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<blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 2362293" data-attributes="member: 5391"><p>The death penalty's absolute irrevocability is the only argument for which I have no satisfactory answer. Even so, I voted for hanging, as properly done, it is very humane. In fact, of the methods mentioned in the poll, it is probably the most humane way of doing it. </p><p></p><p>People say the death penalty is carried out disproportionately against minorities, and if you look only at their proportion of the population, this is so. Blacks, for example are about 13% of the US# population, yet just under half of the executions are of Black people. Some look at these figures and conclude from them that the race of the executed person is a major factor, in who gets the needel or whatever. But when you consider that Blacks commit almost half a the US homicides, it perhaps gives anoother perspective. </p><p></p><p>The cost of appeals is another issue. The defense lawyers I don't think do this to make money for themselves. They do it due to their opposition to the death penalty. In their efforts to save the condemned man's life, I believe that they string things out as much as they can, building up the expenses to the state just so they can then make the argument of expense. Now, I freely admit that I can't prove this, but I do have a hunch that this so, at least to the extent of being one factor. It is in effect, a self-fulfilling prophecy. </p><p></p><p>Once it is carried into execution, it can't be undone, and this is the only real reservation I have in using the death penalty. The other two primary arguments that I hear nowadays are either the results of juggling statistics or are manufactured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gerhard1, post: 2362293, member: 5391"] The death penalty's absolute irrevocability is the only argument for which I have no satisfactory answer. Even so, I voted for hanging, as properly done, it is very humane. In fact, of the methods mentioned in the poll, it is probably the most humane way of doing it. People say the death penalty is carried out disproportionately against minorities, and if you look only at their proportion of the population, this is so. Blacks, for example are about 13% of the US# population, yet just under half of the executions are of Black people. Some look at these figures and conclude from them that the race of the executed person is a major factor, in who gets the needel or whatever. But when you consider that Blacks commit almost half a the US homicides, it perhaps gives anoother perspective. The cost of appeals is another issue. The defense lawyers I don't think do this to make money for themselves. They do it due to their opposition to the death penalty. In their efforts to save the condemned man's life, I believe that they string things out as much as they can, building up the expenses to the state just so they can then make the argument of expense. Now, I freely admit that I can't prove this, but I do have a hunch that this so, at least to the extent of being one factor. It is in effect, a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once it is carried into execution, it can't be undone, and this is the only real reservation I have in using the death penalty. The other two primary arguments that I hear nowadays are either the results of juggling statistics or are manufactured. [/QUOTE]
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