I don't believe in the death penalty. Having said that, why don't those who do, simply kill immediately, rather than wasting tax dollars to keep the convict alive for up to 20 years?
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it's the democratic justice system, very slow but better than any other country. i also don't believe in the death penalty, but not for the reason that you do. I think keeping ppl alive to spend the rest of their life in prison dealing with the alpha system inside is a better punishment than death. When you are dead yo are at peace, you don't have a care in the world
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Great question. It's not that they keep them alive for that long. There are apeal systems with remands and activists. They cant just say OK you killed someone then shoot them in the head. First they want these prisoners to contemplate the fact that they WILL die on a particular date in a particular way and because they killed someone. Not only that. What if that person was wrongly accused? That said person has to have some time to defend himself.
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Because people like you put so many barriers in the way to prevent the killing and, therefore, spend millions in Court, Legal and maintenance (care of the person). If people like you would not do this, most would be dead within a year of the conviction. All that wasted tax money is spent because of the people who do not believe in the death penalty. If only the people who do not believe in the death penalty would have to bear the cost at their own expense, the appeal times would be much, much shorter.
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It is the time needed for due process... You have to give them a chance to appeal and a chance to prove innosence. I suppose the time you are given to contemplate and repent comes to mind as well? All men SHOULD be allowed their due process and time to assess their lives their crimes and how they feel about the fact that they are about to die for them. If we just lynched everyone without questioning it or scruitinzing it.... We would be no better than the murderer... The example of giving someone time to die... time to decide and time to think, I suppose is what seperates us, from the killer? Even if at the end of the day... AN eye for an eye... Doesn't make anything better except in extreme cases where the person is actually obviously too dangerous or derranged to live in society safely.
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Death penalty seems to me as immoral as slavery. Slavery is abolished and death penalty should be abolished too. It is nothing but a cruel medieval spectacle.
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