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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 tripwire on January 6th, 2007

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    I'm against the death penalty for a number of reasons.

    1. Killing is wrong! (and if you do it we will kill you!) This is a moronic message to be teaching our children. How wrong it is seems to depend entirely on who is doing it and in what context! Bullshit!

    2. It costs much more to execute one prisoner than to keep them alive for life in prison. The average cost is 1.4 million dollars per executed prisoner in legal fees alone, plus at least 10 years of prison housing at an average of 25 thousand dollars a year (total $1,650,000) v's about 25 thousand dollars a year to keep them in prison, even for 50 years that would still only be $1m !! Life in prison is cost effective!

    3. Alarmingly large numbers of death row inmates in the U.S have been found to be innocent upon more thorough investigation of their cases. The system is killing innocent people along with the guilty. It must be stopped!!

    4. There is no evidence that the death penalty is any kind of deterrent against violent crime!

    5. The death penalty is about one thing only-REVENGE! It reinforces the concept of violence as a means to solve problems in the minds of everyone, and violence doesn't solve the problem;violence IS the problem!!

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    • this is the best answer I have read so far it shows you are actually INFORMED about the death penalty, something that is rare after reading these posts, I wish you could have received more points

      illimitato_hustla

      by illimitato_hustla on May 2nd, 2007

    • it IS one of the best answers.

      lulita12

      by lulita12 on September 1st, 2010

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