Executions - Right or wrong? - [Closes 19/02/08]

Do you think executions are right or wrong? Is it right to be able to take someone's life?

James Callahan raped and killed a girl years ago. On January the 31st he is set to be executed.

What are your thoughts about this? Do you think the justice department has a right to take his life or not? What do you think about the way executions are handled? The most popular is lethal injections but there are others such as electrocution, hanging, stoning and shooting the heart from a distance. Each one has its problems as they do not always go to plan..

Let the debating begin!

Depends if its solid proof. If they say ooh his fingerprints were on the body and he gets arrested and convicted then no he should serve a sentence incase they found out it was wrong. However if their was CCTV footage or some solid proof that means it was definatly him then i think they should.

IF theres enough evidence then definitely. All this crap about a painless execution is stupid.

Think of the pain the person went through that died being hit over the head with a hammes and stabbed in the chest 10 times.

So why does the killer sit there feeling nothing?

If DNA evidence is undisputable then it should mean death for any rapist or murderer. If not then it should mean LIFE as in till they die. Sadly the UK's crap justice system let's these people go free after 2 years.

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Originally Posted by Cheekykarl

Depends if its solid proof. If they say ooh his fingerprints were on the body and he gets arrested and convicted then no he should serve a sentence incase they found out it was wrong. However if their was CCTV footage or some solid proof that means it was definatly him then i think they should.

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I agree, the crime was severe and he should deserve a severe punishment. But it depends on how bad the guy carried out the rape and murderous activities. If it was super really explicit and was just outright cold and evil. Yeah go ahead, get rid of him. But if it's not as severely carried out than he should deserve a very long sentense (preferably life), anyone who kills someone else should deserve a long punishment. I know a lot of murderers convicted are taken too soft. They need to throw them in jail for longer or if they are a serial killer who has killed lots of people then I think they deserve to be executed.

It is up to the amount of evidence they can gather to prove they are guilty of such a crime and to determin how badly he carried it out.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

If DNA evidence is undisputable then it should mean death for any rapist or murderer. If not then it should mean LIFE as in till they die. Sadly the UK's crap justice system let's these people go free after 2 years.

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Good point. It's the same here in Australia, no one gets life and if someone murders when it's done on purpose, they only get like 2 or 3 years. If they murdered heartlessly and ruthlessly, then yeah get rid of them.

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Originally Posted by CJ-Real

Think of the pain the person went through that died being hit over the head with a hammes and stabbed in the chest 10 times.

So why does the killer sit there feeling nothing?

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I also agree with this. The family and friends who lost that person can not get them back again if they were killed and that really needs to be taken into consideration as well in court mattters.

If it wasn't linked to mental health then I think its fine. Take a life, give a life.

right for murder/paedophiles/rape etc i'd say. prison is worse in cases where 'small' crimes have been committed cuz they have to live with it then.

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Originally Posted by REDNECK

right for murder/paedophiles/rape etc i'd say. prison is worse in cases where 'small' crimes have been committed cuz they have to live with it then.

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Yes, but that is debatable, because they are still living their lives. The people who are related to the person who was killed think that they should suffer death as well. Which is a point CJ-Real came up with. The people who are related suffer emotionally.

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Originally Posted by Agesilaus

Yes, but that is debatable, because they are still living their lives. The people who are related to the person who was killed think that they should suffer death as well. Which is a point CJ-Real came up with. The people who are related suffer emotionally.

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im not quite sure what you mean about that last bit, but if i found out one of my relatives was a murderer then i don't think i'd care what happens to them - murder is like the worst thing someone can do really.

Na don't kill anybody ever, no matter what they do.

But do make there life living hell. Life sentence is a start, no TV, no socializing, Just 1 cell, 2 meals a day (obviously) and say an hour outside for a week. No gym, No games, no friends, no visitors, no outings, just 1 cell for all his life.

Then the guy will go nuts, and try to commit suicide, but that's his problem. He can't live with the shame... aww too bad.

But to take another's life, we may as well punish our selves then. No matter what this person has done, we are just as bad by killing them.