Question

CAN SOME ONE GIVE ME THEIR OPTION OR THOUGH ON SOMETHING!!??

Do you think that the death penalty effective?

Answer 1

I feel like if we're putting people to death, aren't we just as bad as the people we kill. Isn't this nation's phrase "in god we trust". I know not everyone is Christian but a big percentage of the U.S. is, and if you think god would kill someone because that person killed someone you're dead wrong. God literally watched his son die on a cross, ratted out and beat to death by his own people, yet god didnt strike down everyone who was in the wrong. We have no right to kill anyone, we dont get to decide who lives and dies, just like some of the people we put to death dont have the right to take lives. And your next question is probably what would we do with those criminals, and to be honest i dont know, and would have to brainstorm some ideas

Answer 2

I do NOT think death penalty should be an option for punishment.

Since 1977, one year after the Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the death penalty, more than 1,480 people have been executed, primarily by means of lethal injection. Most death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied for treason, espionage, and other crimes.

Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and costs less than life imprisonment. They argue that retribution or “an eye for an eye” honors the victim, helps console grieving families, and ensures that the perpetrators of heinous crimes never have an opportunity to cause future tragedy.

Opponents of capital punishment say it has no deterrent effect on crime, wrongly gives governments the power to take human life, and perpetuates social injustices by disproportionately targeting people of color (racist) and people who cannot afford good attorneys (classist). They say lifetime jail sentences are a more severe and less expensive punishment than death.