Do you think some people have earned the right to die for their crimes?

no human has the right to take the life of another, and it is not cause some one has done it that we have to do it to him or her

Originally posted by Xena fan
The death penalty should not be aplied to a woman! did you see the movie MONSTER? That is one example of how wrong the death penalty is!

Sexism will not impress us, XF. What applies for Males must apply to Females equally.

Originally posted by Fire
no human has the right to take the life of another, and it is not cause some one has done it that we have to do it to him or her

Correct! Thats why I keep saying that the America should STOP the death penalty! Is plain EVIL! We are all humans!

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Originally posted by Ushgarak
Sexism will not impress us, XF. What applies for Males must apply to Females equally.

Many times it is a woman who is the victim.

maybe, but still Justice is Blind, she doesn't look at those things

Then let the Men be punished for that. And if men do it more often, let them be punished more often. But whatever the situation, the same rule must apply to both male and female. You cannot distinguish how to apply the law by gender.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Revenge must not come into it.

My biggest argument when it comes to capital punishment 👆

Well, I would support death penalty IF and ONLY IF it reduced the number of crimes. Since it has been proved that there is no reducement, then I do not support it.

Yes, we are all humans indeed. But if death penalty scared away criminals, innocent people would be alive. I would prefer them to live, rather than the various murderers/rapists/terrorists and so on 🙄

Like I said before the death penalty is EVIL and it should be stop! Especialy in America! I say reform is the best answer!

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maybe, but it doesn't scare them away like you said, and still then I would think it is wrong... I think a hard prison in which we keep ppl for the rest of their life might scare of ppl, if not it would be a better sentence imo

death punishment is a proven failed system...it won't work. But i'm saying that ...if we could say that AFTER something like that would happen to us, then it would REALLY have a meaning.
Ofcourse..these things don't happen to THAT many people, so we represent a mojority, and the majority sets the rule....
Though you shouldn't look down at a guy having witnessed the rape of his fiance, if he wants them dead. It's a a feeling you have to have, about not having let them think they got away clean with it, and that it was ok..because it wasn't...not by a long shot

ofc not dexxm I'm not looking down on him. But like Ush said emotions can't make or change the laws.

As I said, if it reduced the crimes, I'd welcome it. We're talking about innocent people that could be saved!
No, no-one has the right to take another's life. But I'm not so sure I would think that way, if someone harmed my loved ones 😕

I hope I would

I think death would be to easy for those guys. That's a truly awful and disgusting crime, and the fact of the matter is, people like that serve no purpose to this world and have no need to be here.

Doing the things they do, I think they give up their right to live, since they do nothing but hurt other people. I think they should be castrated, and then left there to bleed to death from their wound. And while they're dying I think the person who was forced to watch their horrible act should be able to do whatever they want to them.

Perfect timing, I have to get opinions for a debate in English tomorrow 😱

that's revenge not justice

I know 🙁

Originally posted by Evy_O
Well, I would support death penalty IF and ONLY IF it reduced the number of crimes. Since it has been proved that there is no reducement, then I do not support it.

Yes, we are all humans indeed. But if death penalty scared away criminals, innocent people would be alive. I would prefer them to live, rather than the various murderers/rapists/terrorists and so on 🙄

Actually...it known that many people are not scared away by death penalty, if that was the case, America wold have no criminals...

In a state of rage, or desperation, with the idea that you have slighest chance of getting away with it, no murderer or a rapist will stop because there is a death penalty.

Originally posted by Fire
that's revenge not justice

👆 Totally agree.