off base but i mean it as supporting argument for my very iffy stance on this sensitive topic.
lets just make SURE, well beyond any reasonable doubt in anyones mind we got the right person that did the crime and have a thorough background investigation pointing to all his ties so we may do so in good conscience.
and lets make sure its for guys with seriously disturbing and unrehabilitable conditions or total lack of or rejection of conscience type cases. yes they should still be able to blame everything they are on thier parents etc. some are that way because of thier past. its true, but then there is also the factor of the dog that got its teeth wet kinda thing. whatever fits the crime i think. some are rehabilitatable. some are not. I think that should be criteria and psychology itself has a long way to go to solidify legally acceptable definitions of the entire psyche of a human being beyond any reasonable doubt.
lets be really careful for this before there is a public hanging over a parking ticket. positions created out of optimism are doomed to failure. The **** always floats to the top.

mastinox

I agree...

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