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

Wrong, I really dont feel that a human life should be sacraficed in order to make up for previous mistakes, if they've killed in the double figures then sure they are murderers but that would make us just like them if we killed them, personally I think they should be locked up for life. Taking another life just makes it worse though the time they go through in prision could be worse than getting killed, personally I think they should have a decision wether or not to get execution though I do hear there is another method called 'air starvation' coming in which basically you put the person on a plane with a low oxygen supply and starve their brain of oxygen, they go tipsy and stuff and eventually pass out and die without even knowing.

Thats just my view though :D

Its wrong, Fair enough, they take someones life, just throw them in prison! i mean if you take their life thats wrong aswell.

I belive it's a good idea, in some cases. People that, for example, kill millions of people (such as the people who planned 9/11) deserve to die.

Arguably, that can be the "quick and easy" way out, resulting in no suffering. Perhaps stick people in a toiletless, bedless room feeding them on the cheapest thing possible.

Also, when executing people, there's no such thing as a "mistake." - if they sentence the wrong person they can't just let them out of prison, as they're dead.

People say if you kill the murderers then your just as bad as them. Well how is that? They take someones life KNOWING they could lose their life clearly shows they don't care. There is also a difference between chopping someone up with a axe and killing them by lethal injection.

If it was your family you'd be saying different.

i say no for a few reasons. one, there was a study done that found that 1/3rd of all people sentenced to death in the united states were found unjustly accused or even innocent after their execution. so my fear is how many innocent people die in executions. the innocent far outweigh the guilty. second is because in more cases than not, it costs more money to keep them alive for 70 years than to go through the execution process.

The last man hung in the UK was found innocent....

If they have proof and it wasnt an accident, yes.
If they dont have any proof - they could be innocent.

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Originally Posted by Pepsi

If they have proof and it wasnt an accident, yes.
If they dont have any proof - they could be innocent.

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congrats, thats the basis for every fair trial ever conducted. but the problem is proof can mislead you. they wouldnt execute someone with no proof.

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Originally Posted by RedStratocas

congrats, thats the basis for every fair trial ever conducted. but the problem is proof can mislead you. they wouldnt execute someone with no proof.

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I agree with the italic look at the McCann's theres been so much evidence against them the police were certain they kidnapped their daughter when all of a sudden something new comes along and the investigation is back to square one

YES! If they murder someone and its been proven they should get the punishment of losing there own life.