The death penalty or capital punishment is the punishment by death for a crime. Currently 58 countries worldwide allow the death penalty (including the U.S.) while 97 countries have outlawed it. Since the 1970s executions in the U.S. have declined every year. In 2021 five states and the federal government carried out 11 executions. The decline is part of a decadeslong trend as the costs associated with seeking the death penalty, the lengthy appeals process often associated with capital punishment, concerns about executing the innocent and a long-term decline in crime rates have caused many prosecutors and legislators in the U.S. to pull back from capital punishment.
@ISIDEWITH10yrs
Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence
@ISIDEWITH9yrs
No, too many people are innocently convicted
@ISIDEWITH9yrs
No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence
@ISIDEWITH9yrs
Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment
@957QQY75mos
Yes,but only for child rape,human trafficking and international banking.
@95DFSVN5mos
Yes,but only in cases of child rape,human trafficking and international banking.
@4Z7HS5V2yrs
No, anyone can be rehabilitated.
@4WVPX4L2yrs
No. Some people deserve to die. In fact, let's expand it to include child molesters, corrupt politicians, and the jerk who steals my parking space.
@5F2HBVH2yrs
@4Z3Q5XR2yrs
Yes and all death row prisoners should give up all rights and we should use body parts of all death row convicts as needed to save the lives of law abiding citizens
@5BHLNC22yrs
I think you should get 3 chances and if you do it for the 3rd time then you should do life in prison.
No, but anyone should be able to request their own euthanasia.
@5BPWZYZ2yrs
Those who are for the death penalty are hypocritical. You are killing someone because they killed someone.... you are punishing them for a crime that you are committing by killing them. And if you kill that person they don't have to live with the wrongs they have done. Spending life in prison is way more harsh then killing them.
@5B96R3L2yrs
no make them work the rest of their life and be a use to society death is the easy way out make them regret their decision, but not just relax in a prison keep them working
@4Z6WMCP2yrs
No, housing a prisoner indefinitely is more cost effective
@5B47QPP2yrs
It is morally justifiable to execute a guilty person. It is not morally justifiable to kill innocent babies in the womb.
@4T3P39Z2yrs
Yes, bring back public hangings and executions for more serious crimes. There needs to be more deterrents because our jails are like hotels.
@5BDTFCC2yrs
I would rather support the elongated torture of prisoners over the death penalty, or life in prison. The fear of being thrown into prison would send shivers down the spines of those locked in urban conflict, as well as lead toward everlasting peace within the United States.
@4T456P52yrs
there should be labor camps where people who deserve severe punishments for their actions would have to do hard labor in different fields of their choosing!
@4T3L8DK2yrs
The Victim's family should decide the punishment after it is ruled the criminal did the crime 100% true
@5DSTL3M2yrs
Yes, but only for an offender who murders a law enforcement officer, a correctional office, or another inmate while incarcerated.
@5F7MWHK2yrs
Its hard, but terrorists, child molesters, people who commit crimes against humanity can suffer the death penalty. The death penalty can take these dangerous people out of the world, if they are not willing to change or if they are very dangerous. If we kill bad people in war, is hypocritical to say is wrong to kill bad people outside of war. Obviously you have to follow the laws and procedures.
Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence and the victim’s family should decide the punishment
@4XB359S2yrs
I support cruel and unusual punishment rather than the death penalty or life in prison.
@5F7PCXC2yrs
No, and the prison system should be reformed from punishment oriented to rehabilitation oriented
@4T4LV862yrs
If it was actually more cost efficient than life in prison.
@533XMVZ2yrs
Yes, I'm abnormal I think the death penalty is more merciful than forcing someone into solitude forever against their will
@98ZBJWT11hrs
Like abortion, God alone gives and takes away life.
@98Z55JX23hrs
I think this varies from case to case, and 2 wrongs do not make a right
@98YZDLY1 day
Instead of being given life in prison OR the death penalty it should be up to the inprisoned.
@98YJVRY2 days
Yes, if in the future the choice is between the death penalty or psychological torture
@98YBRL22 days
No; it does not seem right to "play god" and decide someone is beyond help.
@98YB59S2 days
No, the death penalty is inhumane way of killing someone. For the most severe crimes, they should be placed in the most secure prison known to man. Just let the person that has a life sentence be in the prison for the rest of his or her life.
@98Y6PLW2 days
Personally, for me, I do not support the death penalty. According to deathpenaltyinfo.org, in the United States’ history, the botched execution rate sits at 3.15% (276/8776). We should not be doing executions, especially when they have an ability to fail and cause the individual more pain. Also, in recent years, there have been several states that have executed people and then a few days later, evidence came up signifying that they might have been wrong about some things with the case. I also do not believe the death penalty is humane and I do not believe that others who have their own self motivated interests should decide whether someone gets executed or not. Overall, I do not support the death penalty.
@98XNN2X3 days
Yes, there is too much over crowding in jails
@98WSWBYIndependent6 days
yes but please fix it so that those who are innocently convicted are spared.
@98W7CKQ1wk
No, the government has no more right than an individual to kill a person, less even
@98VPYLV1wk
no, every person is capable of change
@98VN5KP1wk
Yes, for cop killers and child molesters only. The rest can rot in a jar to be studied like the missing link and wish they were executed.
@98VMKGT1wk
No, killing people is morally wrong no matter what they have done.
@98V5Q2R1wk
No, some people are wrongly convicted and spending life in prison is worse than getting to die
No, a governmental entity should not have the right to decide a person's right to live
@98TPWK41wk
No, most of these people on death row need to be treated for mental illness.
@98STYX32wks
Subjective to the person and context
@98SP83W2wks
No, because the state having a choice in who may live or die is a dangerous precedent.
They should be tortured for life
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