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Should murderers and other brutal criminals be executed?

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frostyflower · 36-40, F Best Comment
When we commit the same acts as the evil we claim to loath, even in the name of justice, then we become the evil we loath. It sucks. But we MUST be better than that.
@FeetAreFantastic: That is the price of due process -- tell the lawyers about that.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@frostyflower SO true girl
NativeOregonian · 51-55
@frostyflower My Dad was brutally murdered by my mother's older brother and made to look like suicide, to this day everyone still believes this. I have been hoping for the past 37 years to prove my uncle murdered my Dad and get justice.

Carver · 31-35, F
No. Lock them away and let them rot in prison for the rest of their lives. Execute them and you're doing them a favor and sparing them from that.
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@Carver: hmm interesting
AlmostAnAngel · 100+, F
@Carver: But they are costing a fortune, and get things that hard working people can't even afford. So what if they are put away...seems they are in more comfort than some law abiding citizens IMO.
Carver · 31-35, F
@AlmostAnAngel: It costs a lot more to hold inmates on death row and to perform an execution than it does to imprison someone for life.
lucetta12 · 36-40, F
Serial killers should be shot in the face. It depends on the case of someone killing someone else. If it's self defence,no they shouldn't. If someone goes around and kills some random person or a loved one, yes. Rapists are the worst. Rapists should all be raped themselves until they eventually die. Some people get life sentences for hardly doing anything. I was watching a video about this man who robbed a couple places when he was 14 I think and he got 3 life sentences 😳😳 WTF. Clearly the judge was a racist fucker.
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@lucetta12 you make solid points thanks for your insight
Fernie · F
Many innocent people have been executed
Chrisy1 · 18-21, F
If you remove these people from society then you provide a deterrent to others as most would be afraid to die themselves and also remove the risk of them causing any further harm, ref Ted Bundy’s escape and subsequent murders. I’d also highlight that executing ‘proven beyond doubt’ murderers is not society sinking to the same depths as them, this is a partial rectification of a person who has gone wrong in order to assist in the provision of a safe society for others to live in.

This is not an angry ‘must kill’ post, and is not an ‘eye for an eye’ style post, perfectly calm and rational comment.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@Chrisy1 That is true
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@Chrisy1 Put them on a island.
Auspitz · 22-25, F
If you go outside of the law you cannot use what you have spurned to protect yourself when you are captured.
ninjavu · 51-55, M
@Auspitz Good point eloquently put!
NigelDoes · 56-60, M
No. Murder is murder whether or not it's state or government sanctioned.
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@NigelDoes: 👌
Jakey75 · 61-69, M
@ReapWhatYouSowpt2: capital punishment is a deterrent to more murder
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
No. Capital punishment is more costly, and even the worst of us can be redeemed and provide some good to the world. Some people are also just sick and need help.

Murdering murderers is nothing more than vengeance. It's not justice. It's sating a lust for blood. It's committing the same sin that the executed committed.

Besides. If people really want them to suffer, dying painlessly by lethal injection is a better death than most people get naturally.
In theory, but in practice it's cumbersome and sometimes mistakes are made.
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@RippinKlouds: arguably people can always use the mentally ill excuse
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bookerdana · M
Just the number of convicted murderers who were executed and later found innocent is reason enough to stop the practice and if it is so heinous and brutal thing to kill another doesn't that make it CRUE and UNUSUAL punishment?
Fernie · F
too many innocent people have been executed...as long as they are proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt...yes..rapists too and pedophiles...they both take lives
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@Fernie good point!
Piffypie · 26-30, F
Nah id rather have them rot in solitary for the rest of their lives, only people that need to be executed in my opinion are child molesters and child murderers
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HeyRouben · 41-45, M
No, you are doing exactly the same like them, the difference is that you have the support of the law
my challenge with the death penalty, it's finding out how many innocent persons have been executed by the state. It is disproportionate in terms of poverty and of race.
There are certainly people that I feel emotionally, should be ended like the fellow that shot up the school the other day. About him we have very little doubt. And yet I am uncomfortable with letting my government choose to kill people.
It's not really my government now is it?
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If they freely admit to those crimes and show no remorse (serial killers) then yes.
SINAI · T
Help them find religion.
AbleSankovik · 26-30, M
@Silhouette: religion doesn't save anyone.
SINAI · T
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AbleSankovik · 26-30, M
@Silhouette: first customer? For what?
SwanNual · 31-35, F
Walk a mile in their shoes before you judge bro.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@SwanNual You do have a point. Let us walk in their shoes. Maybe on a island where all the rest of the murders and criminals are. Let them fight to the death. Or live in peace
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@Bootsiebaby me either they get what they deserve
Sarabee · 41-45
Yes I feel a swift harsh murder should do fine🤔
bhatjc · 46-50, M
No. let them kill each other.
Jakey75 · 61-69, M
SoFine · 46-50, F
The Justice System, is weak in finding the truth.

Till the system works, we can't put to death, why? Many that have been put to death have been innocent.

We need truth, till then we can't punish.
POSITIVE 100% proof?
if not we kill the innocent
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@SW-User exactly my thoughts

 
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