I'm definitely for it, when it comes to serial killers I think death shloud be real slow and real painful (a bunch middle ages tortures and execution techniques should do the trick), other 1st degree murderers are bound to be executed when there's not a shadow of a doubt they commited the crime.

I also have a solution for convicted pedofiles that involves clippers and letting the guy bleed to his death.

LOL dam XD

Hard to say.

On the one hand. Killing someone is wrong... on the other hand.. if they're going to be locked up for life anyway...

May as well save some money if there is a way to do it cheap.

Then again you do have the problem of sentencing being set by judges which tends to lead to some people getting death penalty more often then others...

and the occasional false convinction.

In the end... whatever. Both situations suck and there is no right answer in my opinion as there is nothing you can really do to amply punish someone who kills or even rapes someone else.

Note: Agravated rape is a capital crime in like... 3 states.  Though I don't think they actually give out the death penalty for that.  Think it was even ruled unconstitutional cause it didn't involve deaths.  Yet Treason... steal death penalty.

What she said <3

I believe people like serial killers don't change... Why keep them in jail for the rest of their lives with our tax money? Why not just kill them? Sure they don't suffer after dying but at least it'll prevent them from killing more people (like if they escape).

And why has death penalty to be so expansive? Seriously all you need is a rope, chair and fixation to the ceiling. That simple.

Death Sentence is a touchy subject and ranges across many aspects of thought and reasoning. Here are three to summarize:

Politically: Since America is based on the Liberty school of thought, in other words, the governments only responsibility is to protect the liberty and rights of the citizens, then an action that takes ultimate liberty, life, away from a person is wrong. It could even be argued that the framers of the constitution felt that the way a government transitions from benevolent to malevolent is when it takes liberty away from it's citizens. So as an action by government, I don't think it's right.

Religiously: Depends on the religion. I'm a very strict Christian and Christ told his followers to both love their neighbor and to not live by the sword. As a Christian, killing someone is DEFINITELY out of the question.

Pathos: This is emotion for those who don't know. When you hear about teenage girls being tortured, raped, and strangled to death, something wells within. From pure emotion, the death penalty may seem justified. I know if it were my daughter, that despite my Christian upbringing, not killing that person would be very difficult. I wouldn't do it, but I guarantee you I'd think about it.

Like I said in the other thread, the best way to handle such cases is to try and convict the individual, but leave the fate up to the victims (in this case the surviving family). They could decide based on their personal views which way to go. Such a solution assures Liberty for the family, respect for religious views, and takes into consideration their personal pathos.

How about even more gruesome punishments for even more gruesome crimes?

Let's see how horrible we can get. Muahahaha.

Definetly against.

I read in 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins that 1/3 of people on Death Row in the 20th century, have been pardoned after their death. I don't know how many people were on Death Row in the 20th century, but 1/3 were innocent people. If they had been sentenced with life in jail, then after they were found innocent, they could have returned to their families.

I would be pretty pissed off, if I was on trail for a crime I didn't commit, with the possibility that I could be sentenced to death if found guilty by 12 gullible idiots from the general public.

I believe in the death penalty.

I'm not so sure if I trust average random people to decide the death penalty.

Death Sentence is too cruel....