The death penalty pro or con

if a killer actually ENJOYS killing, gets some kind of a sexual or ethical thrill in the act, why should he be allowed to live?  like dogslife said, he will continue to reoffend if allowed.  ted bundy had FAR too much pleasure in his life...i don't know anyone who isn't glad that he was taken out.  i certainly am. 

i am against death penalty  for reasons already stated in the previous posts.

naah to DP!........"life imprisonment" is good enough...but a BIG NO NO to parole pls!

QUOTE (jojee @ November 8, 2008, 23:41)

are you talking about life in prison....under american type rules or asian type rules?

does it matter?

if we are to compare philippine prisons to yours there in north america, i'd say a criminal would choose the death penalty over living in our prison cells.

but that is not the topic rather - will you still a hard core criminal or a psychopath serial killer live or die?

Eye for an Eye.  No if's No but's.  You commit the crime, you should die.  If you killed a person by hand gun, knife, ax, or whatever.  You should die in the same method.  Preferably by the hands of the victim's family if they want to.  I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger. 

QUOTE (luvwranglrs @ September 20, 2008, 05:48)

This man does not deserve to live and he should die.  Why didn't he receive the death penalty.  He knew what he was doing. 

QUOTE (sphinxnangels @ November 9, 2008, 07:35)

yes it does... if you decide not to have a death penalty... that is ok.... but why take the position of codling to a criminal... would that increase their chance of being reformed?

also your system is more price efficient, and offers a higher level of safety for the staff!

I am absolutely all for the death penalty. I wish we had it in NZ!

I am 100% FOR the death penalty, however, I disagree with you on one point. I do NOT believe they should die in exactly the same manner as their victim.

When I lived in Washington state there was a child murderer that was sentenced to death. I cannot recall his name at the moment, I want to say Wesley Allen Dodd, but I might be confusing my killers.Anyway, he kidnapped, tortured and repeatedly raped young boys.He brutally raped and tortured and eventually HUNG this sweet,innocent 6 y/o boy to his death.

When the time came for this cold and callous, sick fucker to die- he was actually given a choice! Death by lethal injection...OR....death by hanging! Now....why did HE get a damn choice? Also....were the powers that be so damn stupid as to realize why he made the choice of death that he eventually did?

You got it! He requested death by hanging! I was infuriated! In my mind and in my heart, I believed this sick fuck to get one last final thrill by being killed in exactly the same fashion that he had done to that poor ,innocent child! I guarantee you...his dick was hard as a rock at the thought he would be feeling exactly what his VICTIM felt!

Unfortunately, no one raped him repeatedly anally or tortured him before his death by hanging. NO! He was fed his "last meal".Given anything he wanted before he was to be killed. Was able to consult and pray with a member of the clergy. He was able to absolve himself- although if I recall, he never apologized once for what he had done.

What was this poor child able to do right before his life was extinguished?

I say...don't give the mother fuckers a choice at how THEY want THEIR lives to be extinguished! They show no mercy on or to  their victims, why should we show them any?

I will be the first in line when the call is made for volunteers to administer that lethal dose...or throw that switch.

QUOTE (Ms_Delilah @ November 9, 2008, 11:24)

As long as they don't walk out alive - I can careless how they are taken out.

In the 37 states and federal government that currently have death penalty statutes, five different methods of execution are prescribed: Lethal Injection, Electrocution, Lethal Gas, Firing Squad, and Hanging. The vast majority of jurisdictions provide for execution by lethal injection. 20 jurisdictions provide for alternative methods of execution, contingent upon the choice of the inmate, the date of the execution or sentence, or the possibility of the method being held unconstitutional. Only one state does not have lethal injection as a primary or optional method of execution. Nebraska is the only state that provides for electrocution as the sole method of execution. No states provide for Lethal Gas, Hanging, or Firing Squad as the sole method of execution.

Alabama - If execution is after 07-01-02, inmate may choose electrocution, otherwise lethal injection.

Arizona - If committed before 11-23-92, inmate shall elect lethal injection or lethal gas. If no election made, then lethal injection.

California - Inmate may elect lethal injection or lethal gas. If no election, then Lethal Injection. If one method invalid, then the other method.

Delaware - Lethal Injection. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then hanging.

Florida - Lethal injection unless inmate elects electrocution. If lethal injection or electrocution held unconstitutional, then any legal method.

Georgia - If committed after May 1, 2000 lethal injection. If before, electrocution. If electrocution held unconstitutional, then lethal injection. In 2001, Georgia Supreme Court held electrocution, as prescribed by statute for murders before 1999, unconstitutional.

Idaho - Lethal injection. If impractical due to lack of “technical assistance,” then firing squad.

Illinois - Lethal Injection. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution.

Kentucky - Lethal injection, unless inmate was sentenced before 03-31-98 and chooses electrocution.

Missouri - Lethal injection or lethal gas. (Unknown who decides)

New Hampshire - Lethal Injection. If “impractical, then hanging.

Ohio - Lethal Injection - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then any subsequently prescribed legal method.

Oklahoma - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution. If electrocution held unconstitutional, then firing squad.

South Carolina - Lethal injection, unless inmate elects electrocution. If Lethal Injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution.

Tennessee - On or after 01-01-99, then lethal injection. Before 01-01-99, then electrocution, unless inmate elects lethal injection. If lethal injection or electrocution,l then any constitutional method.

Utah - Lethal injection. If court holds that defendant has right to firing squad choice under prior law, then firing squad. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then firing squad.

Virginia - Lethal injection or electrocution chosen by inmate. If no choice made, then Lethal Injection.

Washington - Lethal injection, unless inmate elects hanging.

Wyoming - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then lethal gas.

Federal Government - Lethal Injection is general method pursuant to 28 CFR, Part 26. However, under the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994, the method is that of state in which the conviction took place, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3596.

QUOTE (dogslife2live @ November 9, 2008, 06:29)

There are two types in America. Life with the possibility of parole and Life without.

QUOTE (Ms_Delilah @ November 9, 2008, 11:28)

QUOTE (Liltee @ November 9, 2008, 23:43)

well in most asian countries there are also two types of prison sentences.... am i ever getting out of here.... and am i going to die here with the rats?.....