Here's why I favor a death sentence

The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994 (Federal Assault Weapons Ban) prohibited the manufacture, transfer, and possession of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms and other semi-automatic weapons with two or more "military-style"features. The ban lasted ten years and expired in 2004 as it was not renewed by Congress.
 

CallMeKate said:
Just to throw something in here, it's actually more expensive to execute than to house a lifer.

Costs | Death Penalty Information Center
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Someone else on the forum mentioned that a while back. I have to admit, it surprised me.
CaliS said:
We have a very imperfect legal system, and not all police / law enforcement personnel / judicial officers etc. are honest / moral. Sometimes they want the easy way out, sometimes they are simply incompetent. For a variety of reasons, it's hard to support the death penalty because of this very reason. Much agreed.

100% proof of guilt - as in caught in the act / caught on film (not just an eye witness) ... I support a more expedient death penalty. The process we have now seems extremely inefficient.

@squatting dog I DO think Governors and Judges need to be held more accountable for their choices. If a Judge lets a repeat offender go free (for example) and that person kills someone - the Judge should get a strike and 3 strikes they are out for good. Or something along those lines... it's far from a cure, but would certainly help matters. Same way, DA's etc who are found to have put an innocent person in prison should be accountable.

Just my 2 cents :)
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We are in agreement again CaliS.
 

bobcat said:
Being from Canada, you may not be familiar with the famous American feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. It went on for 28 years with over a dozen revenge killings. It only ended when the law stepped in. Much of the mafia was also that way back in the 40's. It still exists, but killings are comparatively rare, as it attracts too much attention from law enforcement.

It’s normal to feel rage imagining the prospect of someone killing one of your family, and they need to be brought to justice, but acting on it yourself is a whole different thing. I think most people who actually carry it out realize that it doesn't ease the pain inside, but just creates more damage. Acting on revenge usually destroys the person seeking it too. You might as well dig two graves. JMO
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Oh you're absolutely right, it would not ease my pain but at least the murderer would not hurt anyone else, if I killed him/her.
 
Sunny said:
Of course you would, LoveTulips. So would most of the rest of us. And that is why we have a system of law, with a judge and jury deciding what should happen. The person who is personally harmed usually has a violent, hate-filled reaction, which is perfectly normal. But a society run that way would just have people running around killing each other over any and all offenses.

She grabbed the last pair of shoes you wanted? Kill her! He's hitting on your girlfriend right in front of you? Kill him! Our first instinct often goes contrary to civilization. You personally wanting the person dead is not a reason for the state to kill them.

BTW, there are one or two government leaders who I think we would all be better without. Would that justify having them killed by the state?
Would a civilized society act that way?
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Sorry Sunny, being civilized is the last thing I would care about. And I'm all for an eye for an eye. Someone grabbing a pair of shoes cannot be compared to someone killing a member of my family. Nor someone hitting on my boyfriend, there is absolutely no comparison. And yes, there are people who deserve to die. Frankly, I'm fed up with a little slap on the hand for criminals where I live in BC. There is no retribution anymore. Criminals know that!!
 
And what if he maintained up to the end that he was innocent, that he was somewhere else that day, and witnesses testified that he was telling the truth? And he got convicted anyway, because the judge did not like his looks, or the racial group he belonged to? Would you have no trouble flicking the switch then?
 
oscash said:
If some criminal had tortured and killed my son or daughter just because he felt like it, I would have no trouble flicking the switch. These people are low-life's and don't deserve a second chance.
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Sunny: I put in my post that the perpetrator admitted to killing because he felt like it. he admitted it, he didn't make any excuses
so I would have no trouble in flicking the switch.
 
I've always been ambivalent about the death penalty. I do believe in the sacredness of life. In most cases it should not be used, in my opinion. However, there are a few instances where the individual has committed a crime so horrendous, so brutal, so inhumane, that the person has sacrificed their right to be called a human being, and so should be executed.
 

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