Do You Believe in the Death Penalty? How Stong Is Your Belief in This Subject?
Question by babie_racer_in: Do you believe in the death penalty? How stong is your belief in this subject?
I have a very strong opinion on this subject but I have to do an argumentative paper on it. I was wondering what other people think and how opinionated they are. I will not say my side because I do not want to create any bias.
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Answer by Thor
Well if someone takes the life of another by planning to do it, or rapes or moelstes a child becasue they have to live with that forever. Why should a hateful person deserve to live when they didnt give their victims a chance. if it were me then we would save money and use the trees.
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Rape, Child molestation, pre meditated murder, cruelty to animals, and voting democratic.
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well..i dont believbe in it. it should not be used.i mean for example. a man.woman is a murderer…u kill em..they are gone..no paying back and learning what he.she did wrong..u know? and plus..how is taking a life justice for taking a life..thats what i believe
Strongly against.
I live in Texas, and I supported capital punishment for a long time, but the more I learned about it, the more I came to oppose it. In the end, several factors changed my mind:
1. By far the most compelling is this: Sometimes the legal system gets it wrong. In the last 30 years in the U.S., over 100 people have been released from death row because they were exonerated by DNA evidence. These are ALL people who were found guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Unfortunately, DNA evidence is not available in most cases. So, as long as the death penalty is in place, you are pretty much GUARANTEED to occasionally execute an innocent person.
Really, that should be reason enough for most people to oppose it. If you need more, read on:
2. Because of higher pre-trial expenses, longer trials, jury sequestration, expert witnesses, and other extra expenses associated with prosecuting & defending a DP case, plus the appeals process (which is necessary – see reason #1), it costs taxpayers MUCH more to execute prisoners than to imprison them for life.
3. The deterrent effect is questionable at best. Violent crime rates are actually HIGHER in death penalty jurisdictions. This may seem counterintuitive, and there are many theories about why this is (Ted Bundy saw it as a challenge, so he chose Florida – the most active execution state at the time – to carry out his final murder spree). It is probably due, at least in part, to the high cost (see #2), which drains resources from police departments, drug treatment programs, education, and other government services that help prevent crime. Personally, I think it also has to do with the hypocrisy of taking a stand against murder…by killing people. The government fosters a culture of violence by saying, ‘do as I say, not as I do.’
4. There’s also an argument to be made that death is too good for the worst criminals. Let them wake up and go to bed every day of their lives in a prison cell, and think about the freedom they DON’T have, until they rot of old age. When Ted Bundy was finally arrested in 1978, he told the police officer, “I wish you had killed me.” Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (the architect of the 9/11 attacks) would love nothing better than to be put to death. In his words, “I have been looking to be a martyr [for a] long time.”
5. Most governments are supposed to be secular, but for those who invoke Christian law in this debate, you can find arguments both for AND against the death penalty in the Bible. The New Testament (starring Jesus) is primarily ANTI-death penalty. For example, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus praises mercy (Matthew 5:7) and rejects “an eye for an eye” (Matthew 5:38-39). James 4:12 says that GOD is the only one who can take a life in the name of justice. In John 8:7, Jesus himself says, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
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