However, I do not agree with the death penalty. Never have and never will. I debated it in high school, researched it in depth and was convinced that the death penalty simply does not work. It gets rid of the bad seed (so to speak) but it does not prevent murder, etc. The death penalty is more expensive in a lot of ways because of the appeal after appeal after appeal, etc., the lawyers provided, special provision for death row prisoners, etc. Life without parole is my preference. It's a living hell--which is what they deserve.
But beyond all that, there is one overriding reason I can never agree with the death penalty. If an innocent person is found guilty, sentenced to death and the penalty carried out, there is no going back. You cannot raise an innocent person from the grave, apologize and go on. As long as there is 1% chance of an innocent being sentenced to death, I will not support it. Look at the ones being exonerated today by DNA. Had they been put to death...
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Well, I'm not a bleeding heart about criminals
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- Why I support the death penalty
- Why I don't
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- No reason for it to be a fantasy
- re: Why I support the death penalty
- A tragedy. But why do you think capital punishment would have prevented it? (n/t)