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Bush Iraq War Late Term Abortion Missile Defense System NAFTA Patriotism PETA School Vouchers United States Policy Waterboarding World Trade Organization Follow @debateorg DDO Members 51% Pro 49% Con Related Debates 1. This House supports the death penalty! 2. The Death Penalty is not humane. 3. Captial Punishment (Death Penalty) 4. The Death Penalty 5. Death Penalty 6. Is the Death Penalty an unjust punishment? Related Opinions 1. Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?100% say NO 2. Does Buddhism Support the Death Penalty?50% say NO 3. Is the death penalty justified in the United States?100% say YES 4. Is the death penalty effective?100% say NO 5. Should the death penalty be given to juveniles in Texas?50% say NO 6. Is Life in Prison without Parole a Better Option Than the Death Penalty?100% say YES Death Penalty Debate History and Debate of Death Penalty Criminal punishment is a huge source of controversy in the United States. Opponents often argue that innocent people are sometimes executed and that the main motive is revenge, not true justice. Those who support the death penalty debate that the punishment offers retribution for victims of murder and is more cost efficient than offering life sentences in prison. Whether or not the death penalty will remain legal in the United States has yet to be seen. What's your position? Add your comment. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post Comment (*) Not Saying ( ) Undecided ( ) No Opinion ( ) Con/Against ( ) Pro/For For Death Penalty Pro 51% of members * thett3 thett3 Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card thett3 thett3 19-year old female in Dallas, Texas, United States. Debates: 132 Wins: 91.80% Percentile: 99th Elo Ranking: 5,394 Ideology: Conservative Party: Undecided Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 1 Week Ago Comment: Raise the evidence standards. A lot. But for individuals in which there is no doubt that they murdered someone, raped children, participated in genocide, or other grave crimes--hang them. * SPENCERJOYAGE14 SPENCERJOYAGE14 Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card SPENCERJOYAGE14 SPENCERJOYAGE14 14-year old female in Seattle, Washington, United States. Debates: 12 Wins: 70.00% Percentile: 96th Elo Ranking: 2,331 Ideology: Conservative Party: Independent Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 4 Days Ago Comment: Yeah, if you murder you should die, you shouldn't have the chance to kill even more people. * GWL-CPA GWL-CPA Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card GWL-CPA GWL-CPA 64-year old male in Zion, Illinois, United States. Debates: 2 Wins: 0.00% Percentile: 66th Elo Ranking: 1,957 Ideology: Socialist Party: Independence Party Online: 4 Hours Ago Online: 4 Hours Ago Updated: 1 Week Ago Comment: All states should have the death penalty for all degrees of murder. Most if not all forms of negligent homicide should receive the death penalty, e.g., drunk drivers, bar tenders who serve too many drinks to patrons who know those patrons should have been cut off hours earlier, etc. And, the age for being considered a juvenile should be lowered to 12, based on the maturity level as determined by a group of psychologists. That is, if you are 12 and murder someone, and a group of psychologists determine that you understood what you were doing, you get the death penalty, even if you are only 12. Also, the speedy trial process has to be shorted. The longest it should take with all repeals should be no more than 4 years. Also, the death penalty should be imposed on any financial criminals (e.g., bankers, mortgage company executives, CEOs, presidents, etc.) who are convicted of financial crimes equal to or greater than $500,000 (e.g., Ponzi schemes, embezzlement, consumer fraud, fraudule * Babeslayer Babeslayer Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Babeslayer Babeslayer Debates: 16 Wins: 30.00% Percentile: 92nd Elo Ranking: 1,641 Ideology: Anarchist Party: Pirate Party Online: 5 Hours Ago Online: 5 Hours Ago Updated: 2 Weeks Ago Comment: If someone commits a horrible crime, they shouldn't be allowed to live anymore. * supershamu supershamu Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card supershamu supershamu 25-year old Debates: 5 Wins: 100.00% Percentile: 93rd Elo Ranking: 2,384 Ideology: Undecided Party: Undecided Online: 6 Hours Ago Online: 6 Hours Ago Updated: 3 Days Ago Comment: Mistakes are made in the process and it kills me to hear about stories of people being declared innocent after already being executed. But I think the death penalty is important too and really is required to make our system of justice work. There needs to be adequate deterrence toward the most vile and destructive of crimes....even though I doubt rotting in a cage is much more humane. * birdlandmemories birdlandmemories Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card birdlandmemories birdlandmemories 100-year old male in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Debates: 18 Wins: 84.62% Percentile: 97th Elo Ranking: 2,472 Ideology: Conservative Party: Tea Party Patriots Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 1 Day Ago Comment: Depends on the crime. * fru fru Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card fru fru 14-year old Debates: 0 Wins: 0.00% Percentile: Not Ranked Elo Ranking: 0 Ideology: Not Saying Party: Not Saying Online: 7 Hours Ago Online: 7 Hours Ago Updated: 7 Hours Ago Comment: I beleive that the death penalty should be legal in all the states, but it should only be used in the up-most important sitution. For example, someone who murders another person, a rapist or pedafile. People who commit crimes of this degree should be given the death penalty, if there is enough evidence to prove what they are being charged with. As for children who commit rape or murder, if it can be proven that they understood what they did and the consaquence for that crime, then the too deserve the death penalty. However, people who commit finacial crimes should not be given the death penalty,rather a prison sentence inwhich the judge sees as fit for that certain crime. Besides killing the person or persons is cheaper than sentencing them to life in prison. By sentencing some to prison;it not only takes up space in prison, but it also takes room from criminals who deserve time,not death. It's cheaper,it costs tax payers more money to keep alive killers who deserve death,than to kill. * Romanii Romanii Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Romanii Romanii 18-year old Debates: 26 Wins: 82.35% Percentile: 98th Elo Ranking: 2,659 Ideology: Moderate Party: Independent Online: 4 Hours Ago Online: 4 Hours Ago Updated: 5 Days Ago Comment: Only if it is a cold blooded murderer whose guilt has been proven 100%, * Ore_Ele Ore_Ele Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Ore_Ele Ore_Ele 26-year old female in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. Debates: 171 Wins: 91.52% Percentile: 99th Elo Ranking: 5,520 Ideology: Other Party: Other Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 1 Week Ago Comment: You kill someone, we'll kill you back, lol. * jnedwards11 jnedwards11 Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card jnedwards11 jnedwards11 Debates: 5 Wins: 50.00% Percentile: 88th Elo Ranking: 2,041 Ideology: Conservative Party: Undecided Online: 9 Hours Ago Online: 9 Hours Ago Updated: 5 Months Ago Comment: "Yes they deserve to die, and I hope the burn in hell" View All Against Death Penalty Con 49% of members * xXCryptoXx xXCryptoXx Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card xXCryptoXx xXCryptoXx 15-year old in Focsani, Judetul Vrancea, Romania. Debates: 57 Wins: 81.82% Percentile: 99th Elo Ranking: 3,533 Ideology: Conservative Party: Other Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 6 Days Ago Comment: I value mercy over justice. * Magic8000 Magic8000 Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Magic8000 Magic8000 18-year old male in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. Debates: 51 Wins: 84.44% Percentile: 99th Elo Ranking: 3,300 Ideology: Green Party: Green Party Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 7 Hours Ago Comment: Being a determinist, I cannot justify it. * MasturDbtor MasturDbtor Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card MasturDbtor MasturDbtor 25-year old male in Asher, Kentucky, United States. Debates: 65 Wins: 30.56% Percentile: 97th Elo Ranking: 1,514 Ideology: Other Party: Other Online: 4 Hours Ago Online: 4 Hours Ago Updated: 2 Months Ago Comment: Innocent people have been executed before. It is not an acceptable risk. * whiteflame whiteflame Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card whiteflame whiteflame 27-year old male Debates: 2 Wins: 100.00% Percentile: 0th Elo Ranking: 0 Ideology: Liberal Party: Independent Online: 4 Hours Ago Online: 4 Hours Ago Updated: 6 Days Ago Comment: A form of legally sanctioned murder that precludes further investigation, any chance at rehabilitation, and costs us several times more to implement than just sending someone to prison for the rest of their life? No, I don't support it. * RenoAlexander RenoAlexander Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card RenoAlexander RenoAlexander 22-year old male Debates: 4 Wins: 0.00% Percentile: 66th Elo Ranking: 1,880 Ideology: Libertarian Party: Not Saying Online: 7 Hours Ago Online: 7 Hours Ago Updated: 2 Weeks Ago Comment: I believe that there is a morality, a justice, in executing killers but the incompetence of politicians makes me hesitant to hand them the life-and-death power of capital punishment. * BennyW BennyW Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card BennyW BennyW 27-year old male in Los Angeles, California, United States. Debates: 37 Wins: 48.48% Percentile: 98th Elo Ranking: 2,050 Ideology: Libertarian Party: Not Saying Online: 10 Hours Ago Online: 10 Hours Ago Updated: 2 Weeks Ago Comment: WhileIamnotmorallyopposed,myproblemliesinthewaythatitisimplemented. Howaccurateisourcriteriaofevidence?Idon'tthinkbeyondareasonabledoub tisgoodenough. * WiseHagbard WiseHagbard Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card WiseHagbard WiseHagbard 40-year old Debates: 0 Wins: 0.00% Percentile: Not Ranked Elo Ranking: 0 Ideology: Libertarian Party: Undecided Online: 5 Hours Ago Online: 5 Hours Ago Updated: 4 Days Ago Comment: If you're wrong, you just let your state murder an innocent person in your name. If that happens once (and we know it's happened repeatedly), it's happened far too often as far as I'm concerned. * Praeiaotic Praeiaotic Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Praeiaotic Praeiaotic Debates: 0 Wins: 0.00% Percentile: Not Ranked Elo Ranking: 0 Ideology: Other Party: Other Online: 12 Hours Ago Online: 12 Hours Ago Updated: 1 Month Ago Comment: The government shouldn't be given the power to put a man to death, regardless of his crimes. Besides, life imprisonment and constant public humiliation would be a worse punishment in my opinion. * WriterSelbe WriterSelbe Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card WriterSelbe WriterSelbe 17-year old female in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Debates: 35 Wins: 58.06% Percentile: 98th Elo Ranking: 2,164 Ideology: Liberal Party: Independent Online: 14 Hours Ago Online: 14 Hours Ago Updated: 1 Month Ago Comment: It's actually cheaper to sentence someone to life than to have them executed. That's my only argument, because I don't feel like regurgitating generic ones. * Bullish Bullish Add as Friend Challenge to a Debate Send a Message Profile Card Bullish Bullish 100-year old Debates: 8 Wins: 100.00% Percentile: 96th Elo Ranking: 2,463 Ideology: Liberal Party: Not Saying Online: Right Now Online: Right Now Updated: 2 Days Ago Comment: getting your justice system FUNCTIONAL is the first order of business. I have witnessed first hand how pathetic human law and order is. That being said, even though it is pathetic, I think it's better than it could potentially be. Right now, any death penalty can be replaced by something much more productive and scary (scaring future offenders is a point of law and order) -- Life of hard labor. View All * Debates * Opinions * Forums * Polls * Blog * People * ABOUT * Company * Demographics * Elected Officials * HELP * FAQs * Articles * Contact Us Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Sitemap ©2013 Debate.org. All rights reserved.