03-30-2011, 10:24 PM
This is going to come as a big shock but I'm not sure I support the death penalty.
I can read some of these stories (and imagine someone hurting/torturing/killing) my child and yep, I want these murderers dead. But that's pretty much revenge. Do I think the state/federal government should carry out revenge? Mmmmmmmmmmm, not so sure.
Does the death penalty actually deter violent crime? Dunno and I'm too lazy to google it right now. What costs more to us taxpayers, sentencing someone to LWOP or putting them on deathrow? Again, there's debate about that. Finally, I think since the 1970's when capital punishment was reinstated, 138 people who were ON deathrow were exonerated of their crimes. Troubling.
If I knew for a fact that it was reducing violent crime, didn't cost us significanlty more than sending someone to prison LWOP and no innocent peoples were be putting to death, I could probably support it.
I can read some of these stories (and imagine someone hurting/torturing/killing) my child and yep, I want these murderers dead. But that's pretty much revenge. Do I think the state/federal government should carry out revenge? Mmmmmmmmmmm, not so sure.
Does the death penalty actually deter violent crime? Dunno and I'm too lazy to google it right now. What costs more to us taxpayers, sentencing someone to LWOP or putting them on deathrow? Again, there's debate about that. Finally, I think since the 1970's when capital punishment was reinstated, 138 people who were ON deathrow were exonerated of their crimes. Troubling.
If I knew for a fact that it was reducing violent crime, didn't cost us significanlty more than sending someone to prison LWOP and no innocent peoples were be putting to death, I could probably support it.
Commando Cunt Queen