Morality?

In your opinion is da death penalty right or wrong (moral or immoral)

I see, so you demand facts from me while providing none for your statement that the death penalty is a strong deterrent to crime. Sounds fair.

Luckily, there actually are facts that support my claim. What I'm saying is that, yes...states which have the death penalty, also have more crime. At the very least, they don't see less crime as a result of having the death penalty.

The Death Penalty Information Center website (http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/) has quite a bit of information on this. One interesting statistic is that nine of the ten states with the highest murder rate, also have the death penalty. That includes Texas, which has the second highest number of executions per capita.

A number of other studies have also shown that executing people does not lower, or have any impact on, the murder rate:
Sorenson, J., Wrinkle, R., Brewer, V., Marquart, J. 1999. Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas. 45 Crime and Delinquency. pp. 481-493.

There are many, many other studies and statistics, which I can provide.

So, the deterrent argument is out. I'm actually surprised you brought it up. Most people that do any research on the death penalty are already aware that deterrence is not a viable defense.

I don't believe in death penalty, but I think life in prison is meant for anyone who even breaks one law. How could you trust them again?? they let them go too easy and that's why America is so F***ed up right now.

I'm not really for or against but I can't feel bad for someone who gets the death penalty for taking someones life, especially if that life is a child's.

There is no logical reason for having a death penalty, nor is there a sufficient moral defense. Most progressive countries have banned it.

OMGseriously I did an entire tournament on this sh**
although it was simple

not moral dude after processing the amount evidence I had to process it cost roughly 100,000 bucks a year ta keep them locked up thats not worth it gone ahead and killem plus death is better than prison anyway

I belive in the death penalty. I just did a exam on the death penalty.
anyone who takes someones life or does something horrriable enough to even get the consideration of being charged with the death penalty should get it.

Although there are many people who deserve the death penalty, I believe it's still wrong. Whoever takes part in ending the criminal's life is just as much of a murderer as the criminal would be. It does say in the Bible that only God has the right to take someone's life away. Anything else is murder. I'm thankful that we don't have the death penalty where I live. Whether a person deserves it or not they shouldn't punish murder with murder. That's like saying to someone, You stole from me, so I'm going to steal from you. All this death to criminals stuff doesn't get us anywhere. I'd hate to be part of all this because I wouldn't want the life of a person on my conscience for the rest of my life, even if they do deserve it.

I don't think a society should have the right to terminate the life of one of its members, regardless of the crime. Quite apart from anything else, innocent people _do_ get convicted - far too often, at that - and while you can release someone from jail, you can't un-kill them.

For those arguing cost: In the US, putting someone to death costs _more_ over the duration of their stay than incarcerating them indefinitely would likely have cost.

Its absolutely wrong. There is no situation that the government should be allowed to take a life. And like arachnid said innocent people get convicted all the time.

wrong
because if you think about it it is just the same as muder,eg mudering someon by stabbing or shooting them.
GOD SAID DO NOT MUDER

It is wrong and I think its the easy way out ,having to spend the rest of your life inprison and think about the acts you have commited over and over is what you call punishment.

If justice is administered fairly, and the crime is terrible, yes, I believe our government has the right to implement the death penalty. The persons soul is the most important thing, and there is always ample time for that person to repent before death actually comes.

I think it is a strong deterant to crime.

..It depends on the case, and what happened. I'm for it, yet I'm against it at the same time.

In most cases, people have to do the whole death sentance because they did something really bad. You have to look at it from both sides, either you kill them and they aren't living anymore [obviously,] Or you keep them in prison till they die, and make them suffer. Either way, they're not going to be happy with the outcome.
Most countys and towns use religion as a factor to weither or not they get revolved with a death sentance.

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***I think it is a strong deterant to crime.***

The state of Texas is overwhelming proof to the contrary.

***I think it is a strong deterant to crime.***

The state of Texas is overwhelming proof to the contrary.

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I would be interested to hear the facts behind your statement, if you have them avaialble.

According to this line of thinking, you are saying that a state that implements the death penalty...

actually causes more crime???

IN the third world countries, where a person caught stealing looses an arm...

I think the crime rate remains low.

***IN the third world countries, where a person caught stealing looses an arm...***

OK, first of all, please specify which countries you're talking about.

Secondly, I can't believe you'd want to model the US penal code after a system like that. Your other responses here indicate you at least think the Constitution was a good idea. What do you think about the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment? If chopping a person's arm off for stealing doesn't fit that definition, I don't know what does.

The US founders, students of the Enlightenment, were horrified by the corporal punishment that had existed in Europe for centuries. They did not want the US going in that direction. Today, with the death penalty, the existence of Gitmo, and the torture of enemy combatants, one can only hope those Enlightenment ideals become reality again...soon.