Is the death penalty justified?

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my feelings on the death penalty are pretty simple, I believe in the death penalty in cases of extreme violence especially against the innocent/vulnerable with irrefutable evidence.

There are just certain people that genuinely cannot be rehabilitated into society, people that harm the most vulnerable among us are a danger to the general public so they should be dealt as such.

Their death should also be quick and simple, our tax payer dollars don’t need to be wasted on keeping them in death row for years or giving them “last meals”

Cormac995 · Accepted Answer

Justified? Sometimes. Should we have it at all? No in my opinion. Yea some people deserve to die like pedo's for example but we live in a world where we have a flawed justice system. Cops can be crooked, and courts can be biased. A divorce ruling or any case where a woman assaults or sexual harasses/rapes a man shows that. They almost always get a shit ton of stuff in the divorce and then you see these woman that say they're happier and free now and then men ask. I wonder how happy she would be if she didn't get allimony.

Then in rape cases women get next to nothing in punishment and often times they flip it back on you then you go to jail for her raping you in cases where men are raped by woman. I also have heard and seen enough stories that have nearly made me cry because there is such a stigma about men not being able to say no to sex because we're men.

I met a guy who had a traumatic experience with his ex where she "took control" in bed and started hurting him and he told her to stop and she didn't listen and kept hurting him and pinned him and I was like "Dude that's rape." and it's like a switch flipped in his head for the first time when he realized that's what it actually was. I think men getting raped is a lot more common then people think I think men just admit to it less because of the stigma.

So yea in a court system like ours I'm uncomfortable with the death penalty because there are too many biased cases that can send innocent people to their death for something they didn't do. At least with life in prison if new evidence comes out then they might be able to have the rest of their life back.

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

My thoughts are pretty well in line with your own.
The problem with the death penalty isn’t that idea that nobody deserves to die for their crimes. It’s that our “justice” system gets it wrong SO OFTEN. Jurisdictions all around the country fought against sanctioning DNA evidence because it was used to exonerate hundreds of convicts before it convicted dozens. Even now with DNA, we still get it wrong a lot.
So the question becomes: Is capital punishment worth risking the executions of wrongly convicted people, to the tune of about 15%? For every 100 convicts we put down, 15 of them don’t necessarily deserve it. Is that acceptable?
Then other questions of ethics arise. If we sentence someone to life without parole, shouldn’t they have the right to request execution? Their life is over and more than likely the real reason they’re being kept alive is profit potential for the corporations that own and run our prisons now. Do convicts lose their autonomy? If so, how are they not state sanctioned slaves?
Now we’re talking about human trafficking and euthanasia for free citizens; two giant cans of ethics worms nobody wants to pop open and get real about.
The fact is, “irrefutable proof” is subjective. There will always be someone who can and will refute the evidence or the motive, often both. Our entire legal defense system was built on it.

NordicInScandinavia · Accepted Answer

I'm against and glad we haven't practiced it in decades.

For one: I think it's to easy, why should someone who's done something horrendous, get to die? If we play with the thought that the justice system gets it right every time (which is one other reason why I'm against), then death is a easier and quicker.

Then there's the thing with how my tax money is being used, I'd rather they spend my tax money on keeping them in prison for life and for the worst of them - with no possibility for getting out. (Life sentence here is on average about 16 years, not an actual life sentence, however this is increasing by the year.) This is actually been proven CHEAPER than practicing the death penalty, due to the costs of appeals and shit. Not having appeals and shit would make it easier to kill the INNOCENT, we already see how easily some people have been thrown into jail for decades (&even on death row) for crimes they've not commited.

And to end it: I think the loss of freedom, your independence - your free will, is a far bigger punishment in the long run than the death penalty. And the worst of worst deserve the worst.

YollyM · Accepted Answer

In theory, yes. I believe the death penalty can be justified in cases of extreme violence, especially when it involves innocent or vulnerable victims and the evidence is irrefutable. Some crimes are so severe that rehabilitation is unrealistic, and allowing certain individuals to remain in society poses a real threat to public safety.

However, in practice, I don't support it. Our justice system is inconsistent. People who commit financial crimes that destroy lives often serve time in comfort, rapists are granted bail, and sometimes those acting in self-defence face harsher penalties than actual offenders. There is also the risk of wrongful convictions, biased sentencing, and the high cost of lengthy appeals. Until the system is fair and consistent, the death penalty cannot be applied justly.

Anonymous · Answer

None of the voters in the UK wanted the Death Penalty to be abolished, It was solely politicians who wanted the Death Penalty abolished and did so, as far as the UK Public were concerned the Death Penalty is Society's ultimate sanction on those who cannot live within the laws of the country,

The Last executions in the UK
England and in the United Kingdom: on 13 August 1964, Peter Anthony Allen, at Walton Prison in Liverpool, and Gwynne Owen Evans, at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, were executed for the murder of John Alan West on 7 April that year.

In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain; for the murder of her lover David Blakely.

Scotland: Henry John Burnett, 21, on 15 August 1963 in Craiginches Prison, Aberdeen, for the murder of seaman Thomas Guyan.

Northern Ireland: Robert McGladdery, 26, on 20 December 1961 in Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast, for the murder of Pearl Gamble.

Wales: Vivian Teed, 24, in HMP Swansea on 6 May 1958, for the murder of William Williams, sub-postmaster of Fforestfach Post Office. All of these people were Hanged and they were not kept in the condemned cells for years before the sentence was carried out.

OneViewpoint · Answer

I think it's justified in some cases.

Was the crime heinous?
Is the perpetrator beyond being reformed?
Would anyone want this person released back into society?

If the answers are Yes, Yes, and No, then why would society pay for 40-50 years of incarceration, food, medical care, clothing, and energy to keep that defective member of society alive? What is the purpose? What is the goal? Just remove the threat and the cost of a failed human.

Surely · Answer

I do believe in the death penalty. But I have serious reservations about it. Could I live with myself if I helped sentence someone to death and later they were found innocent.
On the other hand. Shipping them to third world prisons would probably be worse than death!

Lliam · Answer

Definitely, in some cases. In cases where people have committed unspeakable crimes and the evidence is irrefutable, those people should be extinguished. And their deaths shouldn't even be by painless lethal injection.

There are average people who have committed heinous crimes. There are also very powerful people who have committed crimes against humanity.

Genie23 · Answer

I believe so. In some cases like brutal killings especially in cases that involves terrorism and killing children at school. Torturing before killing someone or brutal rape cases or brutal rape and then killing them and making their body unrecognisable. I say those kind of people aren't humans, they're monsters. They lack conscience and heart and those kind of monsters are danger to the whole world if they are released or manage to escape the prison.

WhiteThought · Answer

I wonder how many of those women support abortion, because that's worse than the death penalty, but a lot of women have no problem killing their own children.

In regards to the death penalty though, if you think people should be killed because you think they cannot be rehabilitated, then you are doing what any killer would do, which makes you the same. They have no right to take life, and neither do you, but you will do it if it either benefits you, or if you think it's the best option.

mstbooblover · Answer

Difficult actually, when taking into consideration really proven particularly horrible crimes, to at least not think about the death penalty. By the way, is life imprisonnement more human than death? I'm note sure. And considering some of those impenitent criminals may one day break free or be released, aren't odds high they will start again their criminal activities?

DJB72 · Answer

There was a documentary called "14 Days in May" in 1987 that followed the last two weeks of a man on death row who was later exonerated.

The reason death row inmates are kept so long is partly to try to avoid issues like this arising. It's very difficult to un-execute someone later.

That said, there are definitely examples of crimes that deserve capital punishment. Child rape and murder of police on duty being two of them.

exitseven · Answer

Yes, if people commit murder, treason or they are responsible for selling poison that results in the death of another they should be put to death. The punishment should be swift and maybe instead of making a big show of it, it should be done quickly with some of the fentanyl that some of these criminals have brought into the country. Sort of a win win.

hannamontana · Answer

Honestly, it’s complicated. Part of me gets the need for justice and consequences, but taking a life feels like crossing a line that can’t be undone. Plus, the system isn’t perfect too many mistakes, biases, and unfairness.

Staximus · Answer

I agree with you. If somebody did something terrible and there's no doubt of their guilt and ability to be rehabilitated, there's no reason to keep them alive. It's like when an animal gets rabies, you kill it.

chrissykerdock · Answer

death penalty is for people who kill women are so often raped and killed jaywalkers don;t get the death penalty

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

I don’t believe in it under most circumstances, but some criminals are SO fucked in the head, there’s absolutely no hope for any rehabilitation back into normal society.

onedarkcloud · Answer

If you want the murderes to get life in prison no parole Then you should pay an extra 3 or 4 thousand dollars per year to cover the cost of keeping the scumbags in food clothing housing medical. For what reason?

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

Depends on the crime and it also needs to be 100 percent certain that the person actually did the crime. Personally I’m fine if the death penalty is outlawed. It’s been used as a racist tool and too many innocent people have been executed.

rtj1211 · Answer

I hope you want the death sentence for plenty of Israeli Government officials, then.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

As for myself, I'm not under threat. If others are silly enough to ''qualify'' ... well: they knew the risk.  Not my problem.

JesseP1nk · Answer

Im against death penalty. I want those kind of people would be tortured in prison. Meal once a week, no light - complete darkness 24/7, 3°C/37.4 °Fahrenheit in their cell

FredAbrams1356 · Answer

It depends upon the crime. If it is something heinous such as brutal murder or rape and then murder, then I have no problem with it. Of course, it should only be done if there is no reasonable doubt that the suspect is guilty of the offense.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

It's often justified. Whether it's used or not is a political choice.

Anonymous · Answer

I see where you're coming from. How do you know your evidence is irrefutable? Has anyone every thought they had irrefutable evidence when they actually did not?

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. But the big question is, for which specific crimes and circumstances should it be allowed for. Everyone has their own opinions about that

rebelkid · Answer

As long as the person being sentenced to death is the person whom is guilty of the crime

Massageman · Answer

I agree with you.

DrPepper12 · Answer

No. Never. It's state sanctioned murder.

Jennz6 · Answer

For pedophiles it is

Paige90 · Answer

Yes it is

Anonymous · Answer

No it is not, what do you think

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, I think it is, in some situations.

whereismyjohnny · Answer

No. Never.

eagle1951 · Answer

in some cases yes

Agape93 · Answer

Yeap

Sal_Monella · Answer

Sometimes

jimmy2 · Answer

Take a life sure is

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