Madeline
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- Banned
- #61
I support the Death Penalty. I believe it is appropriate and would be more effective if we put people to death in a reasonable time and BROADCAST the executions.
If I were on a Jury that had to make that decision I would have a hard time, the evidence would have to be overwhelming.
I cannot debate "appropriate". I agree, for some crimes, it is. All the evidence we have suggests it is 100% INEFFECTIVE at deterring other death-qualified crimes. We pay, ethically, socially, economically and elsewise. The families of victims pay VERY heavy freight. The innocent but executed pay a price we should all find morally aborhent.
I just do not see how the DP can be fancied up enough to ever be worth all these costs, RGS.
There is no evidence any innocent people have been executed, so don't play that bullshit card.
I support the Death penalty and believe it is not only appropriate but needed. I am not sure why the Feds can execute in less then 5 years but some States take 20 or more. That is why there is no deterrence, because the chances are you will weasel out of it or it just won't ever happen at the State level.
The only need actually met by the DP is an emotional need some citizens feel for vengence. There is a reason the US gets slammed by Amnesty International on this issue over and over. We only decided the execution of children should be unconstitutional within the last decade or so, and even less time has passed since we agreed to forego executing the severely retarded.
Considering that the DP frustrates our need for justice and costs us an ungodly amount of money, I say we give up the idea that we are avenging angels and focus instead on public safety.