Poll: The death penalty, are you for or against?

The death penalty, are you for or against?

  • For

    Votes: 221 42.6%

  • Against

    Votes: 243 46.8%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 55 10.6%
  • Total voters
    519

Robbo

Robbo

Robbo

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I know there have been threads on this before, but not for a good while (and we have different members around now and so on).

As this was just brought up in another thread, I'd thought I'd ask. We could have a poll if the mods think it's a good idea, up to them.

Are you for or against the death penalty?

Generally, I'm against it. However, I think in some cases where guilt is completely beyond doubt, and the person has zero chance of rehabilitation, it could be a viable option. Anders Behring Breivik being a prime example, he's going to cost money to keep alive with absolutely zero benefit.
 
I'm against it. I'm not convinced it can ever be claimed there's zero chance of rehabilitation, even assuming the conviction is solid.
 
Against....it is State sponsored revenge, not justice. While there is an alternative to the death penalty such as lifetime imprisonment for making sure they do not reoffend then there is no objective need for a death penalty.
 
Against.

It doesn't work as a deterrent and it lets them off too easy. Im a petty man, in some cases i believe society should have some sense of revenge..
 
I'm against it because I don't believe that there can ever be a 100% certainty of guilt.

Also, I don't believe a judge should have the power to take someone's life.
 
Against, mistakes in the judicial process can & do happen, as does corruption etc, & by it's very nature the death penalty is rather bloody permanent.
 
Outside of imminent danger self defense and war I don't think humans have the right to take away the life of another human
 
Against it, under any and all circumstances.

I'll wander into it, though I doubt I have a popular view.

I don't believe in the state killing people for breaking the law (absurd in a sense as I have served in the military however I make a distinction in the case of the law and how it is applied).

It isn't a deterrent, it has absolutely no impact on crime rates, its often advocated by people who have an unhealthy predilection for suffering, it can be used against the wrong people (and one life incorrectly taken isn't worth it) and its just public fun for all the wrong reasons. It's self indulgent, costly and ultimately pointless.

This is not based on some namby pamby nonsense where I want to go and hug wrong doers and give everyone who has murdered someone a snuggle. I get a bit bored of the idea that if you are opposed to capital punishment you must be some sort of idiot who condones crime. I've seen people who have been killed in very inventive ways and other altogether unlovely things, I've worked with murderers and paedophiles and I still don't believe in it.

Whatever the state is it should be greater than the base sentiments of the people who live in it. If you listened to so called popular opinion you would not only have the death penalty you'd have public lynchings of paediatricians because some people cannot spell.

I actually and honestly believe that the way society treats its criminals / prisoners is a true reflection on that society.

I don't believe in it and I think its a silly thing to want to reintroduce..there isn't a country in the world that has it whose standards we would or should look on with envy, it exists in places where people have essentially as good as lost their marbles when it comes to crime and law enforcement.
 
Against it - too much potential for mistakes to be made and generally more costly than life imprisonment given the lengthily appeals process that any remotely civilized society has to allow. I would however like to see a life sentence generally meaning life, not just a couple of decades, in murder cases.
 
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