Death penalty works

[ricksrster]

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[RubberFrog]

Re: Death penalty works

No one who is put to death can come back to kill again.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: Death penalty works

No one who is put to death can come back to kill again.

Have you NOT seen any of the Friday the 13th movies???​

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

Re: Death penalty works

Have you NOT seen any of the Friday the 13th movies???​

A certain Count comes to mind.

 

[JB]

Re: Death penalty works

Well, a dead criminal certainly cannot kill again and released murderers commit new murders too often. Hard evidence in favor of capital "punishment", but I see it as simply a way to absolutely prevent further crimes by those people.

However, the alarming number of innocent people rescued from death row by new technology says something very important.

I don't think it says eliminate execution as a form of prevention. I think it says our "justice" system is broke. I think it is about winning, not about justice.

How to reform it? I don't know, but I agree with a moratorium until it is fixed.

 

[JRJ]

Re: Death penalty works

Sorry for the truly innocents that die, however I believe the death penalty should be given all repeat convicted felons, whatever their crime. There is no doubt that dead criminals aren't repeat offenders.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

Re: Death penalty works

Sorry for the truly innocents that die, however I believe the death penalty should be given all repeat convicted felons, whatever their crime. There is no doubt that dead criminals aren't repeat offenders.

I'm sure that you did not mean to come off as you did, but the likes of Paris Hilton would fall into your net, would'nt that be a bit excessive?

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Death penalty works

Sorry for the truly innocents that die, however I believe the death penalty should be given all repeat convicted felons, whatever their crime. There is no doubt that dead criminals aren't repeat offenders.

So if someone writes bad checks twice, they should get the electric chair?

Thank god people like you aren't in charge.

I'd say that MAYBE for repeat violent offenders, but non-violent, non-contact crimes, no, that's stupid.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

Re: Death penalty works

So if someone writes bad checks twice, they should get the electric chair?

Thank god people like you aren't in charge.

I'd say that MAYBE for repeat violent offenders, but non-violent, non-contact crimes, no, that's stupid.

Bad checks do cost me and many others in business a lot of unnecessary expenses, which then have to be passed on to the general public if we want to remain in business.
Perhaps they should be flogged.

 

[heycods]

Re: Death penalty works

Nuke the offenders

 

[bekosh]

Re: Death penalty works

However, the alarming number of innocent people rescued from death row by new technology says something very important.

I don't think it says eliminate execution as a form of prevention. I think it says our "justice" system is broke. I think it is about winning, not about justice.

How to reform it? I don't know, but I agree with a moratorium until it is fixed.

I disagree. The fact that we are finding and releasing them indicates that our system of appeals and reviews is working. I would be worried if we weren't finding them.

I'm sure that you did not mean to come off as you did, but the likes of Paris Hilton would fall into your net, would'nt that be a bit excessive?

I'm not sure this would be a bad thing. Excessive. But not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: Death penalty works

Nuke the offenders

Now there is a class act!

 

[valkyr]

Re: Death penalty works

So if someone writes bad checks twice, they should get the electric chair?

Thank god people like you aren't in charge.

I'd say that MAYBE for repeat violent offenders, but non-violent, non-contact crimes, no, that's stupid.

Hmm...I didn't know writing a bad check was a felony....I gotta be more careful!

 

[JRJ]

Re: Death penalty works

Its obvious some just don't get it. I see no need to keep repeat felons alive. Three convictions should put them on the fast track to death row. There are no inmates in maximum security prison, that society at large will miss when they are gone. If their crimes meet the criteria to be considered felonies, and they continue to be convicted, whatever their crime, who needs them?

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Death penalty works

No repeat offenders! I am all for the death penalty.

 

[JB]

Re: Death penalty works

JRJ, you need to read up on the definition of felons and felonies.

I think you really mean capital crimes, like murder or voting Democrat.

 

[Coors]

Re: Death penalty works

Lemme get this straight; an economist at Wharton school of Business is an expert on crime statistics. Her major wasn't crime. Just another silly liberal running here mouth, trying to twist the facts. A fellow lib will agree with the twisted NON-logic, but anybody with a working brain sees right through it. Let the sparks begin..

 

[JRJ]

Re: Death penalty works

JRJ, you need to read up on the definition of felons and felonies.

I think you really mean capital crimes, like murder or voting Democrat.

No JB, I mean Convicted Felons. Voting Democrat isn't a crime, but certainly is considered stupid in my neighborhood.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: Death penalty works

As long as you have the right person for the crime I am sure it does and I am all for it..........but....if there is any doubt as has been the case when the "wrong person" is facing the death penalty then it is undoubtedly the wrong thing to do.
How would any of you folk feel if it was you that were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death ??? believe it or not it can and has happened. A "sorry" will not cut it and you would never go boating again !!!!
Think about it. You visit a pub / bar one evening and because you were there someone remembers your face and tells the authorities they saw you. For a conviction without any extra effort you could well be behind bars and then some !!!! You would wish that the 'fast track" to the execution was a little slower then.
Mistakes can and do happen.