capital punishment -- for or against?

da-cheese-freakk SG

(the title says it all)

mhcampboy SG

For now, I’m all for it.

oOprinceOo SG

im against it. the aussies are against it. its humanly not right..

Kuali Baba SG

I’m against it.

HyuugaNeji SG

for. Without it, everyday a lot more people will get killed. Then the killer will get free shelter and food at jail for the rest of her life.

There will also be more drug trafficking. And more will die as a result. (more than those who died of capital punishment anyway)

dumbdumb! SG

so you're alright if someone kills another guy but not pay with his life? while the victim's family have to live with the knowledge that their loved one's life is lost and the killer remains live? not mentioning that the victim's family members are paying tax dollars to feed the killer?

the only drawback i feel about the death penalty is if the accused is framed. then it would be a really sad waste of life.

Gackt247 SG

For, a strong deterance.. n some pple really do deserve it.

HyuugaNeji SG

high school massacre - go in kill every students and teachers in the class.

Muahahaha then walk happily to police station and surrender. Jailed for the rest of her life. Woot.

Mastermind a terrorist attack on world trade centre. Woot jailed for the rest of her life.

darkensun SG

For, right now people are still not mature enough to forgive and forget... even if you do let the criminals live, the people around them have already given them the death sentence.

Moroever, a person given that sentence will be hail as King/Queen in the prison so the chance of him/her getting the just punishment is zero.

And like other forumites have said, this will deter others from committing the crime.

Viper` SG

I'm for it!

Especially in murder cases - you pay for a life you took with your own.

da-cheese-freakk SG

but two wrongs do not make a right

Viper` SG

Capital punishment imo is not solely punitive. It also serves to deter by telling people the heavy price one has to pay for taking somebody's life.

But I have to admit there may be cases where one is wrongly accused of murder.

Kuali Baba SG

I ought to elaborate – I’m completely against mandatory death penalties for any offences. I object to the penalty itself only because I believe that the lives of other people are not ours to end, and we would be stooping to the level of the criminal by seeking justice this way. That is strong enough for me and I do not have to account to anyone else.

da-cheese-freakk SG

mm, true. also, does anyone out there feel that (in some cases) capital punishment may simply be an act of revenge as opposed to justice?

skid SG

I’m for it, I just wish those that were receiving it didn’t sit in prison for years and years waiting for it to be carried out.

dumbdumb! SG

hmm. killing someone with malicious intent outside the law is wrong. you make it up with your own life.

i don't see it as a 2 wrongs do not make a right.

mancha SG

I do not oppose it.
For malicious offences that do grevious harm to others.

I, of course, will oppose death for,........erm.. chewing gum. Laughing

Detached SG

For.

If 200,000 murderers must be shot at to prevent another 100 years of disorder to the state, then let it be - LK, I meant.. Detached Laughing

Fatum SG

All for it .....

for murderers, drug traffickers ... and I'm really hoping that they'll implement it for repeat rapists and child sex offenders .... (though castration would do as well) ....

some people doesn't deserve to exist on the same plane as the rest of us .... some people shouldn't be allowed to breed at all .....

kill them all and let God sort them out ! ...

da-cheese-freakk SG

but who are we, as people, to determine who is a "human" and who isn't a human? 'cause by allowing the death penalty, we're essentially taking away people's rights as human beings?