BF2S Forums Do You Support The Death Penalty?

Bertster7 wrote:

Orrish wrote:

lets simplify this for a second, we should put the killers in a pit with no light for the rest of there lives and make them eat stale bread and water.
for those who speed and steal, regular jail is for them.  they take someones life away we should take away their's but not to kill them just to let them rot.

That sounds good to me.

RedTwizzler wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

No, because of the possibility that someone innocent could be sent to the gallows and because life imprisonment with no chance of release is more of a punishment.

Exactly my stance.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

RedTwizzler wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

No, because of the possibility that someone innocent could be sent to the gallows and because life imprisonment with no chance of release is more of a punishment.

Exactly my stance.

1) What about admitted serial killers/mass murderers (people that have been witnessed by society committing murder)
2) Why should we (as taxpayers) pay for someone else's mistake for a lifetime?
3) Should a person who makes a 'mistake' (even such a large one as committing murder) be punished for the rest of his/her life?

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Villain{NY} wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

1) What about admitted serial killers/mass murderers (people that have been witnessed by society committing murder)
2) Why should we (as taxpayers) pay for someone else's mistake for a lifetime?
3) Should a person who makes a 'mistake' (even such a large one as committing murder) be punished for the rest of his/her life?

I understand what you're saying, societies hatred for these individuals is so intense that everyone wants them dead and rightly so, however, why give them the easy way out.  I find it much more cruel and fitting of the crime if the person is forced to spend the remainder of their days confined to a concrete box where their own twisted thoughts will drive them even more insane.

How are we any different from a criminal if we allow a man to rot inside a box for eternity?

My rationale in advocating the death penalty for the above is that I view these people as sociopaths- people that cannot function in our society, ever.  I consider myself somewhat of a humanist, and I want what is best for humanity.  To me, psychopaths such as mass murderers and serial killers have no place in our society - they will never be able to function within our morals, culture, etc.  They have no place in humanity, except maybe as examples.

I am not concerned with giving anyone an "easy way out".  There is no ultimate game of chess where society 1-ups the criminal by keeping him/her in jail for the rest of their life.  That being said, there are criminals who I believe should be locked up forever.  I just don't agree with the idea that we can simply throw criminals in jail, provide them the bare essentials for existence (food/shelter) and blindly turn away. 

I advocate a type of correctional system where otherwise helpful, productive members of society are separated from "career criminals" and "bad seeds".  Too much emphasis is focused on punishment and blame instead of actually making some members of our society who are in prison beneficial contributors.

PureFodder wrote:

No. It doesn't appear to deter people and if you find out you convicted the wrong person it's a bit hard to reverse the process.

DesertFox- wrote:

Here is the problem with these innocents who are exonerated years later. Within the past half century or so, we've developed all those new methods you see on CSI to compare evidence and whatnot. Almost all of these innocents I see who were wrongfully convicted were put in prison in the '60s or '70s when we didn't have the advantages on what we do today.

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

Silentkillr69 wrote:

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

my theory is, if you take a life your life should be taken

"an eye for an eye makes us all blind" - mahatma ghandi

I hate that quote for the simple fact that we all have TWO eyes. Ghandi was a fucking pussy.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, #2267 wrote:

Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. (emphasis added)

The#1Spot wrote:

[pt] KEIOS wrote:

- death penalty costs more, then prison.
- there are too many innocents, getting toasted
- death penalty doesn´t deter the criminals from crime
- when someone ends up in prison, many other social systems failed before that. improve those!
- justice is not about revenge.

so you are telling me that a headshot is more expensive than jail time

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