Death Penalty Opponents

[LTFFMED]

The death penalty is not about being a deterrent to me as it is spending less of my tax dollars keeping these scumbags alive. Fry them all quickly.

 

[lucidblue]

we should put more people to death....and I'm all for public extermination.....they could sell tickets and create some nice government revenue.

Definitely agree!

LTFFMED... I hear ya. I'm sick of my tax dollars going to keep prisoners alive. Recently in PA, they let a 75 year old who raped and murdered a 12 year old girl in the late 60s out of jail. While he was there he got a bachelor's degree from Villanova University (one of the most expensive schools in the country). This makes me sick.

 

[WODIN]

while I used to think that way, you have to consider that there is always a chance he might escape. and probably one of the top duties of the state is to protect it's citizens, so I sorta disagree. Solitary confinement is my 2nd choice if captial punishment isn't an option.

I understand your position. let's just send them all to France.

 

[the nature boy]

I understand your position. let's just send them all to France.

or cipherlock's house.

 

[javaguru]

I believe it would more effectively deter if it was more timely, especially in cases such as this. If he gets executed two or three years from now, it won't have the same effect.

In my opinion here are reasons why it doesn't deter.

1. Many murders are crimes of passion.

2. Many murders are committed under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

3. The vast majority of murders committed in the city where I live are gang or other crime related violence.

The first two instances interfere with the murderer from actually weighing the consequences of his actions and he may be in such a mental state as to not care whether he lives or dies at that moment anyway.

The last instance is a result of "criminal culture" , certain afronts must be punished by "offing" someone. Likewise, the mental stress of an armed criminal act will often interfere with decision making to the point where things escalate beyond what was originally intended and someone gets murdered. I think you would be hard pressed to find a robber who intended murdering the clerk when he walked through the door. Finally, criminals do the dumbest things regardless. I 've heard stories from countless cops at my gym about some idiot running because he had a minor warrant and ended up with a much more serious charge for the fleeing.

 

[WODIN]

The death penalty is not about being a deterrent to me as it is spending less of my tax dollars keeping these scumbags alive. Fry them all quickly.

It cost 10x as much to execute someone as it does to give them a life sentance.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

The death penalty is not about being a deterrent to me as it is spending less of my tax dollars keeping these scumbags alive. Fry them all quickly.

It;s more expensive to execute them. Just so you know.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

I believe it would more effectively deter if it was more timely, especially in cases such as this. If he gets executed two or three years from now, it won't have the same effect.

You're wrong. Many countries have this type of system, as did the US for most of its history, and guess what? Crime didn;t go away. Murder didn't stop.

 

[Longhorn85]

In my opinion here are reasons why it doesn't deter.

1. Many murders are crimes of passion.

2. Many murders are committed under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

3. The vast majority of murders committed in the city where I live are gang or other crime related violence.

None of these apply in this particular case. FRY HIM!

 

[Longhorn85]

You're wrong. Many countries have this type of system, as did the US for most of its history, and guess what? Crime didn;t go away. Murder didn't stop.

But justice was served. I'm not so naive to think murder would stop.