Should the death penalty ever be used?

I don't trust the justice system enough to say that anybody's life should be ended by it.
Maybe it should be self-elective.

 

Yes especially when 1/2 the time THEY ARE WRONG ABOUT WHO DID IT!!

 

Yes, some crimes are so heinous that society is safer and better off without the perpetrator's continued existence. Our focus should be on improving the justice system to help better ensure that people are not wrongly convicted. Even if it means more guilty people are found innocent. We shouldn't just accept that we can't improve things and get rid of the death penalty because of it.

 

In cases of children murders, yes I think it should be applied...(at least there)....

as for the justice of course it should come forward with undoubtable evidence but that's another issue that concerns the legal system...and not the death penalty itself as an idea.

 

Maybe we should wait on the death penalty until we all have our chips implanted and can be monitored more closely to avoid mistaken deaths.

 

i understand what you say and mean; but the question is if we get the problem of justice fixed, then that would make death penatlty okay?

i mean shouldn't we isolate it as a theory if it can work as an prevention for future crimes or is it to be judged here according to the more realistic and depended relationship it has with justice?

 

Well, I don't think the penal system in general is a deterrent to crime.
And the death penalty is mostly for murderers, right?
I don't think a person who is crazy enough to Kill somebody is going to stop and say
"You know what, I guess I shouldn't- because I don't want to be punished for it..."
Just like I don't think that without the death penalty everyone would go on a killing holiday.

 

we have different opinions on the matter, lol, its okay...

but not all crimes are due to the person being crazy, some crimes are organized..

 

the percentages add up to 158.55%...

 

I do not believe that any one individual has the moral right to say "I believe a certain other individual should die, and therefore I am going to kill them" and to carry out that killing.

If no one individual has that right, then it must follow that no group of individuals have that right ... even if they exsercise it by coming together as a "society" or a "state" and enacting legislation giving themselves that right.

Therefore, I always have and I always will oppose the death penalty.

 

Close enough for political conversation.

 

In most states it takes 12 jurors to sentence someone to death.

 

Wow. I'm from the North. I didn't realize more than two or three states actually HAD the death penalty.
Now that I'm looking at a map of states that do, I'm honestly shocked that there are 34.

 

Mostly for cases of high treason committed by high ranking officials who sought out, gained and misused the publics trust. In fact I think they should be hung by the fucking streetlights once convicted according to due and legal process...

 

I've always felt that it was arrogant of humankind, or any system of humankind, including government, to have the power to put any human to death. However, it's undeniable that humans have, and will continue to, kill each other - whether by their own rule of law or not. With that in mind, anyone who supports the notion of a death penalty cannot speak against suicide, euthanasia or abortion without being guilty of hypocrisy.

 

Should horrid criminals that are doing life have a chance to off themselves if they want to?

 

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard notes the concept as a part of humanity's "barbaric" past. And since, according to Star Trek, they've eliminated currency and have created peace on Earth, I'll roll with that.

 

I would say the most basic right any human being should have is the decision as to whether one chooses to continue living, or to end their own life. Not that I advocate suicide, I don't.

 

Most definitely! Why should we have to pay for them to live in prison if THEY don't want to live in prison? Also, not advocating suicide, but if someone really wants to die, they should be able to do so in a humane way. Bring back Dr. K!

 

We have it in PA, I thought most states did. I'm surprised there are only 34.

We have it, but we rarely use it.

If we're going to have it, it should be used and used immediately when people confess and/or there is so much evidence that there is NO DOUBT the inmate actually did it. (Evidence including but not limited to multiple credible witnesses.)