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What Happened... * Why Does The U.S. Have More School Shootings Than Everywhere Else? * R Load more articles pDo you support the death penalty for a person convicted of murder? f share on Facebook ttweet it • • • Tweet MEmail [m-742.png] Results 69 % Yes 31 % No @Mar '13 V 1,553 votes c 526 comments Detailed Results Next Debate Vote Now ( ) Activity ( ) Stmts (*) Popular 1553 Votes 371 Statements 10 Statements * u 2 min pixil voted v Yes * u Dec 24 Ianjib voted v No * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 24 LarryS voted v No * [HAN1IG8ICSCLO40L-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 24 Tooblue voted v Yes * u Dec 23 DocKozlowski voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 22 pph voted v No * [CBSKQ8OJN2LDBMMS-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 21 Doctor_Who voted v Yes * u Dec 21 sixto voted v Yes * [RF9594QA194NVR6S-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 21 BakersfieldBob voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 21 KeithGilbert voted v Yes * [8NI0QUMDC8G8F9E1-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 21 KaliHuman v No ! The Justice system gets is WRONG TOO OFTEN. Once you dead you cant be revived once they kill you if your sentence is reversed later due to your innocence. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [N4J8PVQCQ323Q2MQ-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 20 jhowell6 voted v No * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 20 JTrueblood voted v No * u Dec 20 Cricket-S voted v Yes * u Dec 19 Dan_P voted v Yes * u u Dec 19 DJGoodwin1 endorsed The_truth v No ! Absolutely not! They may change in prison or whatever they get and influence many people who are considering murding somebody into not doing it. If I kill someone and then die what's the punishment? If I kill someone then have to think about if for 30+years I see a huge punishment B2 • Vote Up r6 Replies e28 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Dec 18 bbianch voted v No * [CRAIER826U74ULL9-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 18 Tamal_Pais voted v Yes * u Dec 17 hdfatboy voted v Yes * u Dec 17 Joshua_Friday voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 16 HaroonRiaz voted v No * u Dec 16 jkenlib voted v No * u [picture?width=30&height=30] Dec 14 Titan58 endorsed ir0nw0lfe v Yes ! A civilized society should care more about innocent suffering than the legal maneuverings of the guilty. An state execution is not the loss of innocent life. The loss of innocent life occurred when the murderer committed his crime. If his death brings even one brief moment of closure to the victim's family then that is the value of the murderer's life. B7 • Vote Up r7 Replies e54 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 14 murphy0071 voted v No * u Dec 14 tbubba42 voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 14 NicholeC voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 14 CookS voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 13 JarlRandwulf v Yes ! With the qualification that it is premeditated and there is ABSOLUTE proof of the person's guilt. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [K6LBF7D6LO1UG1T3-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 12 disguy voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 12 jmcalli voted v No * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 12 GunPolitics voted v Yes * u Dec 12 lsay voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 11 RiskiTimes voted v No * [M0PSDFH1EVTE346U-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 11 rosebud v No ! Sometimes an innocent person is wrongly convicted. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 11 Ric_Hornsby v Yes ! I think that the family of the victim should be able to carry out the sentence if they want to and in any means that they desire. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [3MAFS5N826LC87MU-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 9 ALonelyHeart voted v Yes * u Dec 8 deayalas voted v Yes * [3I6VL2SRAS6OM8BM-rsz76x76.jpg] [11P2D12RCHV0IU8H-rsz30x30.jpg] Dec 8 Poltal endorsed streypuppy v No ! Giving a person death for a muder he/she has commited is giving them an easy way out with no time to suffer like the living relatives of the family has to do the rest of their lives B Vote Up r1 Reply e3 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Dec 6 MIBigSarge v Yes ! A person convicted of murder should immediately be given the death penalty, and one appeal. After that it's lights out! B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 6 sandraluvsmb20 voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] u Dec 5 1RICHARD endorsed classychazy v Yes ! There are some crimes so heinous that there should always be a option of putting those who do those crimes to death. Technology has advanced to the point of arresting and convicting someone falsely is all most none existence. B1 • Vote Up r2 Replies e86 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u o Dec 5 seeker endorsed shazbotbaru v Yes ! Yessir, BUT ONLY if there is total and definite proof of the guilt..too many have been executed and have been innocent.. B Vote Up e31 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Dec 5 viniketa v No ! Another too general poll question. I don't support it for all murder convictions, no. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [0FLQFTS21IKKSKKB-rsz76x76.jpg] Dec 5 Eagle1889 voted v Yes * u Dec 5 Gino voted v Yes * u Dec 4 Wahmuk voted v Yes * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 4 JoshuaSL voted v Yes * u Dec 4 JEMORY voted v No * [picture?width=76&height=76] Dec 4 marysrus13 v No ! If the shooter can't be rehabilitated, then lifetime imprisonment in the furthest reaches of the Artic should be the sentence. Death sentences show an archaic attitude that served before rehabilitation has proven worthwhile. If a person cannot be rehabilitated - then that person should be left to his/her own devices for survival AWAY from the rest of humanity. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Dec 4 Chieftain voted v Yes * [8NI0QUMDC8G8F9E1-rsz76x76.jpg] #526 • Dec 21 KaliHuman v No ! The Justice system gets is WRONG TOO OFTEN. Once you dead you cant be revived once they kill you if your sentence is reversed later due to your innocence. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #525 • Dec 13 JarlRandwulf v Yes ! With the qualification that it is premeditated and there is ABSOLUTE proof of the person's guilt. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [M0PSDFH1EVTE346U-rsz76x76.jpg] #524 • Dec 11 rosebud v No ! Sometimes an innocent person is wrongly convicted. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #523 • Dec 11 Ric_Hornsby v Yes ! I think that the family of the victim should be able to carry out the sentence if they want to and in any means that they desire. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u #522 • Dec 6 MIBigSarge v Yes ! A person convicted of murder should immediately be given the death penalty, and one appeal. After that it's lights out! B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u #521 • Dec 5 viniketa v No ! Another too general poll question. I don't support it for all murder convictions, no. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #520 • Dec 4 marysrus13 v No ! If the shooter can't be rehabilitated, then lifetime imprisonment in the furthest reaches of the Artic should be the sentence. Death sentences show an archaic attitude that served before rehabilitation has proven worthwhile. If a person cannot be rehabilitated - then that person should be left to his/her own devices for survival AWAY from the rest of humanity. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [UISKPPHA4JHB10LA-rsz76x76.jpg] #519 • Dec 4 USview v Yes ! Okay, why the black or white choices only? There are reasons to not impose the death penalty and give a life sentence as there are reasons it should be enforced. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u #518 • Dec 2 CVX v No ! The laws have become so bloated that we need to be able to understand exactly what it is we are voting on. Times change and the definitions change. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [M960BEGKLQLKT67J-rsz76x76.jpg] #516 • Nov 30 mrcamillon v No ! you test the mind of god you do not have authority too decide when some one dies B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u #515 • Nov 30 betazed v No ! What does killing them accomplish? If the victims family wants it, they are poor excuses for human beings. If society wants it, they are bloodthirsty. It certainly doesn't bring back anyone the convicted person killed. However you slice it, no one really gains anything. Once they're off the street, the threat is removed and no further force is necessary. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #514 • Nov '13 DmB66 v Yes ! For murder, rape, pedophiles, kidnapping and treason. go all out to prove one's innocence and up to 2 appeals for a lessor sentence. failing that hang'em high.. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [BN9R1FV0OQTMU6GE-rsz76x76.jpg] #513 • Nov '13 GDI4EVER v Yes ! Yes and you're right 2 wrongs don't make a right but the Death Penalty is not wrong. How can you justify keeping a killer alive forever and We The People pay for it? Especially if a gun was used. Put them to death , bury them and be done with it. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [UL40TKHB5N0E9I78-rsz76x76.jpg] #512 • Nov '13 Shamanwolf v Yes ! Rope is cheap, AND environmentally friendly. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [9IFFHUBJFULC66FC-rsz76x76.jpg] #511 • Nov '13 Cincinnatus v No ! There are too many convictions overturned for me to be very comfortable with frequent use of the death penalty. Besides, revenge is not the states purpose, and it saves money to just incarcerate them for life. I would offer convicted killers who are serving life terms to end their lives, perhaps by organ donation. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #506 • Nov '13 daleone v No ! This question tears me apart! When I see the mistakes that our judges and jury's make it scares me....but on the other hand some people deserve to die for their wicked deeds! But as a Christian I have to believe that to take any life is wrong.....no matter how just it may seem from your point of view. There is a hell....let God make those decisions! B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #505 • Nov '13 busseja v No ! costs too much. Takes too long. For the prosecution of one we could buy a south pacific island surrounded by spent hydrogen bomb fall out and send them there. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] #504 • Nov '13 EyesOnPies v No ! I support the death penalty for corporate polluters and people that profit from war. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [J3IA09QELEQEVM9U-rsz76x76.jpg] #503 • Nov '13 Dallas_TX_Demz v Yes ! Only if they are punished the same way they killed their victim. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u #502 • Oct '13 RickN v Yes ! They won't commit another murder if they are put down. B Vote Up • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * R Load more comments... * u Apr '12 classychazy v Yes ! There are some crimes so heinous that there should always be a option of putting those who do those crimes to death. Technology has advanced to the point of arresting and convicting someone falsely is all most none existence. B1 • Vote Up r2 Replies e86 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Jun '12 ir0nw0lfe v Yes ! A civilized society should care more about innocent suffering than the legal maneuverings of the guilty. An state execution is not the loss of innocent life. The loss of innocent life occurred when the murderer committed his crime. If his death brings even one brief moment of closure to the victim's family then that is the value of the murderer's life. B7 • Vote Up r7 Replies e54 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * o Jun '12 shazbotbaru v Yes ! Yessir, BUT ONLY if there is total and definite proof of the guilt..too many have been executed and have been innocent.. B Vote Up e31 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Apr '12 The_truth v No ! Absolutely not! They may change in prison or whatever they get and influence many people who are considering murding somebody into not doing it. If I kill someone and then die what's the punishment? If I kill someone then have to think about if for 30+years I see a huge punishment B2 • Vote Up r6 Replies e28 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [G1CPCMEE78OVVM36-rsz76x76.jpg] Jun '12 Goebel v No ! Three reasons that I oppose the death penalty: 1. The loss of innocent life by death penalty is completely inexcusable and likely unavoidable. 2. Thus far, its implementation has been highly racist against people of colour. 3. Killing the murderer does little to no good. The person's crimes are not undone if they are killed. If we accept that killing is wrong, then why should we kill those who will, especially when 1 and 2 apply? B2 • Vote Up r4 Replies e21 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [7CMB53DT9FL5FE9A-rsz76x76.jpg] Jun '12 Bobolinsky v No ! Three Points: 1) How a society punishes it's criminals says little about the criminals and a lot about the society. 2) In the United States, it is cheaper to incarcerate someone for life without parole than to execute someone. 3) Impact on murder rates is debatable at best. . Put those together with the fact that we still choose to allow execution means that we are willing to pay extra to be able to kill someone that we can lock away and forget about. . I hesitate to conclude that the reason we still have the death penalty is because of a desire for vengeance and/or violence on the part of society when we can get along just fine without it... But I do. B2 • Vote Up r6 Replies e14 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Apr '12 Vet v Yes ! In some cases.. B Vote Up e12 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * u Apr '12 blueblue2 v Yes ! ONLY If It Was Premeditated OR Sough Out Haniously. But Not By Accident or due to ignorance. B Vote Up r1 Reply e10 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Apr '12 Iamjim42 v No ! I do not care if a murderer dies. However, we live in a system where, as it should be, it is better to let one hundred guilty men get away than one innocent man die. Because the economic burden caused by this great system, it is more expensive to kill someone than it is to jail them for life. Therefore, I object to capital punishment on solely economic grounds. B1 • Vote Up r3 Replies e8 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * [picture?width=76&height=76] Jun '12 LeslieAbi v Yes ! As a matter of fact, I believe there should not only be a death penalty, but if you confess or there are witnesses to the murder you are convicted for and sentenced to death row you should be euthanized within the year or as soon as all of your appeals are completed. This would save tax-payer's money and cut down on over-populations in prisons and rid the world of a murderer. Win all the way around as I see it. Also, side thought, this would cut down on confessing to a murder for a plea bargain keeping murderers from getting back out on the street because if you confess then you are automatically revoked all appeals rights and you would be euthanized within the year. B Vote Up r3 Replies e8 Endorsements • Endorse r Reply ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Post * Home * About * Team * Subscribe * Feedback Follow © 2013 Topix LLC [p?c1=2&c2=6035743&c3=&c4=politix%2Etopix%2Ecom&c5=&c6=politics&c15=&cj =1] Quantcast