yes, i believe in the death penalty... i also believe we (America) should do it quicker and more often... no more spending 10-20 years on death row.... no more than a week after conviction, they should be dead...

It might be worth Googling a question. "Do executions make victim's families feel better?" You get some surprising opinions.

Who cares... if the person will kill again, then he needs to die...why should we pay for their life sentence?

What would this do for you, personally?

Same here -- I don't think killing is necessarily wrong at all ("wrong" being a term which is more nebulous than I care to worry about right now), but if we're operating from a framework in which "Killing is wrong" is being used as some sort of legal/moral/whatever justification for killing someone else, then I think we have a contextual problem.

At its root, I suppose this is all just semantics. But, if you're going to set up a system where certain activities are deemed to be "wrong," then they need to be just as "wrong" for those who are running that system. Of course, as human governments have shown us for thousands of years, this is impossible when people are given control over other people.

i dont necessarily agree with the death penalty. There are certain instances where i think it should be administerd, like that guy who took Natalie Holloway and lied, and then killed the other girl...he deserves it...but I think it what we need are more sever consequences...tougher prison systems...more facilities to help these people...It bothers me to see some of the older women and men who are brainwashed by people like charles manson who are being sentenced to death. Also i think political activists who are standing up for their rights in protest are being treated way too harshly, they should not get the death penalty. If they blow p a car and someone accidently dies...it should not warrant a death penalty. Its no different than all the innocent people the govt kills everyday.

who cares about me? the question was, do you believe in the death penalty, not what it does for me...

Well, there are a lot of "me"s out there who share your opinion. If enough of them together, then that's how public policy gets made. I assume that you are here to offer opinions. If you're going to do that, then you should be prepared to explain yourself. Otherwise, it is just trolling.

well, i was going to answer that, but since your using your liberal logic by telling if i don't answer it i'm a troll, i'll just let it go at that...

at the end of the day, does any of our opinions matter? even if we follow govt. procedure and a get a policy in place, say legalizing marijuana or gay marriage, if the govt opposes it will not change, regardless of the people.

I now it doesn't seem so, but [bold]Yes!

Maybe i will just sit back and enjoy the show then...LOL

and maybe toss in some jibber jabber here and there...since after all, i have no faith.

Ahh I am so ambivalent about this.
On the one hand, punishment and protection.
On the other hand, if life were thought of
as absolutely sacred, the concept of killing
another human being totally non-existent,
the problem would cure itself.
Ambivalent.

In the case of attempted drug smuggling, the sentence should fit the crime.

Running drugs involves legs. For the first offence, cut off a leg,at the ankle, without anesthesia.

Then, let him walk home.

I doubt there would be a second attempt.

I'm not certain if China still has the law that limits the number of kids a family can have.
Read about many a female child killed off in favor of having male kids.

They still have the law but it is selectively enforced.

I'm for the death penalty, but none of this gassing / lethal injection / electric chair stuff. One bullet in the head so it's over quick, no audience watching them flail around and die slowly. Some people are against that because they say it's not humane, what's humane about the way we do it now?

I don't believe in the death penalty for non violent crimes like drug smuggling however, prison is good enough. But for a sociopath who is likely to kill again if he ever gets free, I don't see what the point of keeping him alive would be.

Just prison doesn't stop drug dealers or smugglers. And, it wastes tax payer money.
Prisons are corporations. There are big bucks in prison systems.

Selling drugs, whack off a hand then, send 'em home. Running drugs, whack off a leg. Then, send 'em home.

Great deterrents.

one mistake? generally the death penalty is for CAREER criminals and SERIAL killers...they are not one mistake wonders....

I noticed that too...