the Death Penalty

Jikanu · 03-02-2009, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by Hyper

I think it's fair. IMO, if you kill someone for a reason other than self-defense or protecting someone, you deserve to die also. And it clears out our prisons. Slowly. Very slowly.

People can be wrongfully be convicted and punished, but that's unavoidable in any system.

who are we to say who lives or dies? vengeance is not the way to go... an eye for an eye doesnt work. so you kill someone... so they kill you... how is that fair, really? i mean... if you kill, it's wrong, regardless of who it is you kill. there's no reason to kill unless it's to save your life. if you shed another humans blood, it's still wrong...

**Yosei** · 03-02-2009, 01:41 AM

I think all heinous crimes should be served out locked up in prison til the day they die or at least on the verge of becoming insane cuz they've been in there so long. And their rights inside that prison should be determined by their mental health (like... if they obviously aren't regretting it, make their time there even harsher).

**Hyper** · 03-02-2009, 01:59 AM

I think that the death penalty should at least be an option for inmates. I would definitely choose it after a while if I was locked up for life with no chance of freedom.

Originally Posted by Jikanu

who are we to say who lives or dies? vengeance is not the way to go... an eye for an eye doesnt work. so you kill someone... so they kill you... how is that fair, really? i mean... if you kill, it's wrong, regardless of who it is you kill. there's no reason to kill unless it's to save your life. if you shed another humans blood, it's still wrong...

Law says who lives or dies in this kind of situation. And law is needed in order for society to remain out of chaos.

And please be realistic, if everyone you knew was killed, you would certainly want to have revenge.

Originally Posted by Warning_Shot

That would fall under unethical treatment of prisoners, or torture. I believe the U.S. outlawed torture in federal prisons.

LOL.

**Ivramire** · 03-02-2009, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by Jikanu

so you kill someone... so they kill you...

I'd like to know how this works.

The Death-Penalty would not be needed in a perfect world. Even the threat of life-imprisonment and detainment isn't enough for some people. If you ask who we are to decide who lives and dies, then you clearly haven't absorbed the scope of the crimes the Death-Row inmates commit.

Some people just cannot be accepted into society. There are some crimes for which even life isn't enough. It may sound inhumane, but why waste everyone's time and money on keeping someone alive but forever locked away? I'm sure that if you asked some people facing the rest of their lives in jail, death would be a mercy.

**Yosei** · 03-02-2009, 02:36 AM

I heard each in-mate costs around $40,000. Dunno if its montly or yearly. Either way, thats a lot x.x

**Hessah** · 03-02-2009, 02:49 AM

no way! it cost a person's salary to keep a prisoner? Gosh surely their live spending shouldnt be more than how much us crime-free people earn and spend on ourselves...

then it makes me wonder how much it cost to give someone a death sentence.. does all the cost come from the legal and court fees to determine the death sentence? or is it.. really the physical cost for the procedure...