The Death Sentence

Solar · Jun 9, 2014

Sarcasm said:
I guess, But you are wasting your money on some scumbag for like 15years; If the criminal killed someone he should die. Another thing is that its our tax dollars we are paying for someone who keeps appealing their parole @Shawn. I also think they should bring back Public Hangings

The death penalty itself is already enough of a consequence. A public hanging is a completely unnecessary, outdated, inhumane punishment that has no place in today's society.

Radical · Jun 9, 2014

Solar said:
The death penalty itself is already enough of a consequence. A public hanging is a completely unnecessary, outdated, inhumane punishment that has no place in today's society.

Agreed, I don't think anyone would take the time to watch someone get hang that takes less then a minute.

Nevermind · Jul 6, 2014

Solar said:
The death penalty itself is already enough of a consequence. A public hanging is a completely unnecessary, outdated, inhumane punishment that has no place in today's society.

I had to come back to this thread.

"A public hanging is a completely unnecessary, outdated, inhumane punishment that has no place in today's society."

...but a lethal injection isn't?

Random · Jul 6, 2014

No one should be able to say. I don't agree with what that person did, let's kill them by hanging, or whatever.

That's stupid.

Kirby · Jul 6, 2014

I am against the death sentence. It is inhumane. Also, how can we show people to not kill by killing them? There have been many people put to death, that were later found not even guilty of their charges. That is just sick. There have also been studies on how horrible lethal injections really are.

Solar · Jul 6, 2014

Leader said:
I had to come back to this thread.

"A public hanging is a completely unnecessary, outdated, inhumane punishment that has no place in today's society."

...but a lethal injection isn't?

It may be somewhat unnecessary in certain circumstances, but other than that, no, I don't think it is.

Envy · Jul 6, 2014

Lethal Injection involves three stages. The first, of which, is the application of amnesia, the second relaxes the muscles, and the third stops the heart. This is supposed to be quicker and more ethical than a rope around the neck.
So, yes @Leader .

Nevermind · Jul 6, 2014

Solar said:
It may be somewhat unnecessary in certain circumstances, but other than that, no, I don't think it is.

I don't think it is under any circumstances.

Exist · Jul 6, 2014

I personally believe (just my opinion), that whomever has killed someone should face life in prison. Much more painful & awful to live your life behind bars & eat shitty meals for 50+ years then to get a quick, painless lethal injection & not have to live your life in misery. They deserve nothing more than to rot in a cell.

That is what I believe. Don't let them take the easy way out. The only reason I think the death penalty exists is because prisons become overpopulated & they have to kill off a bunch of them to make room for new prisoners. Granted, taxes & shit go to funding the prisons & their food, but still. Don't let them get the easy way out if they've brutally killed someone. Even if the murder they had done was quick. It's still not what I think they deserve. They deserve endless emotional torture.

This opinion goes for: murderers, rapists, child molesters, etc.

Hostage · Jul 6, 2014

Yes the death penalty is a easy way out, but scary too. If you are insane it won't be as hard to deal with. You have to have an IQ of over 70 to be executed so just act dumb and you will be fine lol.

Nevermind · Jul 6, 2014

Valiant said:
Lethal Injection involves three stages. The first, of which, is the application of amnesia, the second relaxes the muscles, and the third stops the heart. This is supposed to be quicker and more ethical than a rope around the neck.
So, yes @Leader .

A hanging is quick and painless as well. That doesn't make it moral, though.

Hostage · Jul 6, 2014

Valiant said:
Lethal Injection involves three stages. The first, of which, is the application of amnesia, the second relaxes the muscles, and the third stops the heart. This is supposed to be quicker and more ethical than a rope around the neck.
So, yes @Leader .

Doesn't always go as smooth as that though, when the owner of the chemical found out they were using it for killing people, he refused to sell them it, they used a diff one and it took some people 45mins to die and they were struggling to breath and died a painful death. At least with the rope, if you survive it three times you get acquitted.

#Imsogladimfromtheukrightnow

Color · Jul 6, 2014

It can go both ways. In one hand, it's an effective way to sentence those who've committed terrible crime. They're often left in death row for long periods of time, awaiting the inevitable. Sounds terrible, but they deserve it. On the other hand, there is always the chance of executing an innocent person, and of course at that point there is no going back.

Envy · Jul 6, 2014

Leader said:
A hanging is quick and painless as well. That doesn't make it moral, though.

Injections are more peaceful in a sense. Hangings distort the external beauty of the body. Neither are moral, but they are more neccesary than not. But then again, what is considered moral? @Leader

Nevermind · Jul 6, 2014

Valiant said:
Injections are more peaceful in a sense. Hangings distort the external beauty of the body. Neither are moral, but they are more neccesary than not. But then again, what is considered moral? @Leader

It's not more peaceful. If you researched the lethal injection, you would understand that. The drug that is used is nowhere near perfect and sometimes it take up to an hour for people to die from it.

Envy · Jul 6, 2014

Hostage said:
Doesn't always go as smooth as that though, when the owner of the chemical found out they were using it for killing people, he refused to sell them it, they used a diff one and it took some people 45mins to die and they were struggling to breath and died a painful death. At least with the rope, if you survive it three times you get acquitted.

#Imsogladimfromtheukrightnow

Don't always believe everything you read online.

Leader said:
It's not more peaceful. If you researched the lethal injection, you would understand that. The drug that is used is nowhere near perfect and sometimes it take up to an hour for people to die from it.

It's not what I mean. The body, externally, is left undistorted.

Nevermind · Jul 6, 2014

Valiant said:
Don't always believe everything you read online.

It's not what I mean. The body, externally, is left undistorted.

Why does that even matter? Shouldn't the comfort of the person being put to death matter more than anything?

Envy · Jul 6, 2014

Leader said:
Why does that even matter? Shouldn't the comfort of the person being put to death matter more than anything?

Some people care about the body after death.

Radical · Jul 6, 2014

Can someone summarize what you guys are fighting about.

Zak · Jul 7, 2014

Yeah, I think we should have it. For example, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (I don't include his brother Tamerlan, because he was killed during a gun fight with the police) one of the two Boston bombers should get the death sentence. Killed an innocent little boy and 2 more people. Not to mention the 200+ injured. Now, not in all cases should it be used. If (hypothetically) two people are fist fighting, and one is killed (my teacher told my class and I a story a while back about how some guy she knew was going to jail for killing a guy during a fist fight. He did not intend to kill him, but he punched the guys nose and the cartilage pushed back and hit his brain and killed him, or something along those lines) then they shouldn't get the Death Sentence.

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