Should use of the death penalty be expanded to other crimes?

Currently, as far as I know, the Death Penalty is only valid in murder cases. ( If I am wrong, please correct me )


Should we expand the use of the death penalty to other crimes? If so, which ones?

 

n/a

 

No

 

Yes, rape of minors under the age of ______.

I would say 12, but is open to debate.

 

It should be abolished.

 

Answering your phone in the cinema.
Saying "less" when you mean "fewer".
Producing any form of "reality" television.
Queue-jumping (I am British after all).

 

No we need the death penalty for those who can't be rehabilitated otherwise we would have to house and feed them the rest of their lives. Maybe we should bring back public hangings as a measure to prevent murders.

 

State sanctioned murder is murder (putting lipstick on a pig). Dangerous animals are put in cages for life, they are not executed unless they present an immediate danger.

 

Here is an article about the offenses that warrant the federal death penalty. Most of the offenses are types of murder, but treason and espionage are also on the list.

http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004927

Some states expand it as well.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/crimes-punishable-death-penalty

 

Most dangerous animals are executed.

 

The problem with that is that in the case of the above, if you make it a capital offense, the perpetrator is more likely to kill the victim to silence them.

 

So then maybe you think we slap them on the wrist and tell them not to do that again.
I don't know where you live but in Arkansas there are very few no kill animal shelters and animals that harm humans are disposed of.

 

Most???? On what planet?

 

Is English not your primary language? Where did I say that?

It doesn't matter where I live, my post stands as written.

 

I do not believe the risk of a innocent mans death is worth the vengeance upon a guilty man. I would rather a 100 guilty men go free then murder one innocent man.

 

You don't put anything in a cage for life,that is the most inhumane thing you could do to any living thing. If a dog bites a person or another dog, we put it down, we don't put it in a cage to teach other dogs how to cause problems. Which is exactly what lifers do, not to mention the problems they pose for the guards in the facility.

All rapist, murderers, and fraud attempts over $10,000,000 should be headed to the death penalty.

 

The zoos of the world would beg to differ. I don't disagree it's inhumane but so is murder, including the state sanctioned kind.

That's correct, caging for life is not the only thing that's done but it is done nevertheless.

So state sanctioned murder is the blanket solution then, never mind that several accused rapists and murderers have been found innocent well after they've been incarcerated for years, some bound for execution.

Yeah, kill em all, because that's true justice, the best money can buy.

 

I voted yes, because all of those who use the color of their authority should be killed as well, upon their convictions. This would apply to cops, caretakers, teachers, etc. This is not to be mistaken with people committing petty offenses such stealing a lollipop, playing loud music (although it is annoying), and other none life threatening offenses. To further clarify, looting the treasury, erradicating tarrifs, skulduggery, etc. are in fact life threatening behaviors because thousands to millions lose their means of subsistence because of these actions. Back in the formative years, treason was taken extremely serious, sounds to me like those days should be brought back.

 

I gave you a "like", not because I agree that anyone should be killed (I vehemently disagree), but because I understand and agree with the rest of your post.

 

electric chair for pussygrabbers

 

Espionage and Treason are both Capital Crimes that can incur the Death Penalty.

Beyond that...the remaining 39 Federal Crimes that incur the Death Penalty involve a criminal activity that ended in a death.

Not sure of the State Level crimes.

No...we should expand the use of the Death Penalty to include the crimes it currently does. Meaning that I'd like to see less death row inmates dying of old age since it's so infrequently carried out these days.

 

When an animal kills a human and is caught, for the most part it's executed.

 

You originally said:

Now you're changing it to:

That's not the same thing.

 

It still makes you wrong. We don't cage most dangerous animals. Most are in the wild. We do kill most dangerous animals that kill humans (which is the parallel to capital punishment). It's very rare that we cage dangerous animals.

 

What are you talking about? Where did I say we cage most dangerous animals? You quoted my post, where did I say that? It's you who's wrong.

Very rare??? I think most zoos on the planet would disagree with that.

Try not to invent what I posted and instead try posting something that makes sense if you can.