What do you think of capitol punishment?

[MillenniumBill]

Punishment was meant to be exactly that, punishment. It was also meant to serve as a deterent to prevent anyone from commiting the same act (s) lest they suffer the same fate. We have softened it to be interpreted as "correction". This in turn has given the illusion that all offenders can be salvaged into productive members into society even if reality, they can't. This is why we have so many repeat offnders back on the streets committing the same crimes.
Take for instance pedophiles. Most pedophiles will even admit they cannot be rehabilitated yet they keep fighting for release and even decriminalization of their acts (see NAMBLA as example). Now does this mean they should be subject to Capital Punishment? I think not. But I do believe punishments should fit the crime.
If someone does a crime resulting in malicious death, the State should return in kind.

[FenderMustango]

I am fully against it. What with countries sentancing you to dealth for drugs, having sex outside marriage or changing religion. Yes you have murderes and child molestors etc but if you take a life as revenge you are no different than them. Taking someone rom this life who could potentially change in jail and do some good. That and the amount of wrong convictions or racial related in USA happens a lot. That is why here in UK we just let those people rot in a jail cell and think about what they did. Killing then is an easy cop out just so they son't have to deal with them. Also if USA didn't lock up so many non violent drug offenders then you wouldn't have an issue with space.

[SavageGirl101]

Rape... anything involving sexually abusing or touching kids... even if u admit u are attracted to little kids u should automatically be fried in that chair

[crmoore]

I honestly don't know.

One if the two problems I have with it is people being framed or wrongfully convicted, and then dying for someone else's actions.

The other problem I have with it is people's potential to genuinely regret what they've done. And if they do, in a way they may still deserve the death penalty, for some reason I just don't think it's right. I know a lot of people will disagree with that one.

That being said, in most (if not nearly all) cases, I think the death penalty is entirely warranted. But it's those few fringe cases that make me question whether it should be a thing.

[someginger]

I disagree with it, since it's in actuality it's cheaper to keep a person for life then it is to kill them. Since they have to go through a lot of paper work and all sorts of stuff to make sure they aren't killing an innocent man.

Also if you do kill an innocent man which has happened there isn't an undo button there died for something they never didn't. Plus it would denture the real criminal from confessing, since if there going to get the death penalty anyway may as well not confess.

[petargrom]

Corporal? As in, bodily? Mutilations of any kind I would ban for good.
Capitol, as in 'punish by giving them a president instead if being their king? That, I support fully.
I will rule by wisdom when the furious morons get sedated and health-managed for good

[ChrisMaster69]

All for it.
would even reduce it down a level for those that are constantly offending serious but non capital punishment crimes.

it removes the burden on society paying for these people.

the costs for the likes of sutcliffe, Brady etc

[Glasgow55]

I'm kind of sad to find myself saying this, but yes, there are definitely crimes where death is justified, in my opinion. Some people are just not sufficiently human or compassionate to warrant us tax payers feeding and housing them, after some of the things we read and hear about. Get rid of them.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Sure. Those criminals that can potentially kill more innocent people shall be punished by death. It's better to have one executed in the name of justice than to have innocent people killed by the hands of a murderer. They can also kill their cell mates tho.

[Sargentcaptain]

Are they people who deserve it? Absolutely. Should they get it? No. I think that prisons are meant to protect the rest of the world against the pyschos, and I don't believe that the state should have the 'right' to murder people as they see fit.

[worldscolide]

I think we should expand it to other violent crimes. Like rape and child molestation.

[Anonymous]

Sure why not?, At least it's a good deterrent, which means less people would end up actually doing it anyway, the idea is not to execute people, it's to the scare them with the prospect of execution so they don't do it in the first place, it would hardly ever be actually applied I think if it was used as a deterrent and it was clear to everyone that it was no joke, make an example out of a couple guys and every criminal would get the message - they mean it and they're not just kidding around.

[exitseven]

Yes, for crimes like murder and selling heroin. The heroin dealers should be treated to a free OD.

[Wise4myage]

I'm all for it, but the electric chair is barbaric and never should have come into existence.

[Cicero79]

Wouldn't you be for the death penalty if your mother or sister was raped and murder.

[H8INCHES]

Should be federal law.. applied to all extreme violations of another person

[Anastasia97]

I think they should rot in prison solitary confinement.

[Agape93]

Sex offenses. Kill em all

[Meldrum]

Murder is murder, regardless of who kills who.

[COMMODOREII]

Two evils do you not make a right.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I agree with it.

[Lynx122]

Nope I'm against it.

[OddBeMe]

Against.

[Anonymous]

Yes, all of them.