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Where do you stand on this highly controversial topic? Personally, I'm for it.

Leah wrote: "Where do you stand on this highly controversial topic? Personally, I'm for it."

same here.

H99 wrote: "I agree with it...and yet I do not agree with it. I don't think anyone has the right to decide if another person should live or die, but some people commit truly horrible crimes, and deserve lifelo..."

I agree. I think that life in prison would be more of a punishment other than just the easy way out. (death penalty)

i do i wouod rather die than spend the rest of my lonely pathedic life in a cell

i do not agree with it . i mean , i'm pro-life ! :)))) well, if they were in prison, maybe they would have some realization, you know? there's still life out there for them to change and well, live :)

some people cant change no matter how much you try...

well, there's still hope , you know ? besides, we don't have the right to take away life .. only GOD.. :)

onley if you beleave in him remiber some people dont

oh well, it depends on people then . i'll just stick with my opinion :))))

cool i was just saying not everyone woships god i wasent tring to be mean if i sounded mean

Rhiyaah wrote: "well, there's still hope , you know ? besides, we don't have the right to take away life .. only GOD.. :)"

I see what you're saying, but the way I see it is, God defined death as the punishment for murder way back when. So, I'll kind of stick to what He says! :D

yep

Leah wrote : "Rhiyaah wrote: "well, there's still hope , you know ? besides, we don't have the right to take away life .. only GOD.. :)"

I see what you're saying, but the way I see it is, God defined death as the punishment for murder way back when. So, I'll kind of stick to what He says! :D "

God has His own reasons . i don't think "punishment" is the word . :)

Maybe not...consequence maybe???

I am for the death penalty, actually. I think these horrible murderers get off too easy. Sometimes they don't even get life in prison, if they get parole. I think it's the supreme deterrent to potential murders, because people value their life above everything else.

I think murderers should get the death penalty and people like rapists should get life in prison.

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I do not think that have we should death penalties for a couple reasons. One, if someone kills someone else...it also make you a murderer for killing the original murderers. I think that the murderer should be locked up in a dark room with nothing in it and no visitors and eat with spoons for their entire lives. Forever and always. Then they will be very punished. But I think killing them is actually putting them out of the misery of being in jail. This is why I am against death penalties.

Hm...I don't really know. Personally, I think a life of solitude and confinement would have a stronger impact on a criminal's life. It depends how severe his crimes were for me to actually agree with it. And yeah, you can't decide too quickly on this because the person might be innocent just wrongly accused or black-mailed except that they have no proof and would ultimately be led to a death that would basically be murder if ending an innocent life.


So yeah, for me it depends on if they have actually confessed their crimes and how severe their crimes were.

@H99 Thank you.

The death penalty is a good thing. Say your mother or father or any relative of yours gets shot in a mass shooting. Would you want justice? The people would want justice. And the People pay for criminals to be in prison, about 25 to 35 GRAND per YEAR.

I'm kind of neutral over this issue. I'm for it in case of brutal criminal offenses (like terrorists, rapists, murderers and so on) but I'm against it because I personally feel life long imprisonment is a harder punishment. Death means end of all sufferings but life long imprisonment would mean much more of pain and that's what the criminal deserve.

If the bad guy just kept escaping and killing more people and get arrested and so on, then yeah, for the sake of innoccent people, that person should be on the death plently.

No! EVERYONE SHALL DIE!

I don't think they should die people change.

✞♪ Katelyn ♪✞ wrote: "If the bad guy just kept escaping and killing more people and get arrested and so on, then yeah, for the sake of innoccent people, that person should be on the death plently."

I agree with you. Sometimes there's no other way if the person is like, say a terrorist. He/she is not going to change so drastically that they could live a normal happy life.... yeah, no.

Damini wrote: "I'm kind of neutral over this issue. I'm for it in case of brutal criminal offenses (like terrorists, rapists, murderers and so on) but I'm against it because I personally feel life long imprisonme..."

I don't know if you're religious or not, (I'm not disagreeing with you! I like your point) but I think if the person is really bad, they'll go to hell. So therefore killing them not ending the pain. But that's only what I think....! So yep.

If you realy want justice let them live with it

Katie~DO DA GRIMMIE FINGERS!!! wrote: "Damini wrote: "I'm kind of neutral over this issue. I'm for it in case of brutal criminal offenses (like terrorists, rapists, murderers and so on) but I'm against it because I personally feel life ..."

I agree.

People do change...but some really need to pay for it and death penalty is not the right solution.Let them suffer for the rest of their lives in the prison.

what if they're like a mob boss or something? being in prison for life isn't going to stop them from killing people. They'll get their henchmen to do it.

When you kill someone, it's really not a punishment.

I do not agree with the death penalty. Yes, the person may have done something wrong but you can't punish someone by killing them. They probably have families, how do you think they will feel when they find out their son or daughter was killed. You can't right a wrong with another wrong.

It's archaic. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

I think having them live the rest of their life in isolation would be more affective. Unless it was critical that the world be ridded of him/her.

deleted user wrote: "I do not think that have we should death penalties for a couple reasons. One, if someone kills someone else...it also make you a murderer for killing the original murderers. I think that the murde..."

I totally agree.

I support death penalty. It's okay. Torturing criminals who deserve to die would be okay too. Anything harsh is okay as long as they deserve it.

@Almira
But how do we decide whether the person deserves it? We arent them, how do we know whether they are innocent or not?

Ella wrote: "@Almira
But how do we decide whether the person deserves it? We arent them, how do we know whether they are innocent or not?"

Through evidences. This is where skilled lawyers come in handy, and judges who can't be bribed or influenced by 'influence'.

But we dont know the circumstances under which the person committed the crime. How do we know whether the person "deserves" it? Who really has the right to live or die?

Ella wrote: "But we dont know the circumstances under which the person committed the crime. How do we know whether the person "deserves" it? Who really has the right to live or die?"

There's always a way to the truth. Like, maybe if a criminal admits it.

Lia wrote: "@Almira Surprising that you said your opinion clearly. Most people would be afraid of the backlash. I myself am...well, I'm neutral on the fact. From a moral point of view, it would require someone..."

Exactly, "The law needs sharper teeth.". That sums it all up.

H99 wrote: "Lia wrote: "@Almira Surprising that you said your opinion clearly. Most people would be afraid of the backlash. I myself am...well, I'm neutral on the fact. From a moral point of view, it would req..."

Murder and rape, I guess. In a way, both murder and rape are the same for me.

Lia wrote: "A man kept his daughter locked up in a cell for nearly twenty four years. Every day, he raped her and denied her food and water when she resisted. When she became pregnant with his children, she ha..."

Damn, he's merciless. :/ Let him die -.-

Well, for the death penalty to be welcomed, a strong and fair system should first be deployed.

H99 wrote: "Almira wrote: "H99 wrote: "Lia wrote: "@Almira Surprising that you said your opinion clearly. Most people would be afraid of the backlash. I myself am...well, I'm neutral on the fact. From a moral ..."

Yes. If a woman was raped, it's almost as if her life was robbed as well. She'd live, but then half-alive, and it would (sometimes never) take time to get her whole life back.

Lia wrote: "Ah, sorry, I thought you meant me and Almira.

Yeah I agree, rape and murder are essentially the same.

You're right, that man isn't people no more.

I've never seen my brother so outraged on behal..."

I've read that Junko Furuta case. And omg, whatever did she do to deserve such treatment, tsk. I seriously had nightmares the day I first learned about her.

People could be really sick, and what happened to Junko, that might be worse than death for her. I think about it and I always wonder if I'm the one on her place, would I be able to say in the end(if I'll live) - "Thank goodness,at least I'm alive.". Heck no, I'd slash my wrists or jump off a bridge instead, I think.

Well I dont believe in the death penalty (not today at least). It's one of those subjects I'm on the fence about.

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." -Mahatma Ghandi

So if someone kills someone else, they should die too? Because they deserve it? Killing them would justify their actions?

I just cant seem to agree with the fact that someone other then fate get's to decide who's to live and who's to die.

I agree with Lia. If someone does something horrendous, they no longer deserve to be treated like a person, because odds are they didn't treat their victim(s) that way.