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Studies have continuously shown that the death penalty is much more expensive than incarcerating someone for life, with no chance of parole.
Knowing this, do you support the death penalty? Why or why not? (http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-cost/page.do?id=1101084)
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October 09, 2009 07:26 PM
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I have bounced back and forth on this for years. I have a degree in Criminal Justice, and I used to feverently agree and condone the death penalty. “Hey, you kill someone, YOU get killed!”
These days, however, I guess age and time have calmed me down a bit, and I find myself able to 'think', instead of just react emotionally to something lol. Today, I kind of feel like this:
1.If killing is so wrong, how can we really and honestly justify killing someone in return. I mean, Hammurabi's Code is just a bit out of date, isn't it? “Oh, but it's in the name of JUSTICE, and the human way!” No, it isn't. It's childish lol.
2.For me, personaly, it would be MUCH harder to live the rest of my entire life out behind bars, mingling with the scum of society and thinking about what put me there. Dying is the easy way out. Hell, many times these killers and rapists would just as soon off themselves anyway! So, a death sentence might even make them smirk a bit at our system – they still kind of win.
My vote is life without the possibility of parole. Unless we can change the technique a bit. If we could start putting bullets into peoples foreheads, each execution might cost $2.50 or so, not including the pay for the executioner. I could go for something like that! :)
These days, however, I guess age and time have calmed me down a bit, and I find myself able to 'think', instead of just react emotionally to something lol. Today, I kind of feel like this:
1.If killing is so wrong, how can we really and honestly justify killing someone in return. I mean, Hammurabi's Code is just a bit out of date, isn't it? “Oh, but it's in the name of JUSTICE, and the human way!” No, it isn't. It's childish lol.
2.For me, personaly, it would be MUCH harder to live the rest of my entire life out behind bars, mingling with the scum of society and thinking about what put me there. Dying is the easy way out. Hell, many times these killers and rapists would just as soon off themselves anyway! So, a death sentence might even make them smirk a bit at our system – they still kind of win.
My vote is life without the possibility of parole. Unless we can change the technique a bit. If we could start putting bullets into peoples foreheads, each execution might cost $2.50 or so, not including the pay for the executioner. I could go for something like that! :)
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October 09, 2009 12:38 AM
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Yes I do because for me it is not and has never been about the cost. I think that the idea of the death penalty could scare some people out of doing some terrible crimes & I hate to be this blunt about it but a dead person has a 0% chance of being a repeat offender.
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October 09, 2009 05:46 PM
Actually, the death penalty has been shown time and again NOT to be a deterrent. And someone locked up for life, without the possibility of parole also has 0% chance of re-offending. Thoughts? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamar-abrams/experts-agree-death-penal_b_217394.html
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October 09, 2009 06:45 PM
Allow me to poke holes in the above.
Ex. If I show that 85% of crimes are committed by people wearing sneakers, would it be correct to assume that nice shoes prevent crime? Or that sneakers cause crime? Of course not . . . yet that is exactly the kind of link the above is being used to imply.
I can not prove that the death penalty is a deturrent.
I can not prove that the death penalty is not a deturrent.
There are too many variables to isolate this.
So I freely admit it is my opinion that it "may" be a deturrent, frankly that is good enough for me.
Incarcerating someone for life, with no chance of parole sounds great but 1) prisons are over crowded 2) laws could change 3) inmates could escape, so as long as someone is alive there is a slim possibility they could be freed.
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Ex. If I show that 85% of crimes are committed by people wearing sneakers, would it be correct to assume that nice shoes prevent crime? Or that sneakers cause crime? Of course not . . . yet that is exactly the kind of link the above is being used to imply.
I can not prove that the death penalty is a deturrent.
I can not prove that the death penalty is not a deturrent.
There are too many variables to isolate this.
So I freely admit it is my opinion that it "may" be a deturrent, frankly that is good enough for me.
Incarcerating someone for life, with no chance of parole sounds great but 1) prisons are over crowded 2) laws could change 3) inmates could escape, so as long as someone is alive there is a slim possibility they could be freed.
October 09, 2009 02:19 AM
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I Still agree with it because it makes an example out of criminals and I think it's actually cheaper in the long run because it's keeping that many more people from committing such a harsh crime and from going to jail that you save money from not having them incarcerated, if you think about it for every one person put to death it prevents so many others from going to jail, this adds up and actually saves
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October 09, 2009 03:00 AM
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Mine is different. Not because it is cheaper but incarcerating someone for life with no chance of parole is more scary. You got to spend your life in prison, thinking everyday, being tired everyday, be bored everyday, wishing everyday and other tiring things that you would wish to die. Knowing that you can not go out anymore in the real world is more painful than being dead after your crime. There are a lot of possible things when you're dead. For those who believe in heaven and hell, they might be in one of those destinations. There is no assurance that criminals will go directly to hell. For those who believe in reincarnation, they just might be reincarnated. We believe in the purpose of punishment or correction to a wrong doing. Lifetime struggling living is enough.
Even in the idea of which will save more, the killing or the incarcerating, will be spending the same amount when it comes to possible effects of it.
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Even in the idea of which will save more, the killing or the incarcerating, will be spending the same amount when it comes to possible effects of it.
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October 09, 2009 03:08 AM
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I would question any "study" which flies in the face of common sense. Artificially factoring in the long drawm out ineffective and expensive appeal process is another one of the many irrelavent leftist non sequitors designed to perpetuate lawlessness and instability.
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October 09, 2009 03:13 AM
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The cost of incarcerating someone for life or putting them to life have no bearing on my opinion regarding the death penalty. I am against the death penalty. Since 1973 over 135 people have been released from death row because of new evidence (see Death Penalty Information Center). Also, studies have not supported the idea that the death penalty is an effective deterrent (see video). I do not want even one innocent person put to death. I would rather the death row inmates be studied and see what society can do to prevent people from committing those types of crimes in the future.
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