Do you support the death penalty?

[drearysunrise]

I saw a related conversation on here and I'm curious what the distribution of responses would look like from this site.

To clarify, the second option is saying you believe there should be a moratorium on using the death penalty until/unless certain changes can be made to the criminal justice system. If you believe reform is warranted but that it is still worth using the death penalty in some cases given the current state of affairs, that would fall under Yes.

 

[HarryCobean]

Only for people who really annoy me.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I not only support it, but I think it should widely be considered a lighter sentence than life in prison. Why should the worst criminals be the ones lucky enough to have their lives ended abruptly so that they may be free of suffering? Sure many of them are afraid of death but it still seems anticlimactic to let someone get away with a mere lethal injection. I suppose if the method of the death penalty were more painful then I guess that's another thing to consider…

 

[Ambivalent1]

Empty death row to the afterlife

 

[EvisceratedJester]

The death penalty doesn't do a very good job at deterring crime and there is a long history of it being used disproportionately on those from marginalized communities. That's not even getting into the cases of people who end up going on it despite being innocent. I don't think the government should have the ability to just kill whoever they want and I find the death penalty to be very unethical.

 

[KillingPain267]

I saw a related conversation on here and I'm curious what the distribution of responses would look like from this site.

To clarify, the second option is saying you believe there should be a moratorium on using the death penalty until/unless certain changes can be made to the criminal justice system. If you believe reform is warranted but that it is still worth using the death penalty in some cases given the current state of affairs, that would fall under Yes.

No, I am an anarcho-pacifist, so I don't support any "penalties", let alone the death penalty.

I not only support it, but I think it should widely be considered a lighter sentence than life in prison. Why should the worst criminals be the ones lucky enough to have their lives ended abruptly so that they may be free of suffering? Sure many of them are afraid of death but it still seems anticlimactic to let someone get away with a mere lethal injection.

This! I also consider life in prison to be worse. Because prison is essentially legalized kidnapping, hostage taking and torture all in one (if that sounds crazy, just imagine if your neighbor kidnapped and held 5 people captive in his basement because he says they ripped him off, insulted him or played loud music or something. People would say he is a psychopath). Isolation is known to cause long term mental issues even after release.

And yes, if I lived in a death penalty country I would offend the law and turn myself in, even if it was hanging or electric chair. Because when others do it to you, SI is a non-issue. You just have to distract yourself a few moments, maybe hyperventilate as they tie the noose (in the ancient Near East and Rome even they used to give wine to those about to get executed, similar to how hospitals now give morphine as part of palliative care).

 

[3/4Dead]

That second option is such a perfect descriptor.

In the US, and good God, the justice system needs to be wiped out and started over. It's not that I'm against executing people who are absoloutely unredeemable, it's that I'm against the government, which I trust about as far as I can dig on the property before I'm escorted away from the white house (not a conspiricist just thought this joke was funny), having the power to choose to kill anyone they please as long as they can string together a comprehensible defenese.

 

[cryone]

in theory, i find it great. much more liberating than life in prison. however, its an irreversible decision where lives r rly being gambled by the inadequate justice systems. in the US, a relatively significant proportion of proportion of death row prisoners r innocent. Estimates say around 4%, which dont seem high but r actually v concerning given that the chance of an american experiencing a plane crash is near 1 in 5 million. Not to mention its extremely expensive, not exactly b/c the drugs themselves, but b/c the irritating system as a whole.

 

[thirdtimesthecharmg]

I not only support it, but I think it should widely be considered a lighter sentence than life in prison. Why should the worst criminals be the ones lucky enough to have their lives ended abruptly so that they may be free of suffering? Sure many of them are afraid of death but it still seems anticlimactic to let someone get away with a mere lethal injection. I suppose if the method of the death penalty were more painful then I guess that's another thing to consider…

I agree with this.

I'm in favor of the death penalty, but only advocate it for myself, and I strongly agree the current methods are not extreme enough.

I was too weak to execute the light sentence I had passed on myself. I've certainly thought of worse I deserve but would require assistance to complete, because I know that I'm too cowardly to do what must be done to myself.

But prison is a good substitute in the meantime, in terms of ensuring my suffering and preventing any further harm, and then I can see whether I can carry out my own sentence after that.

 

[DeIetedUser4739]

Yes