Death sentences

Are death sentences necessary? Sadam Hussan is dead, he was hanged. Do you think that things should be brought to this extreme?

I think in some cases it may be needed and should be allowed, but very rarely and not for things like man slaughter or murder.

I don't agree with the Death Penalty at all. Isn't it only out of vindication that a murderer is murdered? Not out of justice? Don't think the death penalty is just another legal matter and not a violation to the constition. The law can bend and twist things so easily you might as well belive anything it may have to present. Just remember the law is not your friend. It may be a great protection and way of order, but it isn't all sweet and innocent.

Well...if that makes sense.

DaFatGnome:

Well, in some cases I feel that the person really deserved death.

But I also think that if you do give someone death by lethal injection that they're not feeling a thing. If they murdered someone in cold blood and are in it for the life sentence... and then are sentenced to death, I find that they're just giving the criminals an easy way out. I mean if you can do that to an innocent (or not) person, I feel that you should suffer the consequences (the life sentence.)

See I really don't like the idea of hanging and the electric chair and (even though it's ... i think... never done today) beheading, because I find that it's inhumaine... but you know what, if some one murdered someone, they caused a tremendous amount of pain for the victim of the crime.

So, overall, I don't really like the death sentence, but if that person has commited multiple tremendous crimes maybe they do deserve it.

Wow. did i make any sense whatsoever?.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I heard somewhere that studies have shown when someone is given the lethal injection that they feel an excruciating amount of pain before they die but the injection paralyses the person so they are not able to react to the pain.


I'm against the death penalty in all causes. Absolutly no one has the right to decide who lives or dies plus it wrong to justify a murder with another one. I believe that the murderer should get a prison sentence and give them a chance to think over what they have done (if they choose to) and possibly give them a second chance at being a functioning member of society.

I was really pissed off when ol' Saddam old murdered excuted.

I believe the Death Penalty is just...wrong in every way. How does one man's actions justify taking his life?

'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.' - Ghandi.

Sadam husane, should have been left in a jail to rot away. Left to fade so he was forgotten.
The death sentence is not neccesary.
Its just sinking yourslef to there level.

Life Won't Wait:

Now beheadings...they went out in the middle ages. Electric chair is old school. It should just be lethal injection so it's done quick & everyone can get on with their lives.

Lethal injections can take ages to work, the person who's been injected is also inconsiderable pain, probably hoping he'll die quickly. Think how much it would hurt.

Also, some people are on death row for almost 50years. Why? I mean, the chances are, by the time they get there chance to be killed, they'll already be dead. It would be so mucch simpler if it was just a life in jail.

"You can murder a murderer, but you can never murder murder itself." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

End of story.

I'm for PEACE. But.. I'd rather not feel endangered in this lifetime.

.. And I think i'll be fine as long as I don't commit a crime like that

Left.For.Dead:

Sadam husane, should have been left in a jail to rot away. Left to fade so he was forgotten.
The death sentence is not neccesary.
Its just sinking yourslef to there level.

But he wouldnt be forgotten would he? some of those 'freedom fighters' he brainwashed into working for him would try and get him out. there would never be peace in Iraq if he was alive, cos his lot would be trying to get him out.

personally i dont believe in the death penalty unless its like a serial killer or someone like Saddam Hussein, who had thousands tortured and killed, how can you say he didnt deserve what he got when he caused so many others so much pain?

death sentences are seen as a deterent. Possibly the threat of a death sentence is supposed to stop criminals from committing crimes. It all prepends on the case; whats happened, how many times e.t.c.

but killing the criminal is most of the time pointless

two wrongs dont make a right do they

if you kill someone who has murdered..how does that make you any better than them? life sentence is worse than death...death is a release for prisoners. the only use the death penalty because its cheaper than clothing and feeding a prisoner for the rest of their life.

and if someone is life imprisoned and later proved innocent they can be realeased..if you execute someone and years later they're found innocent you can't brin them back from the dead.

one last question...why do they sterilise the lethal injection?

I think from a legal standpoint, techinically the death penalty, if proper due process steps are taken, is legal.
So, as long as proper procedures are taken, like right to trial by grand jury and what not, the state has the right to deprive someone of their basic human rights, "life, liberty or property," in this instance, life.

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however, I personally disagree with it.

from my understanding, lethal injections usually work like this:
first dose: a sedative to make the person unconscious, administrated through an IV
second dose: paralyzes muscles, including breathing muscles
third dose: a shot of potassium chloride to stop the heart.
...so techinically they aren't even suppose to be awake the whole time...
...where's the punishment in that?

and if they are conscious, which happens when the first drug isn't administrated properly, wouldn't that fall under "cruel and unusualy punishment"
that case in florida? that took 34 minutes and two injections to finally kill the man...how is that not cruel and unusual?
and in most states, the dose isn't even administered by medical practitioners, it's by correctional officers in the prisons, which results in a much higher chance of error to whether or not the first, if not all drugs are injected properly.

I know I've never expercience such a loss where the death penalty would be need for the one guilty of causing it...
but I would rather them spend the rest of their life in prison, having to deal with that, instead of dying in less that an hour.

plus, one of the family members of the man from florida said, "Who came down to Earth and gave you the right to kill somebody?"
...he wrong, but what gave those who killed him the right to do so?

Xromantic_roadkillXX:

why do they sterilise the lethal injection?

hmm...I can't tell if this a rhetorical question or not, but I'll answer it anyways..
there's a couple of reasons I think:
1. The safety of the person injected the needle. It may not matter the inmate, since he's going to die anyways, but if the correction officer whose administrating the shot is pricked by a dirty needle...that's not good.
2. prevents the family from sueing for malpractice or something..
3. it's just ethical. They may be "monsters" or whatever you want to call them, but they're still humans...

Katie Did What?:

I think from a legal standpoint, techinically the death penalty, if proper due process steps are taken, is legal.
So, as long as proper procedures are taken, like right to trial by grand jury and what not, the state has the right to deprive someone of their basic human rights, "life, liberty or property," in this instance, life.

That doesn't make it right...

Katie Did What?:

...so techinically they aren't even suppose to be awake the whole time...
...where's the punishment in that?

Umm... Death?

Katie Did What?:

but I would rather them spend the rest of their life in prison, having to deal with that, instead of dying in less that an hour.

The only thing I semi agree with... Your wording is just a little off.

Katie Did What?:

plus, one of the family members of the man from florida said, "Who came down to Earth and gave you the right to kill somebody?"
...he wrong, but what gave those who killed him the right to do so?

That's against the point. Just because someone killed someone else doesn't give you the right to kill them. If everything were "an eye for an eye then the world would be blind."

Amputate At Once:

That doesn't make it right...

I know that doesn't make it right.
I'm saying, legally so far, the government has the right to deprive someone of life under due process procedures.
does that make it morally right? no.
but a lot of things with the government aren't morally right...

Amputate At Once:

Umm... Death?

yea, I know.
I was more remarking to people who talk about them "Feeling the pain that they caused"

Amputate At Once:

[That's against the point. Just because someone killed someone else doesn't give you the right to kill them. If everything were "an eye for an eye the world would be blind"

I know...that's what the quote is saying...at least how I interperate it...it''s cynical, saying no one has the right to kill another person, regardless of their actions...
who gives anyone the right to kill another?
No one gave you the right to end this persons life...

Katie Did What?:

Amputate At Once:

That doesn't make it right...

I know that doesn't make it right.
I'm saying, legally so far, the government has the right to deprive someone of life under due process procedures.
does that make it morally right? no.
but a lot of things with the government aren't morally right...

Amputate At Once:

Umm... Death?

yea, I know.
I was more remarking to people who talk about them "Feeling the pain that they caused"

Amputate At Once:

[That's against the point. Just because someone killed someone else doesn't give you the right to kill them. If everything were "an eye for an eye the world would be blind"

I know...that's what the quote is saying...at least how I interperate it...it''s cynical, saying no one has the right to kill another person, regardless of their actions...
who gives anyone the right to kill another?
No one gave you the right to end this persons life...

Alright. I understand your point of view more clearly now. But next time make it clear the first time. You left gray areas and that's why I kinda hasseled you. My apologies.