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Capital Punishment
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la anaconda de chocolatee Sep 28 2006, 07:35 PM Post #21
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okay, I can finally give my opinion now that my hand is pain free.

I am ambivalent on this issue. I used to be pro capital punishment, and to a certain extent I still am.

I agree with Jesse that if you murdered someone, purposely, then you dont deserve to live. You should be killed yourself. I think the initial premise of capital punishment, is just.

But of course, they cant ever make it that simple.

The issues I have with the death penalty are as follows:

1. People who are convicted of murder and are really innocent and get gassed. Then afterwards it comes out that they were really innocent.

2. People sit on death row WAYYYYYYYYY to long! If you are sentenced to death, imo you should be executed within a matter of months. People on death row sit on death row for 15-20 years, sometimes even more. That is our tax payer money paying for someone for all of those years when they are going to be gassed. What the fuck is that about? They execute like 1 person every 2 years. I dont get why they arent doing executions every week, every month. People who are sentenced to death should not be sitting on death row for any more than 2 years, tops. And I would say only give them 2 years for appeals, just in case it is proven later that they really are innocent.

Otherwise, what is the point of even having the death penalty if it takes so many years to kill the fucker! I bet half of those guys die of natural causes just waiting to be gassed! You might as well give them life in prision and dont even bother with the death penalty then.


Serial killers are psychotic. They are not going to be cured. I would rather they get gassed than have a chance for parole and be put back out on the street. Now not everyone who has murdered someone is psychotic, I know that.

I am not sure if the death penalty actually deters murders. I think that people who commit murder, if it was not self defense, are evil or have severe mental illness or if a murder is commited truely in the heat of the moment, a person in these situations is not going to stop and think of the consequences, oh let me not do this cause I might have to sit on the electric chair. They arent going to care so it wont matter to them, or they are so cocky that they think they will never get caught for the murder anyway.
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Denovissimus Sep 28 2006, 08:13 PM Post #22
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Your first issue can be resolved by my idea of the death penalty being only imposed when there is incontroversial proof that the accused is guilty.

Good point on how long these people sit on death row. Gas them up and be done with them already!

I don't think the death penalty should be imposed on spur of the moment kills, that's what life in prison would be for. Only when proven that the murder was preplanned and when there were multiple murders.

I am not saying everyone who kills in every case should be sentenced to death, no, there are stipulations I would like to see required.
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la anaconda de chocolatee Sep 28 2006, 08:17 PM Post #23
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I don't think the death penalty should be imposed on spur of the moment kills, that's what life in prison would be for. Only when proven that the murder was preplanned and when there were multiple murders.

I am not saying everyone who kills in every case should be sentenced to death, no, there are stipulations I would like to see required.

yes, I agree with you on that.
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Noname Sep 29 2006, 08:12 PM Post #24
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Good point on how long these people sit on death row. Gas them up and be done with them already!


Do you know how evil that sounds?
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Nope. If they are guilty, commence punishment, and stop wasting my tax dollars.
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Julesy Sep 29 2006, 10:07 PM Post #26
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I totally agree Jesse. Hell, Ill push the button on the murderous asshole.
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