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God should only determine when someones life should end.

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Soooo...God determines right? okay, then lets get rid of all life support equipment. If God decides its your time to go, but a kidney transplant etc helps you to live longer, isn't that going against God's will?? What's the difference?

And also life in prison is not a garauntee of any sort that they'll be remorseful, or that they won't get out to do it again.

A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, 3 MEALS A DAY, A FEW CHORES HERE & THERE, TELEVISION, NO TAXES, LIVING OFF OF YOUR TAX MONEY, EMAIL, d*m* people, maybe I should go to prison and get all this stuff too.

I know a really cheap way to kill murderers... We've got murderers in prison with car theives, bank robbers, involuntary manslaughter people too.
I vote for life in prison, if there were another ALCATRAZ-type place. To put ALL the death row inmates. And what's the point of putting a man/woman on death row, when 45 to 50 years from said sentence that person is already dead!? They shouldn't give out the death penalty, if they'll only enforce life in prison!!

"It doesn't cost more to execute someone than to let them live for 45 yrs. That is just ignorant to say."


Take a look at the figures before making statements, please.

While the costs of carrying out an execution (including death row incarceration) were about half the costs of carrying out a non-death sentence in a comparable case, the investigation costs for death-sentence cases were about 3 times greater than for non-death cases.
trials involving death sentences averaged 34 days, while non-death trials average only 9 days.
The trial costs for death cases prove to be about 16 times greater than for non-death cases ($508,000 for death case; $32,000 for non-death case).
The appeal costs for death cases were 21 times greater.

That fixes your "Innocents have 5 avenues of repeal", too. I'd like to see you foot the bill of an appeal case if you're convicted of murder.

Source: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=108&scid=7#financial%20facts

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Define meaningful.

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She probably means meaningful as in anything she agrees with.

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Which would you rather 80 years of boredome, in a jail cell or a quick death

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I'd shoot myself. Or I always wanted to skydive. I might jump out of a plane with no parachute.

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Do you ever say anything meaningful?

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Define meaningful.

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Which would you rather 80 years of boredome, in a jail cell or a quick death

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Quick death.

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Life is soo cool!

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Karma is going to get you. And if it doesn't, I will.

Someone remind me why this is under the "Helping Kids" board?

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God should only determine when someones life should end

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God made us put in the Bible that if someone were to kill another then they should be put to death. God doesn't want to do all the work. He has more important things to do.

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Life is soo cool!

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Do you ever say anything meaningful?

****, if the goverment turned convicts over to me, I'd kill them at no cost to the taxpayers. How would I kill them? Lets see here... Oh, I know! I'll just get my dad's M60 and make some napalm! Life is soo cool!

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In a case of someone wanting to die so they don't rot in prison, they should rot in prison b/c I don't believe a murderer deserves luxeries.

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The problem with that is there is no way to really tell what they want.

I don't think we need to put criminals to death. I believe they'll be judged by God when they die either way - whether we end there life early or they die naturally. I guess if you don't believe in God or Heaven/Hell, then the death penalty seems a good punishment though.

Alright, I hate, HATE the people who say that prisioners dont deserve the death penelty because what they did was bad, and they should think about it the rest of their lives, BULL****! You make a mistake once, so you get to think about how your life is hell because of it? Thats not fair, if they have no chance of appeal, then let em have it! Buit if they have chance of rehibilitation, then try to better humanity by allowing these criminals to live the life their mom intended for them.

Example: My close friend commited a serious crime, and beefore that he had been living a terrible, drug infested, violence fueled lifestyle, but he went to state penetentary, and got reformed. He is now an active member of a nearby church, he is a respected member of the community, and he has left his lifestyle behind. Did he deserve to die?

2: Stan Williams, the co-founder of the Crypts, when he was admitted to jail, I would have even convicted him. But look at him now! He was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize twice, he has a childrens series out to promote anti-gang violence, and he is a religous man. Did he also deserve to suffer the death sentance?

I think the death penalty is a justified thing. If someone has taken the life of another he deserves to lose his life too. But, for some death is a reward. In a case of someone wanting to die so they don't rot in prison, they should rot in prison b/c I don't believe a murderer deserves luxeries. And now you can't even say the death penalty is "inhumane" b/c lethal injection is so painless its almost like getting off scott free! The death penalty is a punishment for those who fear death.

I feel the same for the death penalty as I do for abortion, and most of you on here know how I feel about that.

I think the only time the death penalty is acceptable is when the criminal is endangering other inmates or the guards, and is hurting them. Otherwise, just let the guy die on his own.

I'm all for killing people.

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No one has the right to end someone elses life....

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So if somebody raped your loved one, strangled them to death, violated the body, and then butchered it to tiny pieces... you still wouldn't agree to execute that person?

Well, I wouldn't either. I'd probably hope that the party responsible is tortured slowly, then put to death.

Okay, well.... I am a very religious person. and this ties with my religion. No one should have the right to end someone elses life. I mean, i can understand if that person commited a serious crime...they can always spend life in jail. God should only determine when someones life should end. Nobody...its just not right. I think it fits under the list of "unusual punishments" in the constitution...

I remember there was a fictional story about a serial killer who went around killing rapists. It focused on the detective who was assigned to track this guy down, and about his reluctance to capture this killer.

But anyway, if the death penalty weren't so ******* expensive.. yes, I'm for it. Some people are wrongfully put in jail or executed, but honestly, I still support the death penalty, as wrong as the idea may seem.

We're running out of prison space anyway.

Enforcing the death penalty is expensive. It's takes $1 million to execute a subject (electric chair, security guards, etc...) I don't believe in the death penalty but if I did, give me a piece of rope, a chair, and tree and I'll hang the guy for 25 cents.

Point.

not every girl or woman who's had an abortion just opened her legs and screwed up. think rape.

the difference is... when you kill a criminal, you kill someone who's likely to have a mental disoder, and those people are not very likely to change. but if you kill a completly innocent child, then your destroying a life that hasnt even had a chance to breath.

anyways, why would anyone want a murderer (or somone like that) running around i your country/state/city/whataver? they can make a riot and escape prison.