Should we execute those who commit crimes against children, killing a police officer etc:?

sasha

i think all those crimes deserve execution, if not life in prison, and life should mean life, not 15 years.
but I'm not Keen on paying my taxes to those filthy, evil scumbags so that they can live out the rest of their lives in comfy prison cells that are provided to them nowadays - out of our wages!
and that's why execution is sometimes the best way, also if they couldn't respect a persons life, why should theirs be?

gary n

yes it should be mandatory. make the punishment quick also . don't let them lay around the jail for years. these children are all so Innocent. these people should never be let off easy with the excuse i am crazy

budlowsbro420

Yes ....And I also think that they should be publicly executed as well , and broad-casted on ALL channels ( just as the presidents state of the union addresses are ).....BUT.....There must be due process of the law , and I think that the 3-strike law is 1 too many (fool me once-shame on you...fool me twice-shame on me ) So the first offense would carry a long sentence of very hard labor , (and the profit would go to the victims family or a victims fund/trust ) along with the seizure of ALL of the convicted' assets ( personal and shared ) And if/when released permanent parole (with tracking device implanted and irremovable). I know it sounds harsh , but the crimes you listed sound even harsher!

Gloomyguy

We? Do you mean you?

zekips

No on 2 grounds.

1 Murder is murder is murder whether by an individual or the state.

2. Why is a child's or policeman's life more important than mine?

auntb93again

Actually, I would probably give a longer list than that. But my reason, ironically, is compassion for the criminal.

Which do you think is the more "cruel and unusual" punishment: to execute someone with lethal injection, as humane as anything we would do for a sick dog, or let them live without any possibility of parole in an American prison, run by gangs and rapists? This is especially true of child molesters, who are treated to "a dose of their own medicine" nearly every night by their fellow inmates.

william john l

If you have seen the film about Derek Bentley and how he was executed you would be sick to your stomach and want a better way than more violence and cruelty no matter what the crime - as a society we have to be better than those who break the law and he did not even kill the policeman but the boy who did got a few years and then paroled - it was a revenge killing to send a message that if you hurt a police officer we will break your neck and I am so sad that enough of you think it is an answer

lori b

i say execute for all those crimes.because its wrong, and sick and whoever does these crimes should not be here anymore

mat67

death is not a punishment its a releass. think of a better punishment like real life in prisonment which means life.

Oh No!!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!

Tinkerbell

I DON'T KNOW IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

firstknight

i feel that the punishment should fit the crime, if you kill someone depending on how if in self - defence , etc. i wouldnt, but if you kill for just because, etc, death. Rape of a child, now being a father of a little boy, if anything was to happen like that to him, god help that person that did it, slow and very painfull death

arewethereyet

Should we execute for some crimes? Most definately. Perhaps because I live in Texas it comes natural to us to put a rabid dog down. It's just the logical thing to do .... no, it is not pretty or fun, it is just a fact of life and a grim thing to be done.

Yes to first degree murder, no matter who the victim (child or police).

No to rape of anyone, but my solution to that problem is perhaps the same, only more cruel. If convicted, a rapist or perp of any violent crime should have their crime tattoed on their forehead or cheek. They should then be turned out onto the streets with no help from society whatsoever.

This would mean: no use of hospitals, no access to law enforcement or the court system, not even allowed on public transportation or use of toll roads! No Social Security Income when you age, no ability to even own a car or have a bank account.

The theory is that if you do not wish to live in our society according to our rules, then you will not reap the benefits of society. If you are beaten and robbed, don't bother calling the police, don't go to a hospital; you can't even take anyone to court and sue them privately.

I'm pretty sure that if that were done, the crime rate for violent crime, like rape, would drop dramatically. Is it drastic? Sure, but it is either that or we can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to rehabilitate a rapist in a flawed system.

sciencegeek+

I oppose the death penalty.

but if we use the death the penalty, I would execute murderers and only serious murderers.

cyclops

Yes we should execute, but it should carried out ,within a year.
They should be able to choose, between Gas Chamber or
Electric Chair. The Law should be Nationwide , no wiggle room
for Lawyers to try to postpone the execution. Black and White no
Grey area, just guilty or not guilty , end of story. Its a shame this
Country , doesn't have the intestinal fortitude , to do this.

rexallen

Aithough I am not a death penalty proponent,I can see giving the death penalty to one who murders a child or rapes a child. Just outright rape of an individual, no, but a long prison sentence with no parole for the first offense, yes, death for a second offence. The murder of a police officer is a questionable one. First, I respect the true law enforcement officers who do their job from their heart. However, with the
many good officers around, there is always that one who tries to take advantage of their position. If in fact one of these rogue policemen were to be killed because of these types of actions, a death penalty should not be. However, if the death penalty advocates get such a legislation passed, I would say they must also pass safeguards, primarily, a 30 day review of all court documents before a death penalty assigned by a judge and jury becomes binding. If, for any reason, it is found that there was gross prosecutorial conduct, the death penalty would be set aside and the prosecuting attorney would surrender their license immediately and for life.

Ratbrain

No to all. I don't see a harmless death as punishment, but a way out of punishment.

To me whether killing a person was justified would depend less on the actual crime than on whether the criminal had done something so very bad that he could be considered as having resigned from the human race. I would say that killing or raping a child would qualify and I would definitely support the death penalty for such offences with certain limitations - eg killing a child quickly to end enormous suffering in an accident situation where help was many hours away and good recovery impossible.

Raping an adult is a bit more problematic. The whole issue of consent is so fraught with uncertainty, but if it could definitely be established that the rape was deliberate, recreational in nature and done with cruelty I would say yes.

As far as killing a police officer, Im not sure. Traditionally crimes of violence against police are treated with more severity, not because the police person is special, but because of the damage to public security if the police are not held in respect. I would hesitate to award the death penalty for this.

Personally I would add persistent, grave and wanton cruelty to animals.

Dzee

This is based strictly on opinion, but I think the death penalty should be enforced on an "eye for an eye" basis. I don't think crimes such as rape are severe enough to deserve death, but I think if you kill another person (ON PURPOSE!) then you should be executed. If it was accidental then I believe a long, long jail sentence would suffice. But of course this would never happen because the courts would be under too much pressure to decide whether a killing crime was intentional or not, because if they say it is and it really wasn't then. . . The person under question would already be dead.

Sally J

Rape - if proven beyond doubt - castration.
Rape of a child - Yes! (proven beyond doubt)
Killing ANYONE - Yes! (proven beyond doubt)

But then we believe ourselves to be a civilised country and therefore don't have the death penalty. We therefore expect victims and victims families to be happy with pathetic excuses for sentences and punishments!!!

Could it be deemed that we are more civilised IF we brought back the death penalty?

So many arguments and pros and cons!

G.P. Jackson

Yea and it shouldn't take 50 years to do it. Once they are found guilty beyond a responsible doubt they should be put to death

Curious George

Yes, I believe we should execute criminals in certain situations, such as the heinous crimes you've mentioned. The reason I think this is that, at least for the crimes against children, would be committed again once the perpetrator served his time and was back out on the streets. Killing a police officer is equally as bad, but while the criminal might not kill another officer once he was free, I don't think he would have any respect for authority and would continue in his life of crime.
Having said that, I know there are instances where people are truly rehabilitated; however, I feel that if we executed criminals, it might deter others from committing those crimes themselves and thus save lives.

CARLA G

id say yes to murders they should be hung but if you were to give rapist the death penalty then they would more likely kill seeing as they are going to be executed anyway so might actually encourage murder

Chris M

I don't see why the murder of a child or copper should be any different to the murder of any one else. Murder is murder. If you're going to bring back capital punishment for murderers, then it shouldn't matter who is murdered.

candy g

I personally think any taking of another life should result in you losing your own..........and YES would be more than happy to oblige if it was one of my own that was killed............

I personally also think that anyone that kills a police officer in the line of duty should also be put to death............regardless of what people might think THEY are often all that's between us and the rabble..............

As for rape well as heinous as that crime is for a 1st offence then no but REPEAT offenders oh hell yes...............

Also some place up there in your list should be for people that KNOWING they are sh*t faced drunk get behind the wheel of a car and kill others...............

aangelkissed

yes because those are horrible crimes and I honestly believe you can not be "cured" or reformed when you have a sick mind like that. But then again the christian part of me says no let the lord sort them out.

Jack

In Theory yes. Not for Rape but for murder.
BUT,,, As you can never be 100% sure then do we want to run the risk of executing an innocent person? In my view NO, NEVER.

So the answer is NO.

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