Its funny how you consider a innocent person being killed is a risk YOU are willing to take. Not much of a risk for you is it.
Maybe instead of trying to figure out a way to kill people faster we could instead not fill prisons with people for no reason. But the way involves thinking, and thinking is hard.
Its funny how you consider a innocent person being killed is a risk YOU are willing to take. Not much of a risk for you is it.
Maybe instead of trying to figure out a way to kill people faster we could instead not fill prisons with people for no reason. But the way involves thinking, and thinking is hard.
I know this wasnt direct at me, but why wouldnt it be a risk to him as well? He would be living in the same system and could be one of the innocents executed just as anyone else. He isnt immune to the laws he suggests.
Got any numbers or links for that factoid?
Could that be because we don't use it enough? I mean in its current form it's pretty much a joke. Sit in prison with almost a life time of appeals to just drag it out. That isn't deathly scary.
Think about it. Are the people most likely to commit murder the same people most likely to make rational decisions? Humans in general aren't nearly as rational as we like to think we are, and those with criminal tendencies less so.
Why do i care if it was a rational decision? You still murdered somebody and need to pay the punishment. Maybe we need to weed out these weaklings that cant think before acting from the gene pool
We are weeding them out of the gene pool... You think people who get life in prison are scoring lots of dates and knocking up a lot of women?
More so than a dead person. Not a very compelling arguement against the use of DP.
Why do i care if it was a rational decision? You still murdered somebody and need to pay the punishment. Maybe we need to weed out these weaklings that cant think before acting from the gene pool
Huh? A person serving life in prison will not be able to procreate.
Do they not get congical visits? If not, that is cruel and inhumane!!
Sorry im not up on all the rules. I just believe in the DP for murders but im willing to make concessions on my arguements when im wrong
Such as?
So let's just get rid of it all together and not even entertain the notion of a more effective and efficient system."
Research into an effective and efficient system of killing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation
Sounds like a good tax payer backed pursuit, how to more economically kill citizens.
Why do i care if it was a rational decision?
You're the one suggesting the death penalty has a deterrence effect. That would imply potential murderers are thinking rationally.
Yea, I dunno, that's a good question, I would hope not.
I used to be a very strong DP supporter, but now I just don't think it's worth the risk.
Yeah, and guess what - we executed the Nazi leadership for that crime among others. If you're going to commit murder and only get life in prison you might as well go big, eh? One person, six million, what's the diff?
Research into an effective and efficient system of killing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation
Sounds like a good tax payer backed pursuit, how to more economically kill citizens.
Roughly, how many potential murderers are perfectly fine with spending the rest of their life in prison, but balk because of the chance that they will be executed??
Well then by all means go find us some statistics that prove the death penalty is a deterrent.
Sure, guess you missed the other discussion on this only a few days ago, but I'll repost it from the other thread:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/det...alty-have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates
We came to the conclusion that there is no need for the death penalty other than for the "satisfaction" of revenge/vengeance. For some people that emotional feeling is worth the financial cost, the potential death of innocent Americans, and the potential use of state-sanctioned murder by corrupt government officials.
And there's good'ol Godwin!