Do you believe in the death penalty?

[Muravyets]

First off I am a girl. No for the real point, who said I would pay for the anesthesiologist, any idiot can administer anesthesia. BTW anesthesia is relatively cheap if you don't buy it from america. Also, anyone can administer loose silicone. Don't need a doctor or an anesthesiologist, just someone with basic instructions that can be found in a medical book. Anyone can buy medical books. Also, loose silicone is incredibly cheap. Bullets would cost more in the end result.

My apologies. You stand as a model of the truth that a woman can be just as wrong and just as proud of being wrong as any man can.

[Milks Empire]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

[Boonytopia]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

No you're not, I agree wholeheartedly with you.

[Anti-Social Darwinism]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

"My object all sublime
is to let the punishment fit the crime."

The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan

We don't kill people who kill people in order to demonstrate that it's wrong to kill people, we do it to keep the killer from killing again. In that sense, it's an excellent deterrent.

[Hamilay]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

Is it wrong to imprison people for deprivation of liberty?

[Muravyets]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

"My object all sublime
is to let the punishment fit the crime."

The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan

We don't kill people who kill people in order to demonstrate that it's wrong to kill people, we do it to keep the killer from killing again. In that sense, it's an excellent deterrent.

False. That's not what a deterrent is. A deterrent causes a person to decide not to do something. If they're dead, they can't decide to do or not do anything.

Or as the Riddler played by Jim Carrey put it, "If ya kill 'im, he won't learn nuthin'."

And statistics show that the threat of death DOES NOT deter violent crime. So killing people will not make OTHER people decide not to commit whatever they might be planning to commit.

[Milks Empire]

We kill people who kill people to show that it's wrong to kill people.

Am I the only one who sees something very, very twisted about that?

"My object all sublime
is to let the punishment fit the crime."

The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan

We don't kill people who kill people in order to demonstrate that it's wrong to kill people, we do it to keep the killer from killing again. In that sense, it's an excellent deterrent.

You cannot deter someone who cannot choose. A dead person cannot choose.

[Dododecapod]

I don't believe in killing people as a deterrant, nor simply as a punishment.

However, I am most certainly convinced that there are those who must be removed forever from society, such that they can never have even the possibility of interacting with normal, law-abiding people again. Pragmatically, the Death Penalty is the best way to achieve that.

[Kyronea]

Do you believe in the death penalty, yes or no? and what crimes should the death penalty be proscribed for? On the extreme right, homosexuality and abortion are crimes that deserve the death penalty. On the extreme left, not even murder or rape deserve the death penalty. Now, I personally say yes but only in extreme circumstances. I will tell you why, people should only be executed only if it has to be done. What are your opinions or sentiments?

Maybe if civilization had collapsed or if we were in a situation where resources and such were so limited that keeping prisoners/rehabilitating people was simply unaffordable, I'd--reluctantly--approve of it.

But given that none of that is the case, that we have plentiful resources at hand to rehabilitate criminals, we have no reason to utilize it. It is not effective as a deterrent and it can and does affect innocents as well as the guilty.

[Frisbeeteria]

I feel that the death penalty should only be used in cases where the criminal has Ben shown that they cannot be rehabilitated., career criminals and persons who failed their last chance for parole.

[Gregariana (Ancient)]

Only in extreme situations, as in multiple murders or other cases where the person has taken more than one life and will continue to do so.

[The Republic of Llamas]

Only if it the crime is very serious (first-degree murder or worse) and it is the only way to ensure that people are protected.

[Humanska]

No, it's gives criminals the easy way out.

[Ifreann]

I feel that the death penalty should only be used in cases where the criminal has Ben shown that they cannot be rehabilitated., career criminals and persons who failed their last chance for parole.

Junii what have you done?! What gravediggery is this?

[Torcularis Septentrionalis]

No. Not at all. Not for rape, not for murder, not for anything.
Edit: Shit, did not notice this thread was a zombie

[The Godly Nations]

Yes, I do believe that there is such thing as a death penalty.

[Ermarian]

While I consider the death penalty to be justified in a certain rare number of cases, I also know that it is not possible to isolate them. If the legal framework for the death penalty exists at all, then it can and will be used above and beyond these cases. Guilty people who do not deserve death, and innocent people, will be killed.

As the life of an individual who deserves death is a lesser evil than the death of one who deserves life, the inevitable consequence is that the death penalty must be abolished, completely, in any civilized society.

[Kalarin]

No but I do believe that crime needs harsher punishment though, the death penalty is simply stupid and hypocritical what gives anyone the right to take a life.

[Yjafjord]

yes and no, for the most extreme, do it, but PROVE IT without a doubt that he did it first.
and for extremes I'm not talking about the normal murder, but rather extreme such as the Nuremberg trials extreme...
without victor's justice...

[Salandriagado]

It's expensive, it kills innocent people, it doesn't work as a deterrent and it has a 0% rehabilitation rate. Before we even get to any of the moral shit, it's already a fucking awful idea.

EDIT: Sorry, just noticed the absurd grave-dig.

[Yjafjord]

It's expensive, it kills innocent people, it doesn't work as a deterrent and it has a 0% rehabilitation rate. Before we even get to any of the moral shit, it's already a fucking awful idea.

EDIT: Sorry, just noticed the absurd grave-dig.

"innocent?"
yes as my view of it being used on war criminals is invalid as said war criminals are "innocent"

edit: NECROMANCER! KILL THE HERETIC!

[Salandriagado]

It's expensive, it kills innocent people, it doesn't work as a deterrent and it has a 0% rehabilitation rate. Before we even get to any of the moral shit, it's already a fucking awful idea.

EDIT: Sorry, just noticed the absurd grave-dig.

"innocent?"
yes as my view of it being used on war criminals is invalid as said war criminals are "innocent"

The judicial system makes mistakes. Even with war crimes trials.

[Yjafjord]

"innocent?"
yes as my view of it being used on war criminals is invalid as said war criminals are "innocent"

The judicial system makes mistakes. Even with war crimes trials.

without victor's justice with international courts, and only if you are 100% sure like i said...

[Salandriagado]

The judicial system makes mistakes. Even with war crimes trials.

without victor's justice with international courts, and only if you are 100% sure like i said...

You can absolutely never be 100% sure. Ever. At all.

[The Godly Nations]

without victor's justice with international courts, and only if you are 100% sure like i said...

You can absolutely never be 100% sure. Ever. At all.

As the Officer says, Guilt must never be in doubt.