Death sentence. Yes or no?

[Normchacho]

McDonaldsGuy said:

Normchacho said:

 

DNA isn't helping free these people. More than a third of them are already dead due to prosecutors overstating the importance of forensic evidence. DNA put them where they are now.

There is a huge diffeence between a recognized execution of an innocent person and the actual execution of an innocent person.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/28/death-penalty-study-4-percent-defendants-innocent

“If you look at the numbers in our study, at how many errors are made, then you cannot believe that we haven’t executed any innocent person – that would be wishful thinking.”

 

As I said before though, there is no acceptable margin of error for executions. Especially when there isn't a societal benefit to the executions in the first place.

FBI corruption put them in there - not the death penalty, and corruption needs to be punished (it isn't currently). There are a ton of false rape accusations should we quit taking rape accusations seriously? No. It's t he liars that are the problem.

And hair samples aren't DNA evidence - they are extremely flawed evidence and I do think it's stupid how people can get convicted based on that. Which is why I think we need death penalty reform.

And there are many societal benefits for executions. Why do you care so much what happens to some murderer anyway? I think we should not only be for the death penalty; we should be OBLIGATED to be for it. We should be happy when someone who made the world shittier finally goes. My sympathy is reserved 100% for the victims. What if your mother was a victim? Your best friend? It disgusts me how much people are for these murderer's lives.

What kind of death penalty reform? You want to limit appeals so that it goes quicker AND make sure it's more accurate? Please, elighten us as to how that works.

Your last paragraph is borderline sociopathic, not to mention another huge straw man. It also doesn't actually point out a single benefit to the death penalty, but I'll indulge.

I don't care about what happens to the 96 people who are put to death that are guilty, my concern is the 4 innocent people that would be put to death along side them. Not too mention that it isn't 500 AD and we are so far beyond the need for the death penalty that it has about as much place in our legal system as bloodsport does on ESPN.

If  someone I love was murdered, I'd want to tear the killer apart with my bare hands. LUCKILY! We don't live in a society that allows for revenge justice since in that case I would likely be the least qualified person on the face of the earth to make any decision regarding the trail or legal proccess.