Asklemmy

Not really, but I'm not against it. When you remember that in order to even get the death penalty, you have to be such a horrible person that you're pretty much no longer human, I don't see a problem with it. And then there is also the issue of the government has to pay potentially millions of dollars every years just for keeping you in prison/jail, so it also has financial benefits (not that the government needs more money, especially considering the fact that they constantly waste it on meaningless bullshit).

But I am also aware of the potential problems, like innocent people getting the death penalty. As a result, I think the death penalty should only be used in situations where there is absolutely no possibility of innocence. This means that the motive is clear and proven, and the evidence for even committing the crime(s) is/are solid.

I think it's appropriate in some cases, when a crime is disgusting and extremely selfish.

These are what I would approve it for.

-Murder for non idealogical reasons, or not for revenge, or also if the murder is cruel.

-Volent pedophilia, including kidnapping and rape or coercion.

-Political corruption or grand scams that hurt many people.

-Propaganda or profiting off destroying democratic institutions. Conspiracy against the public like fiat currencies.

-Sensless animal cruelty.

-promoting religion for power reasons while being a hypocrite.

-Extreme child neglect, like doing drugs while pregnant.

-Dissolving as a politician or advocating for the dissolution of basic human rights like privacy.

-High treason, as is a head of state or a chair of the house working with foreigners to subvert your political autonomy.

-Putting people in prison who are known to be innocent.

These are what I consider to be extremely serious crimes. Probably a few more I can add on there. Most of these as you can see mostly target people with power, the rest are just for cruelty and extreme selfishness at the expense of others which causes mass corruption.

The death penalty should ALMOST never be used. The only use for the death penalty is for world leaders that direct their subordinates to commit atrocious acts.

Normal civilians, no matter how dangerous, should only ever be treated with dignity. There is no place for state sanctioned murder.

A) It is immoral.

B) The justice system isn't perfect, and death is final.

C) The actual cost of going through all the trials and effort to put someone to death is typically higher than just keeping them locked up.

D) There is no humane way to put someone to death.

E) It is not effective at preventing crime. It only makes it so people have nothing to lose by being caught.

I think some crimes deserve death, but I just don't trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.

If killing people is wrong, its wrong.

the state should never enforce the death penalty. remove any hierarchical structures keeping together the justice system and bring in a community council operating under direct democracy and subject to regulation and recall. make sure the people ultimately have the power if corruption is suspected.

the death penalty should be a true rarity for extreme cases. i am currently unsure what i would consider for my own beliefs but i do know rehabilitation should be prioritized regardless.

I oppose it simply because it doesn't work. It is not a deterrent, and it does not serve justice to put people to death, and it costs far more to execute someone than it does to rehabilitate them (the most expensive alternative - I'm not suggesting rehabilitation is an option for everyone).

And sometimes we execute innocent people. Like, how many of your family members would you be willing to put to death to keep the death penalty? Every innocent victim of the death penalty had a family, and that family never imagined it could happen to them.

I do not trust the justice system what so ever. Nor the nation state that gave birth to this abomination.

No to the death sentence.

The death penalty is wrong because life is precious and even the worst people can change if given enough time and help.

However, if it is strictly necessary to kill someone currently engaging in murder to stop them (i.e. the capitalist class), i.e. the situation is so time-sensitive that innocent people are going to die if the murderer isn't stopped, then I'm 1000% cool with killing the murderers until they stop murdering or are dead, whichever happens first.

I think the death penalty could be just, but, unfortunately our justice system is too capricious and dysfunctional to be worthy of administering it.

I'm against it. It does nothing to protect people that a life sentence doesn't do. It's permanent, there's no correcting for mistakes. It's about punishment, not deterrent.

Killing even a killer when there's an option to lock them up instead is unnecessary. It smacks of religious/moral judgement that is beyond what a justice system should be focused on. If an afterlife exists and is run by some supernatural deity(ies), they will take care of punishment.

I think even one innocent person being executed makes it all not worth it. Though that may be clouded by the facts, it doesn't deter crime and it costs more than life imprisonment.

In a perfect world, I think the death penalty could have a deterrence effect for white collar crime. I'd support the death penalty in that case. The line I draw where the death penalty is deserved is when someone systematically makes the world a worse place. Even serial killers don't reach that threshold for me.

There's no world where we can do that without ever executing an innocent person though. So I am firmly against the death penalty.

You cannot be punished if you are dead. The death penalty is just convenient catharsis and a release of burden for the living.

Not the death penalty, but the lost prophets guy who got stabbed to death recently got off easy. Death was too good for him.

If we had some omniscient and perfectly fair justice system that could confirm there is no other option, sure. But jeesh, how much further could we be from that yk? The US justice system is becoming increasingly blatantly political.

Also, as someone who thinks punishment is vindictive and unnecessary compared to rehabilitation, the ultimate punishment does not appeal to me.

I'm all against death penalty in any form, except perhaps for some fascist leaderships. There are those who deserve to dance the Spandau ballet.

the only people who should get the death penalty, are people who support it

I am all for it. I can think of dozens of reasons that people should be put down.

Does the method of execution matter to me? Yes.

Does the crime matter? Absolutely

Does the cost matter? No.

Yup. It should not be a thing.