Should we execute anyone sentenced to 25 years or more & stop punishing the taxpayer ?
107515
no b/c they just may be INNOCENT--the court system isnt always right.
992235
I think they should be put to work. Clean the f*cking roads and sh*t. \n\nI don't believe in capital punishment. We don't have the right to take anyone's life. Always leave the possibility for remorse and forgiveness.
515755
I think the better punishment is to have the person work for the family of the person they killed for the rest of their life. That way they have to confront the evil they did, and the family as the opportunity to choose forgiveness or revenge. \n\nYou must listen to the song "An Eye for an Eye" by Leslie Nuchow, written soon after and two blocks away from 9/11.\n\nI am divided on capital punishment. However, if someone steals $100 from me, I would want their punishment to be to work to repay me that $100. Makes more sense than prison.
213555
Not good enough.\n\nHe should be tried for treason and the proper punishment meted out.
784615
Valid point, but look at it this way. The government is already spending way over budget on its prison facilities. And who has to pay for these facilities? You and I and everyone else reading this. It costs a lot of money to shelter and feed someone for 60+ years. \n\nNot that I completely agree with the death penalty, it has its faults. But where do you expect all of that money to come from?
193385
Without any shadow of a doubt I would impose a custodial sentence and all but the most minor of criminals.  For a second offence I would give them 10 times the sentence, the thrid offence 100 times the sentence etc.  \n\nLoss of liberty is the tried and tested method that has been used for thousands of years in just about every country in the world.\n\nIn recent times we've seen a softly softly appraoch and lo and behlold a massive rise in the number of offences and repeat offenders.\n\nI'd also ensure that during their custodial sentence there was no interaction with other criminals and the only materials available to them were educational ones.\n\nIf they wanted any luxuries such as chocolates, cigarettes etc they'd have to buy them and to buy them they'd have to earn wages by doing work inside the prison that would benefit the community as a whole.\n\nOh, and I'd keep themn under lock and key 24 hours a day.\n\nThat should cut down on the enormous costs incurred - here in the UK it costs an average £8500 a week ($15,000) to have an offender on probation.  That money should be spent on more deserving causes such as the elderly, schools, hospitals etc.
832462
I totally agree. Sometimes i think maybe it would be good to make them sit their whole life and rot . If i had my choice, i would make the person stay alive so every day they can think about the choice they made! The death penalty seems to be a cop out. But others days my opinion changes...
1089367
I don't believe in the death penalty. They are just commiting murder, and two worngs never make a right. God decides who should die at what time, so I think you are right, they should put him in jail for life and make him suffer for the pain he has caused people.
107856
if it was a murder they did when they were in their twenties, and they are in their 70's, there really isnt much harm in releasing them. However, if they are like tookie williams who can still give orders to a gang or a mob, then by all means, yes keep him in jail for life.
752704
As evil as it makes me sound...I agree with you.  I really think we should take any and all repeat offenders and put them on an island and let them kill eachother.  It'd be cheaper and less labor intensive than rehabilitation or the death penalty.  No matter what, I don't think these individuals shoud be allowed to live, it's just a waste of money and a threat to society.\nAs far as the mentally handicapped, I agree.  I think it's really a part of natural selection and evolution.  These people are the weaker links, and you're right, in nature they would be picked off, so why do we waste so much money and resources trying to let them live when most of them don't have the mental capacity to recognize what we're doing.  \nSo, I agree that it would be logical to put these people down.  However, ethically I think most people would have a problem with what esentially boils down to murder... if only everyone else bothered to think like us
674676
Yes I agree with the death penalty. Life in prison is not a punishment for long term prisoners. Three meals a day, cable TV, no bills. They think it's a good life.
64803
He committed the crime when he was 50 year old. He then sat on death row for the next 24 years, so yes he sentence should be carried out, should have been done much sooner.
677152
That's a good idea, actually- but I don't know what the sentence should be...\n\nMaybe three years mandatory in prison (minimum!)- without the possibility of getting out early. But if the crime is premeditated and cruel, then the sentence should be more severe.
495297
Throw their butts in jail, let them work at something that will benefit the US, such as agricultural farms or raising chickens, pigs, cattle, etc. to feed the hungry in the US, or building playgrounds or cleaning the streets.  Take half of whatever money they earn to pay the fine that should be imposed on them for breaking the law, and use that money to send them back to wherever they came from after their sentence is served with the understanding that if they are caught again, their sentence will be doubled.  Each time they are caught, that is. Say it's one year the first time, two years the second time, four years the third time.  Don't just stick them in jail and let them sit on their fannies.  Make them be a benefit to us.
1123826
The question is who granted the govenrment the right to waste millions of my and your tax dollars in senseless appeal process and keeping convicted murderers alive for decades? I feel sorry for myself for the that Scott Peterson is kept alive with my money -he deserves death penalty.\n\nThe logic is that once the crime is proven beyond reasonable doubt, the offender should suffer just as much as the victim. You get what you give to others.\n\nThe problem is that the American court system is not interested in finding out the truth -just going through motions.
870717
If that individual can pay the bill,I say go for it.However , taxpayers should not have to pay for an organ transplant.They have already had their society damaged by the criminal,they have already paid his court costs and paid to keep him confined.Why should the masses of good citizens suffer more for this persons unruly behaviour?
1144197
nope. i believe that all murderers should die. i dont wanna spend my tax dollars on their jail cell for longer than i have to. plus, what the criminals did was barbaric. shouldn't they get a barbaric punishment for what they did?