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by guizmo40 on August 17th, 2006

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Are you for or against the death penalty?

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  • by guitarman18 on October 3rd, 2006

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    I am totally pro death penalty. I dont think staying in prison for life is more punishment. They feel like they got away with murder if you dont execute them. Their victim is dead and they are still alive living each and every day with three meals per day, a place to sleep and plenty of other people to live with. The ones that get life dont sit around moping over their particular cases saying,,"Oh, how I wish I hadnt commited murder, Oh, I am being punished severly, I would rather have been executed!" No, they are sitting around saying,"I got away with murder and the dumb b*****ds think they are punishing me with free food and a free place to live." They have TV, newspapers, magazines, jobs to keep them busy, gyms, college courses (paid for by YOU), computers, and almost any resource they need to write books, or anything else they want to do. You arent punishing those people by giving them life. IF they actually had to do hard labor, i.e., pick cotton, grow their own food, bust big rocks into little rocks, build roads by hand, pull weeds along the highways, pickup trash, general labor for the city they are close to, anything to make their lives miserable I MIGHT agree to the life sentence. I say kill them and get them out of our lives.

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    • I agree. Torture is what say. But there's always that drawback. What about the innocent guys who are executed? There's always that chance. But i agree in that the punishment should fit the crime.

      Gonzo

      by Gonzo on January 30th, 2007

    • Well, I agree with guitarman also, and as far as the innocents go,, we dont have a perfect system, no one does, but with DNA it is getting much better in that respect.

      hemiman

      by hemiman on January 30th, 2007

    • Thats also true.

      Gonzo

      by Gonzo on January 30th, 2007

    • I'm not sure I agree that prison is such a wonderful place to be. And if you execute an innocent person, how do you fix it when they are proven innocent? The only thing worse than one tragedy (the murder) is two (adding the death of the innocent accused) even if it only rarely happens. It's easy to say "So what, only maybe 1 out of 100 are actually innocent," but to that 1, I guarantee it matters. Also, the death penalty is disproportionately applied to poor people and minorities, further evidence that it is not fairly meted out considering that not only poor and minority people commit crimes. Mistakes are made. Killing people in an imperfect system will increase the severity of those mistakes. Put them in a cell with bread and water and forget it. If they prove they are innocent, that's an "oops" but at least it's not an "oh s**t we killed him." Life in a nasty, rapist-strewn prison may be worse anyway.

      joro1968

      by joro1968 on March 18th, 2007

    • DNA doesn't correct the problems associated with false identification, false confession, etc. Plus, unless you are dealing with a rape where the perp ejaculated, there are few cases where DNA will be useful. DNA is not an end all be all to prevent the execution of the innocent.

      MelbaT

      by MelbaT on January 2nd, 2008

    • EXACTLY!!! I couldn't agree too much more except for I am against the death penalty. If we actually used prisons for their intended purpose we would not need the death penalty because they would be miserable in prison. I am against the death penalty because people can change the prison system and make it less pleasurable for inmates. And if we execute an innocent person then what???? If the person is in prison they can at least try to save themselves. If people actually feared the punishment they would be less likely to commit the crime and crime levels would go down.

      King of Sexytown

      by King of Sexytown on January 25th, 2008

    • So you think Death is worse than Punishment? I have news for you. EVERYONE DIES And I mean everyone. So how is that Punishment? The problem with the deat penalty is Thousands of people have been killed when they were innocent, if one is murdered and they are innocent. Than that's one too many.

      Benno81

      by Benno81 on October 11th, 2011

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