why the death penalty should be legal?
160273
Having a functional death penalty law will help us protect the public from society's worst criminals and bring some measure of closure to the families whose loved ones were cruelly taken from them.”
365054
Capital punishment should be abolished. Evidence suggests that the death penalty does not deter people from committing crimes. It is a cruel and cold blooded form of punishment and there have been instances where innocent people were sentenced to death and later found to be innocent.
1398479
It is an inhumane, ineffective punishment and is never the solution. The Philippines' attempts to reintroduce it are clearly unlawful. ... Under international law, the death penalty must be restricted to most serious crimes, and drug related crimes do not meet this threshold.
1335312
Some of those against capital punishment believe that human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their lives. They believe that the value of the offender's life cannot be destroyed by the offender's bad conduct - even if they have killed someone.
785174
So, given a choice between life in prison and execution by the state, most people much prefer life and therefore will refrain from misconduct for which death is the punishment. ... Given the greater value of innocent lives, the less risky, better option justifies capital punishment on grounds of deterrence.
11272
['The Constitution allows the application of the death punishment. ... ', 'The death punishment always goes about as a deterrent. ... ', 'The death punishment allows the state to appropriate torture, and lawbreakers must face the consequences of their activities.']
1415611
If problems arise in particular cases, they should be corrected—and often are. That said, the death penalty serves three legitimate penological objectives: general deterrence, specific deterrence, and retribution.
506073
Death penalty should be scrapped because it can lead to the execution of innocent people. The justice system is bound to make mistakes and so, the accused people should be given achance to appeal, and prove their innocence other than being murdered because of mistakes made by judges.
393328
Brutalising the law. Capital punishment is said to produce an unacceptable link between the law and violence. But in many ways the law is inevitably linked with violence - it punishes violent crimes, and it uses punishments that 'violently' restrict human freedoms.
551087
['If someone murders someone else, they have given up their human rights, including the one to stay alive themselves.', "The punishment should 'fit the crime' - if you have killed someone, you should be killed too.", 'Giving a killer the death sentence will stop them - and others - doing it again.']
1004751
The death penalty violates the right to life which happens to be the most basic of all human rights. It also violates the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. Furthermore, the death penalty undermines human dignity which is inherent to every human being.
769553
And here are the advantages. It deters bad people to commit heinous crimes. It is what hardened criminals deserve. Some of the crimes that are under capital punishment include murder and rape, depending on the country or state legalizing the practice.
1246057
Q: Don't murderers deserve to die? A: No one deserves to die. When the government metes out vengeance disguised as justice, it becomes complicit with killers in devaluing human life and human dignity.
986483
Like those barbaric practices, executions have no place in a civilized society. It is unusual because only the United States of all the western industrialized nations engages in this punishment. It is also unusual because only a random sampling of convicted murderers in the United States receive a sentence of death.
382046
The death penalty is an asset to society; it deters potential criminals as well as serves retribution to criminals, and is in no way immoral. ... It is important that the nation is united on this issue, rather than having some states use capital punishment while others do not.
458886
Both as a deterrent and as a form of permanent incapacitation, the death penalty helps to prevent future crime. “Execution of those who have committed heinous murders may deter only one murder per year. If it does, it seems quite warranted. It is also the only fitting retribution for murder I can think of.” …
59368
['Value of human life. Everyone thinks human life is valuable. ... ', 'Right to live. ... ', 'Execution of the innocent. ... ', 'Retribution is wrong. ... ', 'Failure to deter. ... ', 'Brutalising society. ... ', 'Expense. ... ', 'People not responsible for their acts.']