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Life In Prison Death Penalty
Debate Score:38
Arguments:18
Total Votes:40
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 Life In Prison (10)
 
 Death Penalty (9)

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Which One Would YOU Rather Be Punished With?

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Life In Prison

Side Score: 20
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Death Penalty

Side Score: 18
2 points

I would rather be charged with life in prision because life in prision is only 25 years and you might have a chance to get out and fix your life and get on the right track.

Side: Life in prison

Life in prison is much more feasible because it will give the person a lot of time to think about what they did wrong, and ask forgiveness.

Side: Life in prison

I would rather be beat with a wet noodle for punishment but since this was not a choice, I picked this side ;)

Side: Life in prison
2 points

Choosing death is incredibly brave or incredible ignorant.

I am 99.99999% sure that once dead there is absolutely nothing, and as such no discomfort in that state whatsoever,

Still though, instinct tells me I want to live, and I would not be prepared to consciously choose to ignore millions of years of evolution.

Side: Life in prison
2 points

Life in 'prison'

3 meals a day

Other people like me to socialise with

Many activities to do.

Work out a lot.

Get to meet family still

Nothing much wrong with life in prison really.

Side: Life in prison
1 point

I'd take life, you can always get out early.

That and theres a chance you can get an appeal, if say some new evidence surfaces.

Side: Life in prison
5 points

I would go crazy if they locked me in a cell. Im claustrophobic and my worst fear is to be put into a room i couldn't get out of. They would have to kill me or i would get someone else to

Side: Death Penalty
2 points

Can't you kill yourself? Harold Shipman did.

Claustrophobia? Forcing you into such a small cell, perhaps that could be argued as 'cruel or unusual punishment'?

Side: Death Penalty
2 points

by far the death penalty, life in prison really? if there is a defined purpose in life it is most definitely lost there.nothing can be achieved, no goals. no purpose of life. pointlessness.

Side: Death Penalty
abc123(10) Disputed
2 points

Thats not necessarily true you can get your GED and i believe that you can take collage courses in there.

Side: Life in prison
parrotlover1(22) Disputed
2 points

so you can go to school, then after you finish that you can go get a job with your new education!!! oh wait... jail for life...

Side: Death Penalty
2 points

I would rather die quickly than slowly die out of boredom or lack of will to live.

Side: Death Penalty
TERMINATOR(6780) Disputed
2 points

You do not die directly as a result of boredom/lack of will to survive. You 'descend into madness' from those thing, eventually, perhaps, killing yourself.

Side: Life in prison
2 points

Of course, it would make a difference on what the crime is......If it was a murder or a rape, definitely a death penalty is the best option. While there are those who will say that the death penalty is a cruel punishment, they are not looking at the side of the victim. Furthermore, these days, forensic technology has gone pretty far that it is almost impossible to put an innocent man/woman in jail.

One crime that I would love to see a special punishment for is child molestation. I just find that to be so unforgiving and there is no cure or treatment for such a thing. It is not a psychological issue, but rather a choice of life.

Side: Death Penalty
parrotlover1(22) Disputed
3 points

don't doubt that it is impossible to put a innocent person in jail, the united stated upon numerous tragedies has enclosed a high number of innocent people in jail.

Side: Life in prison

Kill me as quickly as possible, life in solitary confinement seems like the ultimate torture.

Side: Death Penalty