End the death penalty
Make it illegal for any country to execute a prisoner for any reason.
Yes or no? I don't know where I stand on this issue and I would like to here from everyone.
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Jeremy
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As it is they get free room and board, free food, cable, access to law books, free medical care, and who knows what else. It seems that prisoners are better off than the most law abiding poor of our country who are working trying to make ends meet. Why should we take care of people who have no regard for human life?
Do I agree with ending a life? Not usually, but I don't agree with letting real criminals get away with living out their lives without paying either.
"Working" in the prison kitchen or farm doesn't seem to be any way to repay the citizens of their country for what they have done, the expense of a trial, or the cost of housing them until the end of their natural life.
Working outside the prison wouldn't be an option because no one would want a convicted murderer in their homes working on their plumbing or landscaping. You could never leave them alone to build a house, work on an assembly line, or bag your groceries. This would also take away jobs from the general public.
If we were to put an end to the death penalty, if murder meant living better than you did outside prison, could you imagine the chaos? What kind of taxes would we have to pay to keep these people alive for 20 years? 50 years or more? Are building more prisons to keep these people alive worth the loss of innocent lives? If it came down to raising taxes to pay for a murder's life or putting food on the table for your child, what would you honestly choose?
By all means fight for life where it is deserved, but if the death penalty stays and it is known for a fact that a person is guilty... say three or more witnesses to the crime, I have a solution. Give them time to say goodbye and make their peace, put them under anesthesia and donate their organs to those in need.
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What would you charge the people who would usually get death penalties with? Life imprisonment? Might that be even more unbearable?
While ending the death penalty is a nice idea, sometimes it really is needed. What if the person charged with a death penalty has killed thousands? What if the person is a known criminal and has broken out of imprisonment numerous times?
The thing is, death penalties can sometimes be given to innocents, which is what we really need to worry about. Until we can create a better law system, death penalties might be the only way, as long as imprisonment is not an option.
I personally think that maybe there is a way for productive imprisonment. Could the prisoners somehow given back to the world while still in prison? I honestly don't know.
As long as death penalties are given for legitimate reasons and with enough evidence, I suggest that it stays, even though I don't feel it's right. I just don't think that life imprisonment is a better alternative. I would rather be given a swift death then live the rest of my days in a prison.
InnGuy
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JaealEscoe
It is simple to separate punshment through death from prison sentence. The aim of the prison is to save the comunity. The aim of death is to punish people, an admission to the lowest instincts of humans. A planned death is murdering, no more, no less.
JaealEscoe
One thing I could not decide is, if imprisoners should have the right to choose death instead of spending their lifetime in prison. Considering this object there are many other problems to discuss.
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As for the most destructive members of society (ie serial killers, mass murderers, those who commit treason, etc) keeping them incarcerated allows for them to be studied. What we know now, compared to 40 years ago, on profiling criminal behavior and/or deviant behavior, has grown considerable because of the studying of incarcerated criminals by social scientists and medical professionals (with ethical standards). Ideally this will lead to more knowledge, early identification and the saving of human life through prevention of violent crimes.
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