You're a bloodthirsty lot, I'll say that. I just hope that you're never convicted falsely and have to experience others' salivating over your government execution.
Seriously.
Also, go read the eighth amendment.
You're a bloodthirsty lot, I'll say that. I just hope that you're never convicted falsely and have to experience others' salivating over your government execution.
Do you support use of the death penalty?
If so, do you believe that there is a preferred method of execution?
You are encouraged to leave an explanation of your particular choice or your rejection of the death penalty.
I ask that all flippant comments be reserved for some other thread - my intent here is NOT to make light of the penalty, the crimes that might earn it, the fate of those condemned to it, or the opinion of those opposed to it - just to gather information.
Thank You,
Mugsy
Let's not derail Mugsy's information gathering with moral indignation. He asked to state your position and defend it, not pass judgment on the positions of others ... Go start another thread and tell all us pro-death penalty folks how horrible we are and why if you want ...
Oh, I'm pro-death penalty. I just don't get the "death by slow torture" thing some people have going. Shoot em, hang em, drug em - I'm fine with it as long as we're sure he's guilty.
The other part of my position is that the State has a duty to carry out judgements as impartially as possible. They are punishments, not vengeance. The attitude of causing as much pain as possible has no place in the justice system.
I think that holds true for incarceration as well. You can't just throw someone in a cage for ten years and expect them to come out any better than they went in. I have no problem at all with giving inmates education and decent medical and psychiatric care. If the State doesn't teach them things, their fellow inmates will, and that's not going to help anyone.
Everybody who supports the death penalty Google Joyce Gilchrist and get back to me.
If anyone needed to be put to death it's that b@tch