The Death Penalty

I am all for the death penalty. Omg, I think we are too humane right now. We need go back to hanging people or ol' sparky. We need something evil for evil people.

Yeah I'm all for the death penalty, if you do something that horrible you deserve it. But the worst part is that it costs the government more money to give someone the death penalty then life in prison, how sad:( it should really be the other way around. Plus all states should have the same way of regulating the death penalty, instead you have some states that have it others that don't and you have like 5 different ways you could die depending on the state. Lets see, guilletine, hanging, injection, fireing squad,electric chair, yep I was right 5 different ways, but I think only one state has the guilletien(beheading) or maybe they made it illegal, I can't quite remember, but I know all the other ones are legal in some of the states. I still think its horrible that it costs us more than to keep them in prisoner for life, seems to me like most of those ways would be pretty cheap. Whatever... I'm still for the death penalty.

I'm sorry if offended anyone I didn't mean to.

bubblez wrote:Yeah I'm all for the death penalty, if you do something that horrible you deserve it. But the worst part is that it costs the government more money to give someone the death penalty then life in prison, how sad:( it should really be the other way around. Plus all states should have the same way of regulating the death penalty, instead you have some states that have it others that don't and you have like 5 different ways you could die depending on the state. Lets see, guilletine, hanging, injection, fireing squad,electric chair, yep I was right 5 different ways, but I think only one state has the guilletien(beheading) or maybe they made it illegal, I can't quite remember, but I know all the other ones are legal in some of the states. I still think its horrible that it costs us more than to keep them in prisoner for life, seems to me like most of those ways would be pretty cheap. Whatever... I'm still for the death penalty.

I'm sorry if offended anyone I didn't mean to.

I think none of that is offensive becuase it is so true. There are much cheaper and more efficient ways with dealing with crime. Now electricution is outlawed in Florida. Why should lethal injection be ok, it is supposedly a painless way to die, so why are we giving them an easy way out? I think if it is worthy of death, the punishment should fit the crime like extreme acupuncture or beheading, even hanging. If they caused that much suffering to warrent death, then they need to suffer to. Also, prisoners have no rights so why are taxpayers paying for their CABLE TV?!

brewerjo wrote:I think none of that is offensive becuase it is so true. There are much cheaper and more efficient ways with dealing with crime. Now electricution is outlawed in Florida. Why should lethal injection be ok, it is supposedly a painless way to die, so why are we giving them an easy way out? I think if it is worthy of death, the punishment should fit the crime like extreme acupuncture or beheading, even hanging. If they caused that much suffering to warrent death, then they need to suffer to. Also, prisoners have no rights so why are taxpayers paying for their CABLE TV?!

Thanks I am glad I am not offending anyone. And I totally believe that they deserve what they are going to get if they commit a crime punishable by the death penalty. In my opinion it might do more good if we limited the number of appeals that people can make when they are on death row, and also if we make more crimes punishable by the death penalty, right now I think it is only Murder 1 and Mass Murder, but maybe if we extended that to terrorism, and at least to Murder 2 we would have less criminals serving life in our prisons and even less that "somehow" manage to get payroll on a life sentence and get out in the public and just commit murder again. I am so for the Death Penalty and Harsher punishments.

bubblez wrote:Thanks I am glad I am not offending anyone. And I totally believe that they deserve what they are going to get if they commit a crime punishable by the death penalty. In my opinion it might do more good if we limited the number of appeals that people can make when they are on death row, and also if we make more crimes punishable by the death penalty, right now I think it is only Murder 1 and Mass Murder, but maybe if we extended that to terrorism, and at least to Murder 2 we would have less criminals serving life in our prisons and even less that "somehow" manage to get payroll on a life sentence and get out in the public and just commit murder again. I am so for the Death Penalty and Harsher punishments.

I am glad I am not the only one. I would like to see terrorism classified as a death sentence. Another one would have to be treason, there are so many that have committed treason even within the government (mostly in the Senate) that they need to be tried. Or those accused of espionage and convicted should be sentenced to death not sent to other nations like with the case of the "shoe bomber" after 9/11. If only we can get more people to see that the death penalty is legal and needs to be harsher :D

brewerjo wrote:I am glad I am not the only one. I would like to see terrorism classified as a death sentence.Another one would have to be treason, there are so many that have committed treason even within the government (mostly in the Senate) that they need to be tried. Or those accused of espionage and convicted should be sentenced to death not sent to other nations like with the case of the "shoe bomber" after 9/11. If only we can get more people to see that the death penalty is legal and needs to be harsher :D

Me too, it so seems like they can just kinda get away with it and don't have very harsh punishments.I totally agree with you treason should be punishable by the death sentence as well. It would be so much simpler if people would just see it that way, that the death penalty is just a firmer way of punishing someone who has life in prison. But there will always be people who see it as "inhumane." You can't win every battle right, but at least the death penalty is legal and I think it should stay that way!!!

bubblez wrote:Me too, it so seems like they can just kinda get away with it and don't have very harsh punishments.I totally agree with you treason should be punishable by the death sentence as well. It would be so much simpler if people would just see it that way, that the death penalty is just a firmer way of punishing someone who has life in prison. But there will always be people who see it as "inhumane." You can't win every battle right, but at least the death penalty is legal and I think it should stay that way!!!

I agree 100%!!

OK. Let's think about this. Our taxes go towards supporting prisoners who have no remorse for their actions, and have performed haneous crimes(rape,murder,etc.).These monies can go towards benefits for the less fortunate and other issues. If we let these individuals live we are basically advocating their ideas, and allowing an easy way out of their situation.They are fed,housed,allowed to do normal actions. With the death penalty, we are setting a precedent stating the fate of indviduals who perform crimes. It will reduce the rate of crime. And responding to the claim that there is no way to determine is guilty, that's true of all situations, life is an abyss of ambiguity, deal with it.

Pragmatically , and Practically it works.

I like the wording, but you are so totally right, they eat food payed with our tax money, the sleep in beds bought with tax money, they get educational services for goodness sake. And they have done something EVIL AND HORRIBLE to put themselves into that situation, why should we reward them? So you're right, and I believe the death penalty is a good idea, but I think I have already said that.

bubblez wrote:I like the wording, but you are so totally right, they eat food payed with our tax money, the sleep in beds bought with tax money, they get educational services for goodness sake. And they have done something EVIL AND HORRIBLE to put themselves into that situation, why should we reward them? So you're right, and I believe the death penalty is a good idea, but I think I have already said that.
While it is true that those in prison are getting more and more "rights" because of "neccesities," they are still heavily restricted. My uncle ran security at a jail for a while and he said there were plenty of people who would just break down in tears. It's still not easy. With that said, I have to agree that things like television are deffiently not something that should be labeled as a neccessity. HOWEVER, I do believe it could be used as a tool to privelege those with excellent behavior.

Also, part of the idea of a prison is rehabilitation. That is why things like an education system are put in place at prisons. People can change and learn from their mistakes. In some instances, yes, the death peanlity should be considered, sometimes its the best option, sadly.