Personally, I find the (un-Christian) idea of an eye for an eye abominable, and I would never consider taking another person's life as a punishment. Surely a lifetime deprived of freedom is a far greater punishment than killing them?

Also, what about the killing of the mentally handicapped? Thats even worse, in my opinoin.

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Against, though i do find it interesting how all those "moral" southerners love the death penalty.

I'm not opposed as long as deterrence isn't given as the reason. It is vengeance IMO.

If someone close to me were murdered I think I would likely become a supporter quite quickly.

Pretty much against it any situation.

I am strongly opposed to the death sentence in the face of recent revelations of its inaccuracy. I find it strange that so many people abhor the many glaring flaws in our justice system yet still trust it to dole out the ultimate and irreversible price. I suspect that has to with a need for vengeance that supersedes common sense, and which incidentally has no place in legal reasoning.

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I agree with you powergrid. Only my take is also that murder is murder, and the court ordered "executions" are no different. I simply feel it is barbaric, it often seems as if the tnire civilized western world has gotten rid of death penalties and its the "moral" americans are still the ones who keep it in the books.

What about brutal murders that have been solved through dna for example? Why shouldn’t someone be put to death if they murdered someone else and it was proven without a doubt?

I don’t know about you, I’m tired of paying for our prison system that continues to grow and grow. Someone can be arrested for possession of Marijuana and end up getting the same treatment as someone who raped and chopped up little kids. Give me a break.

I dunno, when the entire western world has declared capital punishment barbaric and immorall, perhaps we should catch up.

…however the U.S has way more homicides than most Western countries.

All DNA can prove is who was there and who was not. You can prove through DNA evidence that Joe Nobody was not there at all, so is not possible of being guilty. However if DNA shows that Joe was there, that does not prove he is guilty. The only way I would support the death penalty is under a beyond all doubt situation, not just beyond a reasonable doubt. This would mean video evidence and so on.

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