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Downwiththestereotype · Sep 27, 2003, 11:03 am

Sodfather: All the appeals and lefistics of having somone executed are very time cunsuming and expensive.

It is my beleif that Capital Punishment is tottaly unacceptable in a 'modern' society, or a society of any kind for that matter.

First off, in no way does killinbg teach that killing is wrong, the state should not be above the law regarding death. Also, as someone said early (Sodfather I beleive, correct me if Im wrong) Life imprisonment is a far greater punishment than death, I know id rather be ececuted that rott away in a concrete and metal box for the rest of my years.

One of the more intresting arguments against the death penalty ive heard is as follows.
Say a Jurer is 90% certain that the defendant in the case they are involved in, is guilty. If life imprisonment is the likely conviction, then the Jurer will probably vote guilty because, if that doubt does brove true, at least he or she can be set free and cleared. However if Capital punishment is the likely conviction, The jurer may vot Not guilty, So that should he or she turn out to be not guilty, the jurer would not have the guilt of esning someone to there death.

This means that along side the risk of executring the inocent, you have the risk of letting more guilty people go free.

As for the argument of being a deterant, the death penalty has little or no effect. This is pmost likely because the vast majority of murders are carried out by 3 sorts of people. Thos who are commiting non pre-meditated murder (i.e. crimes of passion) There are those who are not able to think rationally about consiquences. and also there are those who may beleive they are above the law and wpont be caught. There are of course exceptions to theese, some of which may be effected by the deterent of the death penalty. However those cases must be few and far between otherwise the homocide rate would have dropped.

I would like someone please to present me with a solid argument of how capital punishment is superior to life imprisonment.

Peace all

Sep 27, 2003, 11:03 am	#16 (permalink) (top)
Downwiththestereotype Molten Ash Location: somwhere in the UK Posts: 38	Sodfather: All the appeals and lefistics of having somone executed are very time cunsuming and expensive. It is my beleif that Capital Punishment is tottaly unacceptable in a 'modern' society, or a society of any kind for that matter. First off, in no way does killinbg teach that killing is wrong, the state should not be above the law regarding death. Also, as someone said early (Sodfather I beleive, correct me if Im wrong) Life imprisonment is a far greater punishment than death, I know id rather be ececuted that rott away in a concrete and metal box for the rest of my years. One of the more intresting arguments against the death penalty ive heard is as follows. Say a Jurer is 90% certain that the defendant in the case they are involved in, is guilty. If life imprisonment is the likely conviction, then the Jurer will probably vote guilty because, if that doubt does brove true, at least he or she can be set free and cleared. However if Capital punishment is the likely conviction, The jurer may vot Not guilty, So that should he or she turn out to be not guilty, the jurer would not have the guilt of esning someone to there death. This means that along side the risk of executring the inocent, you have the risk of letting more guilty people go free. As for the argument of being a deterant, the death penalty has little or no effect. This is pmost likely because the vast majority of murders are carried out by 3 sorts of people. Thos who are commiting non pre-meditated murder (i.e. crimes of passion) There are those who are not able to think rationally about consiquences. and also there are those who may beleive they are above the law and wpont be caught. There are of course exceptions to theese, some of which may be effected by the deterent of the death penalty. However those cases must be few and far between otherwise the homocide rate would have dropped. I would like someone please to present me with a solid argument of how capital punishment is superior to life imprisonment. Peace all Fear is your only god. Downwiththestereotype.