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Originally Posted by Da Nag
All it takes is executing one innocent person, and any perceived benefit of the death penalty becomes insignificant.
Does anyone actually believe that 100% of the people on death row are guilty? Do the numerous cases of long-time death row inmates being released due to DNA evidence not raise any concerns? Or is 99% accuracy good enough, and zapping/injecting a couple innocents is the just the price of admission?
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Thats a fallacy.
If you want to work numbers, then how about the guys who broke out a few years ago and killed a security guard. The death penalty would have saved him, why is his life less valuable than the person who got inoccently convicted?
The arguement that it costs to much to go through the process of the death penalty, your arguement is for streamlining the system. Radical anti death penalty advocates abuse that system and THAT should be stopped.
Justice is also another reason for the death penalty, NOT REVENGE, they are different.
A society makes a statement on what it values by how it punishes people for various acts. Lets say we only give two years for ANY murder, then we are saying we dont really value life that much, and we value it less than a car if stealing a car gets you five years.
Regarding the killing a cop thing, it is also pretty much recognized that a guy who is willing to kill a cop has really gone over the line and is extremely violent and more likely to kill anyone anytime, more of a danger to society.
Bots also hit it, when you have life w/o parole, then he can murder anyone in prison he wants to without any punishment, since he has already hit his punishment limit.
One that really cracks me up is those who say the death penalty is cruel and unusual, then they will also say, besides, life in prison is probably worse than the death penalty, hmmmm, so, life in prison is worse, but you wont give the death penalty cuz its soo bad?
Lastly, one thing very few people think about. Those who are guards in the prisons that house the "worst of the worst" , it winds up taking a toll on their lifes. Emotionally it ruins many of them, after some time, it wears them down having to deal with these people, they go home with images running through their heads of all the crap that constantly goes on inside. I saw a program of an institution that houses such criminals, and when interviewed, the guards there all wind up becoming depressed.
Im wondering, the guy in San Diego, a few years ago they caught him, and had so much evidence there is no way he wasnt guilty, he kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered a seven year old girl, does he deserve to live?
me cast my vote, NOT