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I don't think it's wrong or barbaric to painlessly euthanize someone who brutally killed, defiled and ate people's bodies (among other horrible examples).
I don't think there's any argument for the rehabilitation of a person like that. You can't let them out, keeping them around is pointless, and on the off-chance they do escape, is their life worth more than the people they endanger? >

True but it’s much cheaper for us to keep them in prison than to carry out the death penalty. >

Is it actually? One would assume that food, clothing, guards' wages, medical care and God knows what else over the course of 50+ years would come out to more than a lethal dose of whatever.
Edit: well I'll be damned. You're right. How the fuck is that possible? >

Because they got rid of the noose. >

Supposedly it's the high cost of re-trials and appeals, which death-row inmates have more access to than genpop folks. >

Yeah I just saw that. Its weird because there's some cases where the evidence is so clear there shouldn't even be recourse for appeals tying up the court. >

It's mostly from outside people or organizations thinking they're doing right by letting them prolong their life or some weird moral hoolahoop >

Legal fees from all the appeals. The guillotine should be use. Quick result. >

i think the death penalty is problematic when it's used as a weapon of oppression. you may even argue that it's inevitable to be so, but i also believe that truly evil individuals who are unquestionable threats to society, such as serial rapists and murderers, should be executed. i don't think it's about playing god as much as it is about doing the right thing. i'm sure you don't agree with that, but that's how i fem. >

Too much of an error rate to use death penalty justly. >

Very true, innocent people have been killed before >

That's another topic. A lot of people killed and the real killer is out there >

Some people deserve the death penalty. >

I don’t feel like that should be for the government to decide >

Who decides then? >

No one, that’s kinda my point >

Some people most definitely deserve to be executed, if someone brutally raped and killed your child you'd want them dead right? I know I would. >

Yes absolutely. I’d make it slow. >

I'd say the death penalty is justified then in cases like this. >

It’s very difficult to say what I may do if such a thing were to happen to my child or loved one, I definitely would want them dead and I accept what you’re saying, but I feel like a government shouldn’t let their emotions cloud their judgement in the name of revenge and should try to see it differently. This person is a danger - lock them up for the rest of their lives. >

There's some strange mental gymnastics going on with your comment here...
You said you would want them dead and that you would make it slow and painful, but you also think that if the government wants to kill them, that they shouldn't let their emotions cloud their judgment in the name of revenge and should try to see it differently?
That doesn't make any sense. >

It does make sense if you're self-reflective. A lot of people aren't.
People are naturally sadistic, especially toward those who have wronged them. When you acknowledge this, even in yourself, you recognize that this is bad and therefore when you're passionate, you shouldn't be in charge. >

One could argue that a lifetime in solitary confinement is way more barbaric than the death penalty. >

Yes fair point, I recognise that >

I’m anti death penalty till it applies to me: like if
Someone murders my family I would change up so fast >

Oh absolutely, no disagreement there >

Why I am against the death sentence:


Someone may not be guilty


Killing them is giving them the easy way out 


It’s more expensive than life without parole >

Generally, I dislike the "easy way out" argument in this debate. Who cares what they (the offender of heinous crimes) want? Their intent/desire/opinion/whatever should not matter. The focus should be on the net positive or net negative of the sentence imo.
When a crime reaches a certain threshold of depravity, I just want them dealt with. For example, the Parkland shooter does not deserve to be alive. I don't care if, in theory, killing him is "easier" than keeping him alive. I want him off of the planet, fading from memory all the sooner. 
I hope my response makes sense bc it's difficult to explain in words :,) >

For me, I care about the punishment. Someone who gets life in prison without parole was found guilty of  something so heinous, that they cannot be released into public life. They can spend the rest of their life in prison which is more of a punishment than going to sleep and not waking up. >

Government is the monopoly of violence >

The comments saying "let them suffer" or "death is any easy out" speaks volumes of how we as a society view prisons as the opposite of the rehabilitation centres they should be.
Rapists should be castrated and tested on instead of animals, same for pedophiles and serious abusers. All of whom should be sent to their creator shortly after and housed in an entirely different prison from people serving time for assault, fraud, driving/drug charges, etc.
A bullet costs pennies on the dollar compared to what it costs to house someone for 10-20+ years. We'd probably see a decline in these crimes if cases were taken more seriously and the odds of a death sentence were tremendously high, however we would NEED to revamp our justice system to avoid sending innocent men to the coals.
I would advocate for capital punishment 100% but right now too many innocent people have lost to the system, and it may be a small proportion, but it's still too many. >

Bro we should punish them ofc but we still gotta be civilized. Forced human testing? Are you serious? Bro just castration, sex offender registry, and prison time (which will come with inmate beatings) is sufficient we shouldn’t become barbaric and uncivilized with punishment. >

True, nothing barbaric about locking people up in cages and castrating them. Are you insane? We do it with animals who haven't done a thing, but a rapist or paedophile has make up tested on him or trials birth control and we're suddenly crossing a line? I don't have any sympathy for those fucks, and neither should you. >

Honestly don’t mind this idea. This would be a decent alternative. Irredeemable people being forced to do a service to the greater community they wreaked havoc on. >

Guy kills 3 people and he gets 3 meals a day in prison for the rest of his life on my tax dollars. Yeah no. >

Use it more >

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