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[Nilocy]

Meh, what ever you say, the death penalty is a very ethical way of dealing with guilty criminals. It saves the millions taxpayers pay for keeping a person in for 50 years. Recently it was estimated that it costs about £1000 a week per criminal to keep them in jail. (This figure may be wrong, but its still alot no matter what anyone says). It also reducing the worlds population, even by one, to save resources in the long run.

[Cthulhu]

It saves the millions taxpayers pay for keeping a person in for 50 years. Recently it was estimated that it costs about £1000 a week per criminal to keep them in jail.

It costs more to use the death penalty.  More trials, more jurors, sequestering the jurors, many, many appeals, there are a lot of factors that make the cost greater, and then add to all of those the fact that chances are, they'll never even get around to executing the guy.

It also reducing the worlds population, even by one, to save resources in the long run.

That's absurd.  There are approaching seven billion people in the world, killing one hoodlum or sociopath isn't going to fix anything.  If he's in prison for the rest of his life, he can at least pay some of his debt to society, by cleaning up highways, making license plates, and all of the other stereotypical things inmates do.  I don't know about license plates, but I've seen inmates doing community service projects quite a few times.

[Torak]

It costs more to use the death penalty.  More trials, more jurors, sequestering the jurors, many, many appeals, there are a lot of factors that make the cost greater, and then add to all of those the fact that chances are, they'll never even get around to executing the guy.

That's mostly why I'm an advocate of a newly reformed Justice system, where currently the Guilty are in trial for tens of years and the innocent are killed in life setences.

[Anfold]

Just an FYI, unless the sentence has a without a possibility of parole clause, at most all you will spend in prison is about 25 years before being released on parole (which does last for the rest of your life), so life imprisonment/=imprisonment for life.  In the US that is.

I would be for the Death Penalty if it really served any other purpose than to make some people fell better.  As it is, putting people to death is more about revenge than justice.

[Okenido]

I believe that the death penalty should replace life in prison.
Life in prison is basically the same thing as the death penalty, only it takes longer and we have to feed them with our tax money.

[Thunderwoot]

I believe that the death penalty should replace life in prison.
Life in prison is basically the same thing as the death penalty, only it takes longer and we have to feed them with our tax money.

It saves the millions taxpayers pay for keeping a person in for 50 years. Recently it was estimated that it costs about £1000 a week per criminal to keep them in jail.

It costs more to use the death penalty.  More trials, more jurors, sequestering the jurors, many, many appeals, there are a lot of factors that make the cost greater, and then add to all of those the fact that chances are, they'll never even get around to executing the guy.

also, the death penalty is state sponsored murder and if you think for one second that slightly smaller taxes would justify that then you are a sociopath.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

I believe that the death penalty should replace life in prison.
Life in prison is basically the same thing as the death penalty, only it takes longer and we have to feed them with our tax money.

It saves the millions taxpayers pay for keeping a person in for 50 years. Recently it was estimated that it costs about £1000 a week per criminal to keep them in jail.

It costs more to use the death penalty.  More trials, more jurors, sequestering the jurors, many, many appeals, there are a lot of factors that make the cost greater, and then add to all of those the fact that chances are, they'll never even get around to executing the guy.

also, the death penalty is state sponsored murder and if you think for one second that slightly smaller taxes would justify that then you are a sociopath.

Erm... I think you are in the wrong forum. Didn't you know that this place is filled with sociopaths? Have you even played Dwarf Fortress? It is the most sociopathic game ever.

[umiman]

Everyone thinks the death penalty is a good idea until it's them that's facing it.

Here's a question. Suppose that the death penalty becomes super commonplace, as in the most common form of punishment is death. Jaywalking, mandatory death penalty. Littering, mandatory death penalty. Typing like an idiot, mandatory death penalty. Let's ignore how this is even possible and just say that this system of mandatory execution for everything (even accidental peeing on toilet seats) has been in place for 200 years.

What on EARTH would society be like in such a world? Would everyone not give a damn? Would everyone be robots? Would everyone be dead?

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

No. Everyone would be rebels. Ya. They will be.

[Nilocy]

Everyone thinks the death penalty is a good idea until it's them that's facing it.

Here's a question. Suppose that the death penalty becomes super commonplace, as in the most common form of punishment is death. Jaywalking, mandatory death penalty. Littering, mandatory death penalty. Typing like an idiot, mandatory death penalty. Let's ignore how this is even possible and just say that this system of mandatory execution for everything (even accidental peeing on toilet seats) has been in place for 200 years.

What on EARTH would society be like in such a world? Would everyone not give a damn? Would everyone be robots? Would everyone be dead?

Well, thats just rediculous. I'd be dead so it wouldn't really matter in 200 years. I think capital punishment should only be used in the most extreme circumstances, a murder for example. An eye for an eye as they say. Or maybe, making them work then killing them... That'll pay their debt back to society.

[Thunderwoot]

Everyone thinks the death penalty is a good idea until it's them that's facing it.

Here's a question. Suppose that the death penalty becomes super commonplace, as in the most common form of punishment is death. Jaywalking, mandatory death penalty. Littering, mandatory death penalty. Typing like an idiot, mandatory death penalty. Let's ignore how this is even possible and just say that this system of mandatory execution for everything (even accidental peeing on toilet seats) has been in place for 200 years.

What on EARTH would society be like in such a world? Would everyone not give a damn? Would everyone be robots? Would everyone be dead?

Well, thats just rediculous. I'd be dead so it wouldn't really matter in 200 years. I think capital punishment should only be used in the most extreme circumstances, a murder for example. An eye for an eye as they say. Or maybe, making them work then killing them... That'll pay their debt back to society.

an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. the justice system isn't about revenge for the people the criminal wronged.

[Thunderwoot]

the execution date is set for 7 PM tonight. looks like we didn't accomplish shit but thanks to those who tried

[Thunderwoot]

the execution date is set for 7 PM tonight. looks like we didn't accomplish shit but thanks to those who tried

haha yes the execution is stayed booya thanks again to everyone who helped out we may have helped save a mans life

[Okenido]

also, the death penalty is state sponsored murder and if you think for one second that slightly smaller taxes would justify that then you are a sociopath.

By your standards so is life in prison. (Also you shouldn't triple post.)

[inaluct]

This topic has given me an extraordinarily tasteless idea:

Roll To Dodge: Help Stop Georgia From Executing an Innocent Man