Do you agree with the death penalty?

Question

I am doing a short talk in college on monday on the death penalty in Texas! What is your opinion? Do you agree or do you think its outdated form of punishment?

Answer 1

I live in Texas, and I think capital punishment is wrong on many levels:



- Mistakes happen. In the last 35 years in the U.S., 130 people have been released from death row because they were exonerated by DNA evidence (DNA is not available in most homicide cases).



- It costs taxpayers MUCH more to execute someone than to imprison them for life.



- It is not a deterrent - violent crime rates are HIGHER in death penalty jurisdictions.



- It is inconsistently and arbitrarily applied.



- Jesus was against it (see Matthew 5:7 & 5:38-39, James 4:12, Romans 12:17-21, and John 8:7).



- Life without parole (LWOP) is on the books in most states now, and it means what it says. People who get this sentence are taken off the streets. For good.



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Answer 2

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, I don't only believe in the death penalty, but I think they should be tortured and killed they way they did their victims!!!!!! ESPECIALLY child abusers and rapists!!!!!!! A victim has a life sentence when they are abused, if they aren't killed by these sick jerks!!!!!



Why should tax payers keep up these sorry people just to let them out in a few years and do it to even more!!!!!! I find it ironic that so many people believe it's ok to have an abortion and kill an innocent baby, but are against the death penalty. An innocent baby NEVER committed a crime!!!!!! They should NOT be sentenced to death!!!!!!



As far as rape..they are sentencing a baby to die for their father's crime...If your father killed someone,. and you are the one sentenced to die, where is the justice in that??? It's the same thing!!!!!!!!! As far as medically necessary, there is always a way to deal with that..but pro-choice people use it as a crutch. Do you know how sick it is to turn on the news EVERY SINGLE DAY, to see that somewhere a cold bl9blooded killer took several lives or beat/raped/killed them own kids or some one else's. IT SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!



If they would go back to the Bible days and kill these people, I would bet my bank account the crime rate goes down, They get slapped on the wrist when they do something so brutal, but yet, get busted with even a small amount if drugs and see them go to prison much longer than people who abused/raped/killed others. How messed up is that??????



The murder cases where a innocent man was killed or had a life jail term..and was found out by today's dna, they were innocent, happened before the dna, So that that is no defense for this issue...I'm telling you right now, if ANYONE hurt my son the way I was hurt by my abusers..they would NEVER see a day in court!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

"Thou shalt not kill" - guess where that is from... ?



but stuck in a cell is so much worse than state sponsered capital punishment.



It is actually less costly to imprison the guilty than execution.



Everyone still dies eventually anyway, right? I say let die of old age in prison.



Also as mentioned above by someone- many are exonerated that were once thought of "110%" guilty but were the wrong person after all.



not every heinous crime wil have cameras running - actually rarely.



Why, if people aren't allowed the medically suffering to die... that we have some false god-given right to assume capital guilt on another - guilty or not?



I DO understand the anger, loss, and hurt that crime can be to a person. All the more reason to let em rot behind a 300 year sentence.

Oh - ten years off for good behavior.

Answer 4

No. However, in cases where there have been eyewitness AND scientifically supported evidence of guilt and the crime was not clearly a case of self-defense, a premeditated motive was obvious and or the killer did not know the victim as in random murder and mistaken identity, the death penalty may be necessary in order to deter copy cat crimes or killing by repeat offenders allowed to prosper in jail for 5 years or more to escape to kill again. The death penalty must never be hastily carried out until there is no shadow of doubt that the accused is the guilty party.

Answer 5

The only way I agree with the death penalty is if a person killed some one and there no doubt what so ever. And their 110% positive that this person killed some one then yes go for the death penalty.

Then these people who rape little children, their sick! They go to jail and come out and do it all over again. They go back to jail and come out and do it all over again. They go to jail and come back out and do it all over again.

How many children need to be raped before these people are put down for good.

If you ever had a family member killed for no reason by someone, or if you ever had a child raped by some one, you'll have a different out look on the death penalty.

Used only if this person is 110% guilty of the crime, but not other wise.

Answer 6

ok, i comprehend the christians are going to do away with factors yet right here is going.... I agree there's a place for it.. i think of each and each case must be person, I dont have confidence in case regulation because of fact it contraptions the bar for destiny criminals whilst in fact each crime would desire to be tried on my own and desperate on my own as no longer all are the comparable, or maybe remotely.... if somebody is a predatory killer, its superb they no longer be alive, they'll kill lower back as quickly as they're released... or predatory toddler molesters or killers... for confident... do away with them, you cant help them, they arent maximum suitable interior the pinnacle... enjoyed ones crimes..... nicely.... relies upon.. many times somebody who kills somebody they comprehend isnt going to circulate on a rampage.. many times yet lower back... attempt the case in its indivuality and make a determination consistent with it and it on my own... if the regulation became into set up this style it would be extra suitable... case regulation should not be a area of the equation in any searching for of the death penalty. And for all those people who cry "what approximately executing the harmless" nicely particular, that is going to take place however the numbers would be miniscule whilst in comparison with the saving of destiny harmless victims... so accidently kill 2 human beings as damaging to approximately a hundred who're victims of violent mindless crimes... i'd desire to stay with that.

Answer 7

I agree fully with the death penalty. Why should murderers be allowed to languish for years in prison, attending college for free, being cared for medically and dentally? They certainly showed no regard for the life/lives they took, yet they all seem to find religion in an attempt to escape their just desserts.



Texas seems to be the only state that really understands what I have just stated and I applaud Texas for that, too bad the other capital punishment states are afraid to follow suit.



PS: I live just over 40 miles from Huntsville Prison, lovingly referred to as "The Walls" unit!



I do not think capital punishment is outdated, but I do think that criminals who have been proven guilty should not be allowed the enormous amount of appeals usually granted them!

Answer 8

Yes, the death penalty is justified and even sometimes necessary.

Answer 9

I feel that the death penalty is a necessity.



With the rising crime and murder rates, it should be used more often, especially when there no shadow of a doubt.



And I especially believe that the death penalty should be used for local, state and federal politicians who violate the public trust.

Answer 10

Yes, I do. When you take another human being life you give up your right to life. And besides why should tax payers have to foot the bill to care for murderers for the rest of their live. And BTW I am not talking about people who have killed someone in order to defend themselves or their homes and property. I am talking about vicious killers

Answer 11

In order to avoid accidentally killing innocent people, we need to use the death penalty less and less often..........raise the standards to get the death penalty.



Texas is the craziest state. They execute people left and right with no hesitance.

Answer 12

Yes. Take these evil sick bastards out of society forever. And it serves as a lesson to other would-be rapist-murderers "you will die if you prey on people". I fear for a society that doesn't have the ultimate punishment as a means to deter/punish the ultimate crimes.

Answer 13

No, I do not agree with. There are too many examples of judical error, often enough caused by prejudices of the jury.



But in any case, societies and people should not claim to have any right over any live.

Answer 14

No I don't support the death penalty. I think if the state condemns murder, they should not be in the killing business. Also, no system is perfect and innocent people are found guilty and put to death for a crime we later learned they did not commit.

Answer 15

yes I agree when there is definite evidence not circumstantial or doubtful evidence should be hard fact based ie: manson,terriosism, child killing, etc

Answer 16

I don't really like it. Seems rather primitive to me. Not to mention the potential for executing innocents, which everybody knows has happened!



I live in Australia where we abolished it I think in the 1960s.

Answer 17

I don't agree with the death penalty. I think no one has the right to terminate someone elses life, regardless of what they have done. Humans should not have the power to decide if another human has the right to live. I'm not religious, but i believe that that right is not ours. Anyway, i think life time imprisonment is a worse punishment anyway. If the person is dead, they do not have to live everyday with the reality of what they have done. They do not learn. Death is almost the easy way out.

Answer 18

wellll my reason for not wanting it is diff then most others. most ppl dont want it bcuz they say its wrong or w/e. i dont want it because if you did something bad enough to diserve it, then you should have to sit in jail for the rest of ur life. not just get to get off that easy. when you die you dont have to deal with it, unless you go to hell, buuut if you live you have to sit in a cell and rot. muuuuuch bettter punishment. just like alot of kids would rather have a quick spanking rather than sit in their room for hours.

Answer 19

yes i do because i belive that that person must have diservied it!

Answer 20

Some people need to be put down,

Answer 21

No way man.. No way.