Reasons against Capital Punishment (Death Penalty)

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Deloris Brown im against the Death Penalty total. And I will never agree to such thing. 1/12/2012
ever i think that capitol punishment is INHUMANE and HYPOCRITICAL bacause we are taking the life of one who took a life, thorefore making us no better than the killer... 1/10/2012
Truth Not every life is precious. 12/16/2011
devin it should be legal 11/30/2011
Joseph capital punishment is wrong because many people are found innocent. 10/11/2011
Joseph why is capital punishment bad 10/11/2011
piya i loved it. 9/26/2011
manish kumar death panelty or capital punishment is not right because to giving the life or taken it is right of god any person or social animal have no right to take anyones life. So any social animal have no right to taken anyone,s life .so we can say that capital punisment is not right. 9/16/2011
bob wrong not right to kill imagine the burden for the judge 6/2/2011
miley cyrus PARTY IN THE USA 5/4/2011
Abhijit Kundu iam also against the capitak punishment 4/27/2011
TOM You ARE RIGHT 4/21/2011
the big CH. When an "eye for an eye" is presented in the bible it isn't to make people more aggressive; it's to make them more forgiving. When someone is looking for revenge, they don't ever really want to stop at the point which they were harmed. For example, you would poke out both of someone's eyes because someone poked out yours. Only taking one eye would be considered a slight form of mercy. Not that it's really addressing the question, just people were using the "eye for an eye" example in the wrong context. 4/19/2011
Lizz B First of all, i don't think it is torture enough. It is giving criminals, even murderers, an "easy way out". Why not make them suffer and live with all they have done? 4/15/2011
jane there are many pros and cons of capital punishment and i think that we should veiw both points of them 4/5/2011
mark wilber none likes the jews so why are u focusing on them?
ps: would you want a murder liveing next door to you becuase they exaced from life time in prison?		 3/30/2011
Nafisa sara well said...they really make sense...i m studyin in grade 9 and our teacher said us to write a essay about the capital punishment whether we ae against or for i chose to be in against it...and i search some information in google i think ur one's are da bst...well done guyz... 3/25/2011
Spiderman :) THANKS, Helped heaps with assigment 3/21/2011
vea Perfect article for our class debate! 3/3/2011
vic m. i guess, it depends on how high is the criminality rate in a particular country. another factor in implementing death penalty is the timing... but as much as possible, we should avoid execution. different people, different countries have different religions thus have different beliefs and different situations... we should always consider all those things. the implementation of death penalty has always been a crucial arguement. we should always think of the consequences of our every action. but as much as possible, a lighter punishment must be given to the accused. 2/24/2011
Skylar I think these are really good arguements! 2/16/2011
somebody big boy! 2/16/2011
Chadd Hammonds I Think that there should not be Capitol Punishment (Death Penalty) They Should Stick Them In Prison For Life. Or Put Them In A Hole With The Same Rules As In Jail But Confined. 2/7/2011
Ann Marie This was very heplful for my course work. Thanks to whoever put this together :) 2/6/2011
pia good explanation but need arguments for 2/4/2011
unknown i dont belive in the death penalty. god said thy shall not kill. well isnt that one way of murdering someone. 2/2/2011
Max 1. That would be the Appeal to Authority Logical Fallacy.

2. Unfortunately, no system is perfect, however, it is my understanding that nobody who has actually been executed has been without a doubt proven innocent since 1900. There have been some close calls, but that's it.

3. How mentally ill are we talking, or what type? If you are talking socio-pathic Ted Bundee type mentally ill, I'm not sure it's a good idea to keep him around. He isn't
"human" in the sense that he does not have all the components of a functioning human brain. He sees people as prey, not friends. Merely by keeping him around, you are endangering the lives of others. If he kills someone again, that means you are responsible for his actions: there was no doubt he would do it again given an oppurtunity, and you gave him that oppurtunity.

4. How do you know that it is the executions increasing the murder rate? Besides, how many people will choose death between a life sentence? How many people on death row will ask to speed up their execution? Next to zero, because death is generally feared by most over life.

5. We could wait longer, and have less of a chance of killing innocent people, while making real murderers suffer a little more; or we can just speed it all up and create a situation where more innocents die. And extensive due process is not necessarily a bad thing.

6. These are called "crimes of passion" spur of the moment sort of acts of violence. But sometimes these are planned out, and become murders. While I agree that one shouldn't be executed for such things, if they are prone to having these fits of rage that result in the deaths of others, then it becomes another Ted Bundee situation: is it really a good idea to keep this person around? You should probably define humanity, to. If you want to argue something, then everyone needs to agree on a definition, or at least know what you mean when you use a word open to interpretation.

7. I'll assume you mean the accused. You should clarify who the victim is.

8. There is a difference between killing and murder. Murder is when you premeditate someones death with malicious intent. The death penalty is, was not, and never will be about revenge: it is about removing a dangerous criminal element from society.

As I understand, capital punishment has been used in every civilization and every country. Ever. You should also clarify what your morals are, and why we should follow them.

I agree: criminals mostly form because they are uneducated and have little to no social mobility, and so they must turn to crime for employment.

Well done conclusion, brings nice closure.

Anyway, that's just my two cents. I will admit, it was more counter argument than critique. For the most part, I was also trying to present the opposing view point so that you could refine your arguments, since some of them seem to be a little flimsy.		 2/1/2011
Abs I think the death penalty is so totally wrong! 1/26/2011
Smasher I Think The Death Penalty Is Wrong! 1/26/2011
TRIALA capital punishment should be prohibited. life is the greatest blessing. no one has the right to take others life except GOD. 1/18/2011
yaya dotti 1/17/2011
Molly Coates It is very helpful and presice. Thank-you.
p.s: I am not putting my real name.		 1/17/2011
usman it should be allowed.this will help in decreasing the rate of crime in country 1/15/2011
Amna death penalty is wrong
that is a really good reason that what if that person has been neglected by others
killing him would be really bad		 1/14/2011
Erin Kilgallon I agree with that statement. REVENGE IS JUST AS WRONG AS THE EVIL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE! 1/13/2011
ME(: NO come on think of this logically. 1/13/2011
ME(: I agree with you mrs. Silver! your totally right, infact it costs about $9000 to put a murderer into prison. If this person killed someone else don't you think this person doesnt deserve to live? Oh and the $9000 comes out of your taxes! so think of it this way, your helping the killer be happy!
Once a murderer always a murderer.		 1/13/2011
Marco The eye for an eye thing doeosn't work. If a murderer kills someone and is sentenced to death penalty, then the exuctioner kills the murderer. But then revenge has to be extracted on the exucutioner. If the murderer's family kill the executiner, then the executiner's family has to extract revenge, and it goes on and on. Revenge doesnt work. 1/13/2011
Erin Kilgallon There is no way i would want the murderer dead. he/she should have to suffer just as much as the victim's family. that only makes sense right? as you said, ME:), an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. if the victim's family should suffer, so should the murderer. LIFE IS A GIFT. TREASURE IT! "The government has no right to take what it cannot give back no matter how much it wants to." --Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independance 1/13/2011
Thomas Sangster the death penalty is wrong...with a capital WORNG! 1/13/2011
Acacia Silver The deth penalty is perfectly fair because they already killed someone. Jail is like a luxury life for convicts. 1/13/2011
Erin Kilgallon The death penalty is just as bad as abortion. Every person in this world has the right to live no matter how "evil" they are assumed to be. Every person is special in their own way and does not deserve to die regardless of what they have done. CHOOSE LIFE IMPRISONMENT! Life is a gift no matter how bad it may seem 1/13/2011
ME(: I think the death penalty is RIGHT. I mean seriously, you kill someone you should die too..? An eye for an eye, right? how would you feel if someone in your family got killled? you would want the murderer dead wouldn't you? i know i would, so hear me out. 1/13/2011
Ellia Dominini As i was saying, Death punishment is RONG! Cupcakes are soo yummy. Why get electrocuted, have rocks thrown at you, or anything else? VIOLENT! Killing someone doent depleat crime, it oly increases it. CUPCAKES, AND CAFFENE 1/13/2011
Cindy If officials can't bear to take the life of an unborn child, how can they bring themselves to kill a grown person that can rehabilitate their ways and help to make the world a better place? 1/13/2011
Karlee i am for the capital punishment law in some states! 1/11/2011
14 yearold gurl DEATH PENTLY IS SOOO RIGHT YOU TAKE A LIFE YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE 1/11/2011
MY NAME IS A SE DO YOUU THINK DEATH IS RITE OR JUST GETTING PUT IN JAIL 1/11/2011
Ellia Domini The death penility is WRONG! Why kill some1 who killed some1 to show killing is wrong? I like cupcakes! They might be on death row 4 years b4 they are killed. Cupcakes are YUMMMY! It is sad and causes grief to people who dont need greif. I like chocolate cupcakes! ATleast the convict'sfamily can still talk 2 him/her in life of prizin 1/11/2011
Acacia Silver Death penalty is just revengeful, how often does revenge work anyway? 1/11/2011
Jennifer The Death penalty is wrong because of the endless wait becaue of appeals, it actually costs more than life imprisonment, about 2-5 times more, 1/11/2011
Katie Brown Death penalty is wrong, responding to killing with more killing sends the wrong message. :( 1/11/2011
cila good 1/7/2011
justice4all Anybody who kills anybody stick their head in a hot frying pan and then lie them down and drop bricks and other heavy equipment on thier head :) 12/19/2010
Renee Demus My Concern about giving a person the Death Sentence. How do you know if the person guilty or innocent. If the person is later found innocent.Then what could you do to make up for this mistake? And how would you explain this to their family members and the public? 12/15/2010
lola it will be nie if i know who wroote thiss thank you(: 12/12/2010
Khalid Alhammad I completely and utterly disagree with the death penalty, under NO circumstance should a human being decide when or how someone should die, unless under circumstances of war. We are all civilized and live in a civilized world (so as not to bias I'll say somewhat of a civilized world).Taking ones life away doesn't necessarily mean we are barbaric, its just sad that in this day and age we still allow it as a means for justice, but i don't see anything justifiable about it. Sentence the guy for however long they need, people change over time, people learn to forgive and forget, and if not forget well people should learn that life is very precious, and no matter what, how and who is at fault life is too precious to be taken away so easily. You might say "what about murderers and rapists?" well they are human, bad evil humans but still human. Circumstances must have led them to do such an act, or mental illness or some sick twisted demented fantasy of theirs, but at the end of the day people can get treated by specialists, put in special facilities, basically get pointed in the right direction. Life is too precious, we all love it, we all deserve it. 12/8/2010
Anon. I really liked your article. It makes alot of sense. Thank you for writing it. 12/7/2010
shawnyea'Ingram i believe capital punishment should be for those who really deserve the punishment an am doing a project on this topic in i was looking up that they was saying they also do kids now thats just shocking! 12/4/2010
Hamad alMutairi In my opinoin the death pelanty should be used but only in curtain situtoins not at all big crimes for exmple as i see it betafiles and drug lords should be imeadatily exicuted for such crimes genarate a huge negtive impact on the scocity and their punshment should be a exmple for all people to see and learn from. 12/1/2010
nancy tq.. great article! we are having a debate in class tomorrow and i feel quite confident about my points.. =D 11/29/2010
Jake Smith cool. i needed this for my debate in school. 11/17/2010
1a2b3c good help. 11/14/2010
becky very well written useful for my school term paper. thanks! 11/11/2010
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laura it hink this is hard to understandnand it alot of information to talke in asecialy reading ait all to get information. i cannt even remeber the first paragraph its that long. please try to shorten the words for me and my friend katie. this is a rediculase piece of writing and a waste of time. i came on this to get sme informatiin, read it all and all's im doing is a complaint to say its too long and i dont underestandit. you better read this MAN, cos i read your INIT. its SICK :B 11/8/2010
Blake stop playing around jack and adam its serious stuff peoples lives criminal or not 11/5/2010
Adam good point jack 11/5/2010
jack it depends how serious the crime is 11/5/2010
bill thats cool 11/3/2010
anon when was this written? 10/21/2010
jannet - i see why people say it is inmoral to kill other human biengs in such a cruel way...but you also have to think of the victims family. Not being able to spend christmas with thier child or even give them a hug "(... thinking all thier life of what they could of done to prevent thier death.! This is a hard topic to discuass because thiers many factors involed..but if you shouldnt kill in the first place, some people kill over without a care in the world and to me they should pay for thier crime by being executed 10/13/2010
Maisy This arguament against Capital Punishment, was very helpful and is completely true. It is against the moral integrity of a person, and against human rights altogether. But I also see the reasons people are for Capital Punishment. Thanks 10/12/2010
jessica m when was this published 10/12/2010
Xandia cyrus i am tottaly against ov it 10/9/2010
maha khan this is the best! 10/9/2010
Loving Me Daily I do believe that they should not do capital punishment because they killing people who killing people, that's not their job they shold'nt do it. I think they should suffer to actually know and understand and feel the pain that, that family must be goint through because of what he/she did. I also think they should get put in a dark room by theirselves and get tortured on a daily basis and let them kill theirselves. 9/29/2010
Hannah I believe that the death penalty is something that is overused. I think that by taking an inmates life for their crime you committ murder yourself. In the bible in the ten commandments it states that "thou shall not committ murder". Only you can be judged on judgment day. The death penalty has become a stake for the justice system to lean on. To top it all off the justice system may not have sufficent evidence in the trail and only key points, and after the trail happens they find a leak in their sources and say oh well we made a mistake. To late now, the man or women is already been executed. So what is the point I want this to stop. If we dont do something soon it will be too late for all of us.
I am only a senior in highschool and if i can recognize the flaws in the justice system then you should be able to too. Thank you for letting me state my opinion.
Sincerly Hannah		 9/28/2010
jhon capital punishment is a load of bull terkey 8/11/2010
nelly i think these things said tell you the heart of the death penalty but it needs more reason not to do it but apart from that very explanning. 8/11/2010
MahaliaV Sooo true. Thanks so much for this. We're doing rights and execution in class this term and a lot of the boys are all for the death penalty because they like the blood but when I told them some of these arguments they went a tad quiet...very unusual lol. Got top marks in essay. 8/9/2010
palak I think no one has right to play god. Taking a life is taking a life, no matters what the circumstances are. 6/19/2010
keith hi this is nice 6/17/2010
woz 21 i think the uk should have the death penalty but only when crims have commited a string of murders 6/17/2010
Caitlin Nichols Capital Punishment is cruel and it makes the person/doctor a murderer themselves. It is also bad because it costs alot of money, over $1 million. It can cause shock to the killers family (if they are killers) and I think it should be abolished in all countries. Just make the life sentence longer than 25 years. 6/7/2010
headface get some 6/3/2010
Ape President The most popular capitol punishment case involved the killing of an innocent man. Jesus was falsely "persecuted" by the Jews as an imposture messiah. The Jews murdered Jesus in the name of justice, as he was sentenced to an unimaginably painful death. Capitol punishment adds nothing to the notion of justice. Those of us that studied this particular case acknowledge revenge as the prime motive, for it was the Jewish synagogue that despised Jesus. 5/31/2010
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hairy i love the death penalty death to tha haters 5/14/2010
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Ronnie i do not know what to think about this i do not like how ppl got hanged for being gay or having sex before marriage. look at the whole world now! haha were all going to hell then 5/13/2010
Robert Smith think that capital punishment should not be back because you are taking Innocent lifes if they are not guilty. 5/11/2010
Tristian McVey I would also like to add that alot of people have different oppions and some say that the death penalty shouldnt be allowed some say it should be allowed what does the president of the united states of america think about the death penalty in his own mind not his polical mind? 5/4/2010
Tristian McVey I think that the death penalty is good only when they dont use it on innocent people that havent done any thing wrong. 5/4/2010
K-rad why do we kill people who kill peole to show people that killing is wrong 5/4/2010
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Prof. Lange Capitol Punishment is wrong across the board and is in no way a civilized form of punishment. There is an objective truth that concerns the moral validity of taking another humans life. This questions truth is often clouded by human emotion and mentally justified under the shroud of instantaneous revenge. I can only imagine the pain felt by a victims family who has experienced the emotional torture of tragic murderous loss. The pain would be unbearable and unforgettable. To regress society by using a barbaric form revenge is absolutely not permissible though. Capitol punishment reduces the value of human life to tax dollars spent on keeping prisoners alive.We did not create life nor do we have the right to destroy it. The bible is often misused by most supporters of capitol punishment. These supporters contradict themselves in circular arguments and often make assumptions of scripture to fit their capitol punishment stance. I do believe God issues a commandment that has no exceptions, "Thou shall not kill!". Out of all the debating the religious sector does on this issue I believe this commandment is not debatable and clear in its instructions. There are no misconceptions here, no fine print or altercations in special situations. My stance on capitol punishment is reinforced by this commandment but is not the only reason for my moral beliefs. My main reasoning that lead me to this conclusion actually had nothing to do with religion and has to do with mental awareness. By killing these murderous beings we let them of the hook rather easy. Seeing as how no one can really prove an afterlife of any sort, killing the criminal will free him of his mental state in this dimension. What if there is no afterlife, no heaven or hell. The criminal left this dimension without having to live with the guilty conscience he created for himself. The criminal will never realize the magnitude of his destructive actions. One might argue the case where some criminals will never reach this mental conclusion in prison, my answer is that you might be punishing an insane person. research for yourself exactly what an insane person is. What if you executed an insane person?...that would make you a murderer. The bottom line is that we should not kill so we do not even have to look into the what ifs. If you use God as your guiding light let him deal justice, for he knows right from wrong. 4/30/2010
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Jimmy Saville I think all the comments, against and for are all personal views and i am against captial punishment even thou it is not included in England. thank god... 4/30/2010
brittany taking a life for a life is not justice!...it revenge! 4/24/2010
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sandy quinones well i think that the death penalty is not enough for a person that kill someone,i think life in prison will be enough to lament the crime that the person commit 4/18/2010
Carl i fail to see how the capital punishment is unconstitutional. When some serial killer, pedo, or rapist commits their heinous crimes, they don't deserve a mere 5 years in prison. An eye for an eye! 4/16/2010
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Levi Denial of basic right, if you murder someone you take there right to life away so im pretty sure they should get the dealth penalty. 4/7/2010
Obama Less people = less politics 4/6/2010
UNKNOWN THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BECAUSE WHY KILL, SOMEONE THATS NOT SLOVING ANYTHING.I THINK THAT IT IS MEAN,CURL,AND UNFAIR.THEY DONT THIK ABOUT THERE FAMLIIES OR ANY THING.THIS IS JUST THE WRONG IDEA THEY SHOULD JUST HAVE LIFE IN PRISON! 3/31/2010
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Sup york which new york times study showed the lack of deterrence of the death penalty in Texas? 3/19/2010
tara very good and helpful 3/1/2010
eli i dont tink a human have the right to kill a person only god is the only one to have the right which is right or wrong 2/25/2010
B. Michelle i think that if you kill someone who has killed then you are just as bad as that person. You have no right to decide when someone's life has to end. 2/10/2010
Roxanne The reason why capital punishment is not a deterrant is because it is not used. People are on death row for 20 years; one person a decade is put to death..that doesn't seem to be much of a deterrant. 2/10/2010
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Jamie Osborn i disagree with CP 1/23/2010
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megan Great arguments. 1/3/2010
HON3Y BUNCH3Z what i think is that the punishment shud fit the person not the crime buh as well as yu shud get done to yu as you've done to others if it was a bad thing death penalty is right nd wrong at the same time nd we shud just all except that 12/17/2009
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choco lands killing is wrong. 12/15/2009
Autumn I agree with you. There can be many other options for someone who does a crime. I mean if they do it on perpose then they should get the dealth penalty. Its not fair for these people who are innicent and for these people who just accidently got into a crash or something. It is totally different when a person thinks in their mind "I'm going to kill them" now that person should be given the death penelaty. But sometimes they should be more leaniant about these people. We are all only people, and sometimes we make mistakes. 12/12/2009
Jessica Bennett Dear Jayashree Pakhare,

My name is Jessica. I am doing a response to an article that I disagree with for my English class. I disagree with this article because we are spending millions of dollars on our prisoners each year. I feel that the death penalty is a great way to save taxpayers money and to get rid of these criminals filling up our jails. The eight reasons that were given for why the death penalty should be outlawed are heinous. If a person has got them self into jail for doing such a terrible crime they don't deserve to live a decent life in jail. I feel that the United States wastes too much money on prisoners. We can be spending this money on people who are in need of it. Instead we are spending millions of dollars on people who have committed crimes.

One of your arguments that I disagreed with was denial of basic rights.I disagree with this because these people have taken the basic rights away from other people in order to get into prison. These prisoners had to take away the rights of another person in order to get into this much trouble.

Another argument that I disagree with is the possibility of error. It is very unlikely that there will be a mistake made. With all of the technology that we have it is difficult to make a mistake as big as this. We now have finger printing, DNA technology, surveillance cameras and much more technology to prove innocence and guilt.

I disagree with the one point about the lack of deterrence. I don't feel that the death penalty is used as a deterrent. It is a punishment for a crime that was committed. This is not used as a deterrent because not everyone that commits murder has to face the death penalty. You also said " By giving capital punishment, the family of the victim is permanently traumatized and victimized. They are often punished by their loved ones without their fault, even though they are innocent." I disagree with this because if these people are murderers or rapists they have also traumatized and victimized the families of the victims and the victims themselves.

I feel that the death penalty is needed because without it our prisons would be overcrowded. It also lessens the risk of hard core criminals escaping and continuing to commit crimes. The death penalty is used only when necessary. I believe that the death penalty should only be used in cases involving serial killers or serial rapists. The death penalty should be kept around for those criminals that are threatening the lives of others. These criminals do not deserve to be left in prisons with other prisoners threatening their lives. I feel that the death penalty is necessary because it eliminates these criminals that have committed these heinous crimes.

Sincerely,
Jessica Bennett		 11/30/2009
Robbert S. NC the death penalty for the man that murdered my wife and doughter was the best thing that ever happened to me. i felt relief that that man will never harm another again. he is lucky that he got the death penalty when he did because when he took my family and i saw him for the first time, i almost shot him. but i didn't. he got what he deserved for killing my wife of 17 years and my 14 year old doughter. may he never rest in peace. and i pray he is burning alive in the depths of hell. 11/17/2009
tim cheese 11/13/2009
cheese i love apples and my teacher eats them all =( 11/13/2009
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jasvinder singh in my view capital punshment should be band 11/13/2009
Sumyungguy ummm u have a few spelling errors like defense which is spos to be defence. 11/12/2009
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benjamin Why would people belive in the death penalty in america. I am a 15 yaer old and i what to know wh people would resort to violence in the world. the government said they would protect us then they come up with this. 10/15/2009
kandice i think that captial punishment is bad because u dont know what these people are going threw in there life for people to hurt them very wrong 10/14/2009
stella i hate this hole thing cause di don't think somebodyelse life should be taking away only God should take what he have put on earth. 10/13/2009
Hedana 24tasamy we shouldn't interfere in the work of our creator-god.we,human beings are puppets in the hands of the mighty and should remain so;not trying to be proved better than him.Furthermore,there are numerous of alternatives to be considered before choosing the path of ''death penalty''. 10/6/2009
Jesus Capital Punishment is wrong. 10/2/2009
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xx I think the death penalty is horrible and no one should be killed incase future evidence comes up later. 9/21/2009
cmp12 I disagree.
To what everyone has been saying about how capital punishment violates the constitution because of a person's rights to happiness and life, stop and think for a second. These people are being executed because they have violated someone else's rights to happiness; they have murdered someone.
I, as a Christian, I agree with forgiveness, but there is a point when people need to face their actions. It's not like we're killing innocent victims who can't fight back for themselves; quite the opposite. Once someone has killed, it only gets easier to do it again, not harder.
When these people killed, they made a conscious decision to do so, and they must face up for what they did.		 9/3/2009
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Lauren Webb very good 6/19/2009
charles F Sir:
In my opinion the death penalty,goes against the constitution of the
united states.Because it says Behold these truths to be self evident
that all men are created equal, with certain unaliable rights.And among these rights are life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.		 6/10/2009
nadaa i thinkk capital punishment is stupid
by nadaa		 5/26/2009
sabin very nice 5/25/2009
basanta yeh this is true but it is not actually true also .In my opinions and views 5/25/2009
humperdink mclo i think is good 5/18/2009
bhavisha 100 over 100
It helped me a lot for my debate...great job!		 5/17/2009
Briana made a mistake in last comment. The government SHOULDN'T be able to decide who lives and who dies. Our government need change and we need change and they need to abolish the death penalty 5/8/2009
Briana the death penalty is the government legally taking the life of another person. If anothe rperson can;t take the life of another perosn why should the government be able to. The government is just abusing its power. The government should be able to decide who lives and who dies 5/8/2009
Leanne I think that the death penalty is just a waste of time because there ain't no way the victim will just come back to life like that if you execute the criminal...and thats STUPID! 5/5/2009
Aimal the capital punishment that can lead to a injustice which can take a precious life away and let the criminal freely and i think that it should be banned in every country that is going on like iran and usa. 5/4/2009
george bush in fact it is true but hey people change ;) (wink, wink) 4/30/2009
george washingt well george bush it appears to be that you were for it until obama came into presidency 4/30/2009
george bush in reply to john f kennedy's question capital punishment is really bad because it can kill innocent people 4/30/2009
john f kennedy is capital punishment really a bad? 4/30/2009
helen ada im against capital punishment 4/30/2009
logan mcguire i love keven 4/22/2009
krscrm This is foremost the most unsound and fallacious argument I have thusfar come across on the web. I hope no one is ignorant enough to fall for such claims. 4/13/2009
ditch diggin Well put big guy 4/9/2009
Tareca i think that capital punishment is very bad because you is pitting a lot of effects on the society around you. If you really didn't know it is really not stopping crimes at all because the more you do death penalty the more crimes because people feel like if you hurt my family or friend i'm gonna hurt you. 4/9/2009
your mum hmmm... what evz LOL 4/1/2009
sara i think this was very helpful information that helped me contimplate my court case for tomorrow 3/31/2009
rjh i agree 3/25/2009
Chuck norris What?!?! 3/25/2009
Bobby sorry, had a typing error 3/25/2009
chuck norris I agree with wade, hes a real guy we can trust to do the right thing 3/25/2009
Bobby i agree Wade 3/25/2009
wd it should be illegal 3/25/2009
Bobby no he's not, there is someone in the middle 3/25/2009
D but your siting right next to me 3/25/2009
joe then i would just fire random shots into the air and hope i hit you 3/24/2009
joe your probably right, a 400 year old man cant run that fast. although im a good shot, so i might not have to run 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man ohhh dont test me...im a fast runner 3/24/2009
joe mabey i will hunt you down first and gut you first 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man Mabey we should hunt u down and gut u out 3/24/2009
joe no, because then it would be the death to me 3/24/2009
joe i do not agree, death to the villans! 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man okay then, but capital punishment is a very seriouse thing and should not be allowed 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man Alright old man 3/24/2009
joe ya i told you im 400 3/24/2009
joe they wont learn a valuable lesson if they are only in jail for a month or two

how old are you anyway? 14?		 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man cause them mabey they'll learn a very valuble lesson 3/24/2009
Dan Da Man Capital punishment is not the way to go, just throw them in jail for a month or two 3/24/2009
Jono. P i think that capital punishment is bad
give them many years in prison
NO DEATH PENALTY
I'll be disgusted in this country if we allow Capital Punishment		 3/24/2009
Des'ree B capital punishment is not the only way that justice can be served. killing someone is immoral, and i believe the government agrees with me, but then why is they a thing such as capital punishment. Im strongly against it and will always be. 3/22/2009
karl plus even if we did kill the murder we would be sinking to there level.
so would that make us any different		 3/17/2009
karl Well said vincent 3/17/2009
vincent the thing is with capital punishment is that how can you be sure if the persons guilty or not.
we could be killing an inocent man		 3/17/2009
shee capital punishment should not be banned
criminals should be punished
we must first find out the real culprit then punish the latter		 3/12/2009
Crystal I am AGAINST the death penalty 3/12/2009
jh capital is inhumane and should be removed from our justice system. It is not right for the state to kill off someone who killed someone else because then its just being hypicritical. How can the state kill off someone in the name of justice, its just not right. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder. Killing off the accused is not going to bring back the victim, and no matter what kinda of justice the state gives the murderer it is not going to fill the void one has for there lost loved one. The death penalty is not only barbaric, in what is suppose to be a civilized society, it is a cruel and degrading punishment, and a deniel of human rights. 3/11/2009
mater i think im against it 2 3/4/2009
no name i agree 2/22/2009
Chris I like to think about it like this: If you enter into a contract with a painter to paint your house, and he fails to complete the job, do we just forbid him from entering into any other contract? No, we sue him, not only for cost of having the paint done but for damages as well (pure punishment). Well, when someone kills someone, they've violated the social contract (see thomas hobbes), so instead of just incarcerating them, we should kill them. Think about it logically and rationally rather than emotionally. 2/21/2009
realist If you are against the death penalty than I sincerely hope you or a close family member is raped and killed. That way, you will know what it's like to have to give your money to pay for food and shelter to someone you raped and killed a family member of yous. Then, and only then, do I want to hear your opinion on the death penalty. Oh, and the purpose of it is not to deter, bu to punish...that's it. 2/21/2009
anonymous i just wntd to comment on mr unknown for sayin" i bet that all them white people were the ones who wanted the death penity to be a law"
i am white, my best friend is an african american and we both agree that death penalty should be banned as we are all human being no matter what colour we are, we still don't have the power to decide whether a person should lose his life, his last breath or continue it happily knowing that it was a matter of second away from losing his life, no human being have the power to take someone's life away even if that person is guilty. maybe life imprisponning can be enough as the guilty person will have to live his life with his sins and guilt that will torture and hunt him for the rest of his life inside the four walls. furthermore, why should we entre race in his topic, colours don't matter,they made a crime they have to pay for it no matter what gender, nationality, religion or colour. In law's eyes we should be all equal.		 2/21/2009
Amber I think Capital Punishment should be gone 2/19/2009
dude What does she mean by "48% homicide rate"?... 48% of what? Also there are obviously going to be more homicides in New York than Wyoming. Capital punishment is just one factor. There is no evidence that there is no deterrence. I'm not really sure if there is evidence for deterrence either. 1/26/2009
Amber My parents opened my eyes to be against it because who are we to judge anybody. Give them life in jail..maybe someone else will end their life. 1/19/2009
unknwon i bet that all them white people were the ones who wanted the death penity to be a law 1/15/2009
Bay Bay Bay I don't think that when you comment a crimeyou should get the death penity,because everybody really does need a second chance. If you are with the death penity you really need to think about if that was you! 1/15/2009
qyaneisha snell i think that if you have to be against something you should know the facts. 1/15/2009
Gwen it's wrong that innocent people should die 1/8/2009
Weisenheimer Yo mama is so fat, when she got the death penalty for shooting a man who broke into her house, and they hung her, they had to use a construction crane. 12/30/2008
tatzanx Just get rid of everybody who isn't needed to feed and administer medical support to the true master race on earth, cats. All humans are bad. Dirty rotten, stinking, humans! 12/30/2008
skot i think this was very educational and i am very apreciative of this chance. thank you so much . sag 12/4/2008
mr t I think that it is good 11/21/2008
maria that you should not do the death peanlty that it just a bad form of punishment. 11/20/2008
Billy BoFrank eh? I'm debating about capital punishment, I'm con. 11/11/2008
DOMINQUE I agree that Capital Punishment is a cruel and unfair crime. Basically, it is premeditated murder... I dont think that anyone should agree with it because it is a crime and shouldnt be allowed in the U.s 11/10/2008
Miashe That such a great argument! 10/30/2008
Annonymous My opinion on capital punishment is that I am for, yet against, capital punishment... To me, it's entirely situational... Also, shut the heck up to the people who're just posting random stuff about teachers and "Yo mama" jokes and wasting our time
For example:
If an old man were to shoot a guy who was trying to break into someone else's house, steal their possessions, then KILL them! I believe that the man who killed the intruder shouldn't be sentenced to death.
Actually Happened! How messed up is our society?		 10/22/2008
jodie the death penalty is no use here in the US! 9/17/2008
larry your right 9/16/2008
Omari it is cool.i like it a lot. i wish i could pay u 9/11/2008
Nagarajkc royal capital punishment is not good because human life has its own value.Basically the person is well and good but some nature to make the person bad.we give a chance to the person to change is behaviour.and in other hand it is good why because we are unable to change the person is very criminal and natorious then the capital punishment is required... 8/6/2008
NAVDEEP I M NOT AGANIST OF CAPITAl puinshment. 6/26/2008
Zacko There is a teacher at my school who is for capital punishment- NERD! she is also largely overweight (fatty boom-bah!) 6/20/2008
Nathan I agree that teachers are fat. They get paid too much to eat hamburgers and they are all butter brains. I cant believe the quality of teachers is so low in this day and age. 6/20/2008
John I think that capital punishment is hilarious! SMILE 6/20/2008
midge My friend called guyzy just happened to get sh*t on and also got given the golden shower on friday night because he was intoxicated. i am just saying he is called SH*T FACE. 6/18/2008
guyzy i think you should all shut up. Also i would like to point out the fact that all our fore fathers and fore fathers before that are in some way murders. 6/18/2008
Laura Hi i am very mad at my fat teacher. she put me in this stuopid debate group thingy and im in the group thay i didnt even want wuts up w/ that stupid fat teachers...i hate them 5/27/2008
Dave Tabaniag We should not deny even the most hardened criminals the chance to reform and make amends to society. How can they realize their mistakes if we execute them? 5/19/2008
Zoe I tottally agree that inniocont people will be murdred and its not fair at all ! I think what ever we have done wrong we do not deserve to die! 5/18/2008
Mia Lopez This cite is great it's totally going to help me with my debat in my Honors Lit. class!^_^! 5/15/2008
ross i think you are a legend 5/7/2008
Joe Personally, I have no problems with the captital punishment and I am, suprisingly, what some folks were call a card carrying liberal.
Here is why i hold my view...


1. Denial of basic right - Isn't that what the person being executed did to their victim(s). Let's not forget, we don't exececute people for
jay walking. They are on death row because they killed someone.

2. The possibility of error – This is a sticky point for me as I do work for the innocence project. There are plenty of people who are wrongfully convicted and there have been a few cases where peopel were wrongfully executed. I don't really have an answer for this and it would be the one and only reason I would be against capital punishmnet.
3. Unfair Judgment - This may be true, but the person still kiled someone and death in a death penalty state is an option. I don't argue that minorities may very well recieve a death sentence more often, but that does not require we discontinue it, merely equalize the judgments for all felons, regardless of race or gender.

4. Lack of Deterrence - I agree with this, at least in the US. There is no evidence that capital punishment deters crime. However, I am not against retribution or lets say it, revenge, which is really what capital punishmnet is in this country.

5. The prolonged uncertainty – If we are competent enough to lock a person away in an 8 x 10 box for the rest of their life, we are competent enough to execute them.

6. Justifying circumstances - This is a factor across the board in our justice system, not just in capital punishment. In fact, more individuals are locked away for long periods instead of recieving hospital treatmnet than are executed. In either case, how we prosecute persons is teh question, not the judgment we hand down.

7. By giving capital punishment, the family of the victim is permanently traumatized and victimized. They are often punished by their loved ones without their fault, even though they are innocent. -
And what of the family of the "victims" victim? i have little sympathy for the so called victim of execution as he or she had no sympathy when they killed. They may after the fact, but that is AFTER the fact. It's unfortunate that the killer's family must endure the pain, but their loved one caused pain and must pay a price. In this case, it is death.

8. Effects on society – And by playing violent video games, people are motivated to committ violent acts. Really? I don't think so. Whatever happened to CHOICE? FREEWILL? PERSONAL RESPONSABILITY? Are we as humans so frail and easily influenced that we cannot do these things because we stupidly choose to?		 5/2/2008
Antwan Capital Punishment i think is cruel and should not be if you did give the life you shouldnt take it. A government tells its society not to kill but yet they do the opposite. 4/29/2008
bradd :] i love lenii 4/28/2008
tommmy :] sexyyy :]
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stranger thXx it helped me out alot 4/28/2008
india people need some thing to be scared of so they wont crims. 4/16/2008
emily e. "hey yo mamma ur dumb we shouldn't be for capital punishment cuase those who are not guilty should not be punished for the crime they didn't do and those who did should be punished stupid" 4/13/2008
emily e. i like this website cause it is for my speech class.
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joe 5. its not uncertainty its the lawyers that choose to prolong the case so they can make money, if there are changes made to the appeal process C P will cost a lot less
6. so what you are implying is that it is acceptable for them kill because of their past?
7. exactly we only care about the families of the murderers not the families of the victims, the suffering of the victim's families mean nothing compare to those of the murderer (sarcasm)
8. C P is not "revenge", it is more of a warning to all that if you do such and such C P is what you will get

in conclusion PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE WRITING SUCH GARBAGE		 4/6/2008
joe 1. guess what they denied their victims of life why should those murderers be granted life
2. error on the death penalty is VERY VERY LOW, of course our govt doesn't just give the death penalty just casually they do a lot of trials, make sure there sufficient evidence first!!!!
3. death penalties given to people are very just, since 1977-2008 majority of the executions were of Whites,
4. when the govt made C P illegal from 1972-1976 the annual murders went up about 250%		 4/6/2008
lucas wright it was good it helped me in class 4/4/2008
hailey sw it was all right not u act to smart freak 4/4/2008
Your Name Great article. Really helped me a lot. Thanks!! 4/4/2008
person hi ppl 3/27/2008
shaniqua i love you!!your article rocked my socks! 3/20/2008
bob OH YEAH GET IT GURL!!! 3/20/2008
~Alex~ i totaly agree i am doing a report on this capital punishment i use to not know even what this was about and now that i do i want to know how to STOP capital punishment ....if that is posible 3/18/2008
nobody I think the death penalty is needed, people KILLED innocent people all for the joy of it! People like that do not deserve to live....!!! even in jail! 3/13/2008
AGAINST death i find capital punishment very wrong because why kill someone? What if they FINALY did somethin right and they have been forgiven by God.......then why kill them??? its just so wrong! 3/11/2008
Bob Carol is right 3/9/2008
bob the 5th.5 I think your absolutely right. Death is bad. 3/7/2008
Carol About your argument that "Capital punishment is inflicted unduly on the poor and minorities."

Actually, the fact is that of the people executed in 2007:
-- 28 were white
-- 14 were black

Those sentenced to death are not so sentenced because of their race or creed, but because of the crimes they committed.		 3/6/2008
Isa You have plenty of reasons but you have no contradicting ones that you argue with. As you clearly stated in the beginning that your point was to convince others that the death penalty (capital punishment is bad. I myself am not for capital punishment. I think this essay has potential but for now if I were a teacher I would probably give you a c- 3/5/2008
bob i dont care about people dying i care about them living and suffering
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britt i dont think it's rigt to kill someone 2/28/2008
hasnain i think it is crrect. because people want to live without any scared is there any one who killed somebody so you should attend your punishment u punishment is you should hang on. 2/24/2008
indy great article 2/23/2008
Anjela Marcos thank you for tis article!
helped me a lot!		 2/22/2008
Anjela Marcos i think this article will persuade many people
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the man First off if u take someone elses life then dont u violate their rights....why should the government take their rights in to consideration. 2/11/2008
ZAW hey sup i ended up getting a B+ on my report thanx to you peoples 2/8/2008
Aakarsh I think it's a very serious matter...and I should think very deeply...and consider all the matter very seriously before giving capital punishment ...becouse once life has gone nobody will bring it. 2/2/2008
bob down with muderers 1/23/2008
c/o10 Yeah thnks for the help 1/15/2008
sharrieff why is a such thing as a death penatly
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lamont i hate tha police 1/11/2008
Evan Fu Very convincing and i really like it. These opinions would do me a very good help in my Research for previous opinions 1/10/2008
15 yr. old boy though death penalty is being implemented,criminals still get to to have the opportunity to choose whether to do crime or not to do crime...now if they do crime,it just means that they themselves have submitted theirselves to death...now in case death penalty is not being implemented...do the innocent and the victims have the opportunity to choose whether if he/she wants to be murdered or not want to be murdered?its better to choose the lesser evil...cause today nothing is worth to be called "good".thanks for explaining to me your side.... 12/16/2007
sean moynihan Have you heard of Legitimate Defense? Philosophically, the right by authorities to use necessary means to protect the community of the aggressor. Theologically, Catholic, Rightful autonomy given by our standard of truth, God. But since we have the means to attain the aggressor (prisons) then we have no need for capital punishment, unless the aggressor can some how further harm others. So I disagree, and agree. 12/10/2007
Taylor. W Im doing a debate & paper on why we think capital punishment should be outlawed. Your information given was very helpfun in many ways. It was clear and easy to understand. I didn't agree with the fact of getting rid of the death penalty, but now Im starting to think differently about it. Nowadays people are being served a wrongly death just based on them comitting a crime. Most of the time its when someone kills another human being. Even if someone is killed in the process I don't believe they should have to be put to death. I think if they serve there time then they will suffer a more painful death that way.That way in some way they are learning there lesson. If they die right after there court date then how are they suppost to learn from there crime. Also when such a crime is committed usually you pay for it your whole entire lifetime for it. 12/10/2007
ZAW thanks peoples you guys really helped me with this report im doing.

MUCH LOVE		 12/3/2007
Nick This was perhaps the worst article I have ever seen. The numbers are wrong, you are using your ethical beliefs and trying to pass them off as facts, and you're telling people that we shouldn't use capital punishment because killers have feelings too, and they shouldn't be put to death just because they killed someone. They can go out and take someone else's life and we should just let them take up space in our prisons and waste our tax dollars because they're people too. They are people, the worst kind and the world is better off without them!!! 11/18/2007
clover C.P. is a confussing subject to argue. Murder has been going on since forever; literally, the second generation of the WORLD (Cane and Able). The Bible goes both ways on death as a punishment. It says in Matthew 5:44, ".....love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." And also Matthew 7:1, " Judge not, that you be not judged." In Exodus 20:13 the 6th commandment is "Thou shall not murder." But there are so many 'What Ifs' that you could determine. 11/13/2007
sue capiyal punishment will not prevent murder that is committed inrage 11/7/2007
lmafo its like getting a oppinion from a mechanic down the street 11/7/2007
Carl Moll It was very interesting what you had to say about the capital punishment. It really helped my report. 10/25/2007
courtney Smidt Nobody deservers to be killed this way
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whatever i think what people said about capital punishment is wrong. we need capital punishment. screw the loved ones, yeah i know it is not there fault but they got to get rid of these bad people. if you think capital punishment shouldn't be uses than you are full of bull. 10/22/2007
yo mama Capital punishment will get rid of the worst criminals out there. We should be for capital punishment! 10/22/2007
Brittney Very very exhilerating. You help me out with my senior thesis........thx jamaicany 2008 at yahoo com 10/10/2007
kim rojas you are right u cant deny someone right to live thanks a lot i am writing a report on this thanks for the help 10/10/2007
john this is great information, I'm doing this for a debate in class and this is just the information i need, and it's true that life is priceless. 10/4/2007
falan it is very helpfull for essays .. and it came of very good use for me thx alot and write more soo tht we the students can get more help thx alot 10/1/2007
JADE IRELAND IM DOIN A REPORT ON THIS THANKYOU 9/26/2007
you suck did you even use one real fact?
the national homocide rate went down in the last twenty years		 9/21/2007
gummy bear i think that it's wrong but if you really need to you have to do it 9/20/2007
Tarentee I Think that you are a very intelligent individual. You really inspire me with grasp of wisdom. You also have proved sufficent evidence to show that Capital punishment should not be allowed. Great Job and im really impressed. 7/5/2007
BEN Dover It was a great help, very well organized!!! 6/1/2007
johnny boi VERY NICE BABY 6/1/2007
mustangluver An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. 5/13/2007
Maryam Alkatiri Cool...love the statements..

I strongly disagree with capital punishment.		 5/13/2007
loyd gonzalez how much money do they spend on capital punishment? 4/24/2007
Sabha Mir I think capital punishment is wrong and by killing people who commit crimes like murder isn't really a good example of showing how valuable human life is. 3/20/2007
Cheyenne Groves I think that it is just wrong because of all the families that have to live with the death. And if they make a mistake, they cant bring that families loved one back. 3/19/2007
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