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re: Are you for or against the death penalty?

Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:31 pm to
Posted by Hunt1010
Monticello AR
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:31 pm to
For and think they ought to add rape and sexual assault against children and the elderly
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
19276 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:33 pm to
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For and think they ought to add rape and sexual assault against children and the elderly
I'm not opposed to that in theory but there's just too much corruption and incompetence in the system.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:36 pm to
Against

No moral objection to it

if I could be certain every time I would support it
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:38 pm to
I understand why people are for the death penalty in the abstract. I just don't know how anyone who's ever interacted with government or met a jury can be for the death penalty
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41648 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:41 pm to
God will grant justice even if human courts and judges don’t.

Justice—even the death penalty—is one of the few things that government should be doing.
Posted by KANDUUU
Member since Sep 2019
472 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:45 pm to
For it. Just wish it was knocked out within a month. No need to have something someone can avoid. Pointless.

As a Christian, I don't find it to be something God is against.

As an American, I don't find it is something that is unconstitutional.

So let's get it done. Heck open it up to lifers, and criminals who are not going to be any kind of benifit to society.
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:57 pm to
I’m for it in principle, I think some crimes warrant punishment by execution.

However, the problem is corrupt police and DAs. There is a long history of innocent people being sentenced to death.

So for that reason, I tend to prefer we err on the side of caution and not execute people.

Posted by AUsteriskPride
Albuquerque, NM
Member since Feb 2011
18385 posts
Posted on 10/17/19 at 11:15 pm to
I'm against it mostly. I'd rather they work a life of hard labor giving back to society, earning a paycheck, and giving that to the victim's families. If they choose not too, they can quickly go to a swift execution. They can live in self sustained compounds and dealt with harshly if they step out of line.

Definitely seems like the system in place now not only occasionally executes innocent people, but also doesn't really give anything back to the victim's beside a peaceful death for the killer. And it's not much of a deterrent for people on the Fringe of society, we need to make sure it is.
This post was edited on 10/17/19 at 11:17 pm
Posted by TGFN57
Telluride
Member since Jan 2010
6975 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 5:29 am to
Costs less to lock em up for life. Damn automatic appeals make death penalty nearly double the cost of life.
Posted by dolamite
st. mary parish
Member since Sep 2009
908 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 5:38 am to
For. Swiftly and public for the worst of the worst.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67482 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 5:47 am to
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For

Swift and public

This
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
41080 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 7:13 am to
Against. I’m not sure how anyone that follows our criminal justice system would be ok with allowing the same system to decide life and death.
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
9182 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 7:27 am to
For

Swift and public
Posted by yatesdog38
in your head rent free
Member since Sep 2013
12737 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:13 am to
I support whichever side makes me the most money.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10368 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:25 am to
It would be easy to sit behind the keyboard and talk tough about putting a convicted criminal to death but My conscience doesn’t go away because of the internet.
I’m pro life From conception to the grave, guilty or innocent.

I do support infliction of pain to those convicted of a capital crime. I think that would he more of a deterent anyway.
This post was edited on 10/18/19 at 8:54 am
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
15762 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:26 am to
In some cases.

However, we delay the execution for 20+ years so it’s really justice delayed.

I’m mostly against government killing people.
I’m against government funded abortion.
I’m sort of against the death penalty because the government may mess up and kill someone who is not deserving.

I would reserve death penalty for telephone scams, identity theft, rape, and murder.


Posted by CptRusty
Basket of Deplorables
Member since Aug 2011
11740 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:29 am to
This is a tough one for me. I would say I'm generally against the state having the power to end people's lives, but as a society we do need to have the ultimate deterrent for those who would harm others.

I would say that the standards of evidence for sentencing to death need to be extremely high.
Posted by rilesrick
Member since Mar 2015
6704 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:33 am to
FOR
Posted by Frankenstein Vol
Member since Oct 2019
707 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:37 am to
For!

End the never-ending appeals process. Once you have appealed and lost. That's it.

The death penalty stops repeat offenders.
Posted by CoachDon
Louisville
Member since Sep 2014
12409 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:54 am to
For.

I actually think you should die immediately following your sentence. Like be pushed into the prison furnace and help heat the building.

IK IK what about DNA evident exonerating people? Good point, but it is a minutia of the cases, especially these days when motherfrickers are trying to let people know it was them that did it.

Immediate death lessens burden on taxpayers and keeps prison populations low.
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