[Echoes]

The death penalty's been in the news a lot recently; in the UK, some people were asking for it when a woman police officer was killed; meanwhile the US just executed its 1,000th convict since 1976 (when it started killing people again). The protests against that milestone execution mirrored a general wavering in the support for the death penalty in the US. What's your opinion on the death penalty though?

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[Andrew]

1,000 is a pitifully small number for a country of 300,000,000. I can't see why people are compaining.


Honestly, I don't really care about the death penalty. I don't consider it wrong.

[Earni]

i totally agree with the death penalty if someone is wrong enough to kill someone they should be killed, obviously not in all cases for example accidentally running someone over in a car. but purposely shooting somebody, they should be put to death!!

[Automatic Man]

Earni, on Dec 2 2005, 03:50 PM, said:

i totally agree with the death penalty if someone is wrong enough to kill someone they should be killed, obviously not in all cases for example accidentally running someone over in a car. but purposely shooting somebody, they should be put to death!!

But then the gonvernment have killed someone, so they should be put to death (which many should be anyway).... then everyone will end up diying...

[Echoes]

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if someone is wrong enough to kill someone they should be killed

notice the irony of you saying that?

[Forgone Conclusion]

It's working on the principle that 2 wrongs make a right, which most people are taught is incorrect when they are five. BUt then, in a way prison is a 'wrong'

I'm against the death penalty personally, because it's an irreversable thing. Prisoners can be released if they win when new evidence comes up years later, but dead people can't be brought back to life

[Echoes]

my fundamental belief that murder is wrong doesn't just apply to my own morality: if I shouldn't do it then neither should my government. The only taking of another human being's life I will EVER condone is if it's in self-defense. If you have the murderer behind bars he's not a threat, i.e. it's no longer self-defense and you can't stoop to his level and kill him. It also gives him absolutely no chance of rehabilitation.

[Droogie]

imo 20 years of anal pummeling would be much worse punishment than death.

[paddys wink]

very naive....there are some people are better off dead ,bin laden would you prefer him in a cell or kicking at the end of a rope,the 2 bastards who stuck the ice pick thru that poor lads skull.the death penalty is a must,it may not be a deterent to some but better them executed than being free in 15 years.












ps where is it

[Echoes]

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ps where is it

deleted! just PM/email the poor gal, you romantic fool!

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bin laden would you prefer him in a cell or kicking at the end of a rope

yeh... and we should cut the hands off thieves and stone adulterers, then we would all feel better and society would be a much better place! We have to fight for standards in human rights if we want to fight the fundamentalists' agenda in the long term as well as the short term.

[Forgone Conclusion]

Also, if you kill someone like Bin Laden, you make a Martyr out of him

[Wengistein]

People who commit crimes to a certain extent should be executed, I think. But then again, some murderers have tendencies to "just kill" or some have mental brain disorders. It's really hard to tell, even though the justice has changed eg. sexism is almost erased from the courts. But for some crimes like drug smuggling is just stupid. Some common sense would come in handy. I think if they were to drug smuggle, they'd probably have some kind of problem with their money reserves.

[Gabriel Synthesis]

if there's even a vague chance the offender will feel guilt they shouldn't be killed, they should have to suffer a guilty conscience

i think offenders should be locked in dark holes barely big enough for one person and nobody should talk to them

then hopefully they'll go mad

[Forgone Conclusion]

Yes.... making murderers mad.... good tactic. Then they'll DEFINATELY never kill again....

[viv]

Disagree with it, since it's cheaper to just let them rot in jail.

[Gabriel Synthesis]

Forgone Conclusion, on Dec 2 2005, 10:16 PM, said:

Yes.... making murderers mad.... good tactic. Then they'll DEFINATELY never kill again....

well they have to escape from a hole in the ground first

[Wengistein]

viv, on Dec 3 2005, 11:14 AM, said:

Disagree with it, since it's cheaper to just let them rot in jail.

Yeah, that's true, but that takes a loooong time.

[Forgone Conclusion]

How is it cheaper to put people in jail than to carry out a death sentence?

If they're put in jail you have to pay for food, clothes, etc. Death penalty all you need is a bit of rope

[viv]

Forgone Conclusion, on Dec 3 2005, 03:12 PM, said:

How is it cheaper to put people in jail than to carry out a death sentence?

If they're put in jail you have to pay for food, clothes, etc. Death penalty all you need is a bit of rope

The death penalty is more expensive than putting someone in jail for life.

[Forgone Conclusion]

I refuse to believe that.

How the hell does that work?