Should the u.s ban the death penalty?
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Yes. If I were charged to do something that forced me to spend the rest of my life in jail, I would rather die right now - I think they're doing the criminal a favor by putting him down. Spending the rest of your life in jail is torture .. which is what they deserve. Side: Pro
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I believe killing for civil liberties was Gandhi's position. Life is a right just as liberty is a right, but no one is arguing against incarceration. This is because rights can be forfeited. The most heinous of crimes warrant the death penalty. The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children. I theorize that it has something to do with the type of criminal. Regardless of the reason it works, I'm for it. Side: Con
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If the death penalty will be carried out the way it is now, with all of the cost, and the waiting, and the appeals, and the jury's and lawyers, and etc... then yes it's not worth it. Yet I'm still for the death penalty if the process was cheaper and quicker. There's no reason to hold, for life, someone who feels a desire to kill, and can't change. Side: Pro
Yes you should ban the death penalty. All the countries in Europe, except one, has already banned it. So as a European citizen its something of the distant past. There are occasions when someone has been killed and then later found innocent. If this even happens in 1 in a 100 executions cases then, to me, it is enough of an injustice to ban the death penalty. We have the saying in English law "it is better that 3 guilty men go free than one innocent man is imprisoned". By the way, it sickens me that people are talking about cost implications of killing someone. We're talking about human lives here. They are not sub-human just because they committed a crime. Side: Pro
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I don't think the death penalty should be banned. However, I think all of the trial processes that lead up to capital punishment should be reformed. Too much money is wasted on pointless trials that get dragged on for far too long. Hellno is right, capital punishment should be much more cost effective than the alternative- life in prison without parole. Side: Con
It all comes down to what you, as part of the people, want tax money to go to. Do you want your tax money to go towards a lethal injection for a serial killer? Or do you want your money to go to giving him food, shelter, and any needed medication for the rest of his life? Neither is really cheaper than the other. One costs more in the short term, but both will even out in the long run. What is your choice? Side: Con
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The only downside to your argument is that the death penalty is actually more expensive. It's that way because they have tons of trials, and verification that go into the whole process, added to the fact that while all of the trials are going on they're still feeding, and sheltering the killer. Though I'm in agreeance with you that the Death Penalty is a better option than housing them. Side: Pro
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No. If you do brutal things to a man/woman/child what right do you have to live? If it's getting to the death penalty I can assure you they're guilty so there's no false accusations. Eye for eye. You kill someone and what makes your life any more valuable? if all men are created equal then why does someone get the right to kill a man and live while the victim doesn't. Side: Con
The more executions the less people will dare commit murder e.c.t., and therefore save more money(keeping the prisoners well in prison, as well as catching criminals), which out-weigh the the cost of execution. And I beleive what you mean is 'should the U.S. ban the death penalty in U.S. States. Side: Con
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