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Death penalty vs life

Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:49 pm
Posted by Lake08
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:49 pm
If someone killed your loved one and you had your choice of life w/o parole or death what would you choose and why? For me, death is too easy. Rot in jail.
Posted by CHiPs25
Member since Apr 2014
3058 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:52 pm to
Death by firing squad and the firing squad is me.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71467 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:52 pm to
I'd imagine that would be one of those questions you can only truly answer if the situation were to befall you.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216107 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:52 pm to
Solitary… one hour a day outside the cell. Plus no outside entertainment like a tv or radio.
Posted by Swamp Frog x
Member since Nov 2024
808 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:54 pm to
Don’t most death row people end up sitting there years anyways? I’d go with death penalty, you know those turds who get it are scared out of their mind when it comes.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37507 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:57 pm to
I used to be of the opinion that the death penalty is better than life without parole but it's hard not to notice that for every death row prisoner requesting them to hurry it up, there's 100 of them doing everything they can to avoid execution.
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1484 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:59 pm to
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Rot in jail.


Modern jails do not equate to rotting.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216107 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:00 pm to
That’s what’s wrong with the whole process. Let inmates sit there for years and years with all these fricking appeals. Their victims didn’t get any appeals and shite. There is no reason for any appeals if a jury of your peers finds you guilty and impose the death penalty.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
2921 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:01 pm to
Can you garuantee me that no innocent person was ever killed by the state?

If so, death penalty. Quickly.

Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24746 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:04 pm to
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Don’t most death row people end up sitting there years anyways? I’d go with death penalty, you know those turds who get it are scared out of their mind when it comes.

Louisiana currently has 55 people on death row. Louisiana has only executed 4 people this century (one in each year: 2000, 2002, 2010, 2025)
This post was edited on 8/20/25 at 5:05 pm
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3992 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:06 pm to
All felonies should get death penalty
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
23428 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:07 pm to
Slow extremely painful and messy death over 60 days while eating nothing but bread and water. Last meal would be the same but it will occur around day 45.

But hey… I’m a dreamer.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21692 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:07 pm to
I have far too little faith in any govt organization to get it right 100% of the time, and I am not a big fan of killing innocent people. Besides capital cases particularly in the south often have political motives as the local DA runs for reelection. There's been too many cases of Brady violations decades after they happen that come to light, and reluctant DA's that don't want to drop charges or change course when they are wrong.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
15946 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:07 pm to
I’m don’t generally support the death penalty unless there is a threat to safety by keeping the person alive.
I don’t think it’s a deterrent either as it’s applied in the US.


I would much rather see a system of physical beatings accompanied by mental torture for the extent of the prison sentence. Physical pain is more of a deterrent than the death penalty anyway.


Posted by Lake08
Member since Jun 2023
2778 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:08 pm to
That would make you happier vs letting them rot in a 6x8 cell until death?
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33931 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:09 pm to
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Can you garuantee me that no innocent person was ever killed by the state?


Define innocent.

Because everyone of those "Innocence Project" cases where they free someone from Death Row, they dude was a criminal and deserved the death penalty, but was an accomplice or committed some other heinous crime.

It's not like they are picking up innocent dudes off the street.
This post was edited on 8/20/25 at 5:10 pm
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216107 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:10 pm to
Setting in a cell for many years cost a shitload of money for someone who will in no way be a benefit to society.
Posted by Lake08
Member since Jun 2023
2778 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:11 pm to
Are you truly serious? If so, you’re literally the dumbest person on TD…and that’s saying a lot
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3992 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:12 pm to
Lol
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
17476 posts
Posted on 8/20/25 at 5:13 pm to
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Solitary… one hour a day outside the cell. Plus no outside entertainment like a tv or radio.


This is probably the most brutal way for sure.

The problem is unless they are a problem inmate they won’t put them in pc 23/7. The death row tiers are sometimes known to be better living quarters than the regular inmates.
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