pDo you support the death penalty for a person convicted of murder?

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@Mar '13 V 1,553 votes c 526 comments

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pixil voted

v Yes
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Dec 24
Ianjib voted

v No
Dec 24
LarryS voted

v No
Dec 24
Tooblue voted

v Yes
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Dec 23
DocKozlowski voted

v Yes
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Dec 21
sixto voted

v Yes
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BakersfieldBob voted

v Yes
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KeithGilbert voted

v Yes
Dec 21

KaliHuman

v No

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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.

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Dec 20
jhowell6 voted

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Dec 19
Dan_P voted

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Dec 19
DJGoodwin1 endorsed The_truth

v No

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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

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Dec 18
bbianch voted

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Tamal_Pais voted

v Yes
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Dec 17
hdfatboy voted

v Yes
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Dec 17
Joshua_Friday voted

v Yes
Dec 16
HaroonRiaz voted

v No
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Dec 16
jkenlib voted

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Dec 14
Titan58 endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v Yes

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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.

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murphy0071 voted

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tbubba42 voted

v Yes
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NicholeC voted

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CookS voted

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Dec 13

JarlRandwulf

v Yes

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With the qualification that it is premeditated and there is ABSOLUTE proof of the person's guilt.

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Dec 12
disguy voted

v Yes
Dec 12
jmcalli voted

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GunPolitics voted

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lsay voted

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Dec 11
RiskiTimes voted

v No
Dec 11

rosebud

v No

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Sometimes an innocent person is wrongly convicted.

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Dec 11

Ric_Hornsby

v Yes

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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.

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Dec 9
ALonelyHeart voted

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deayalas voted

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Dec 8
Poltal endorsed streypuppy

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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

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MIBigSarge

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A person convicted of murder should immediately be given the death penalty, and one appeal. After that it's lights out!

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Dec 6
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1RICHARD endorsed classychazy

v Yes

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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.

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seeker endorsed shazbotbaru

v Yes

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Yessir, BUT ONLY if there is total and definite proof of the guilt..too many have been executed and have been innocent..

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Dec 5

viniketa

v No

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Another too general poll question. I don't support it for all murder convictions, no.

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Dec 5
Eagle1889 voted

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Gino voted

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Wahmuk voted

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JoshuaSL voted

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JEMORY voted

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marysrus13

v No

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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.

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Chieftain voted

v Yes

#526 • Dec 21

KaliHuman

v No

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The Justice system gets is WRONG TOO OFTEN. Once you dead
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to your innocence.

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#525 • Dec 13

JarlRandwulf

v Yes

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With the qualification that it is premeditated and there is ABSOLUTE proof of the person's guilt.

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#524 • Dec 11

rosebud

v No

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Sometimes an innocent person is wrongly convicted.

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#523 • Dec 11

Ric_Hornsby

v Yes

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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.

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#522 • Dec 6

MIBigSarge

v Yes

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A person convicted of murder should immediately be given the death penalty, and one appeal. After that it's lights out!

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#521 • Dec 5

viniketa

v No

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Another too general poll question. I don't support it for all murder convictions, no.

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#520 • Dec 4

marysrus13

v No

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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.

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#519 • Dec 4

USview

v Yes

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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.

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#518 • Dec 2

CVX

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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.

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#516 • Nov 30

mrcamillon

v No

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you test the mind of god you do not have authority too decide when some one dies

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#515 • Nov 30

betazed

v No

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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.

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#514 • Nov '13

DmB66

v Yes

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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..

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#513 • Nov '13

GDI4EVER

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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.

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#512 • Nov '13

Shamanwolf

v Yes

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Rope is cheap, AND environmentally friendly.

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#511 • Nov '13

Cincinnatus

v No

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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.

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#506 • Nov '13

daleone

v No

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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!

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#505 • Nov '13

busseja

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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.

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#504 • Nov '13

EyesOnPies

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I support the death penalty for corporate polluters and people that profit from war.

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#503 • Nov '13

Dallas_TX_Demz

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Only if they are punished the same way they killed their victim.

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#502 • Oct '13

RickN

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They won't commit another murder if they are put down.

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classychazy

v Yes

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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.

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Jun '12

ir0nw0lfe

v Yes

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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.

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shazbotbaru

v Yes

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Yessir, BUT ONLY if there is total and definite proof of the guilt..too many have been executed and have been innocent..

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Apr '12

The_truth

v No

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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

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Jun '12

Goebel

v No

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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?

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Jun '12

Bobolinsky

v No

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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.
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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.
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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.

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Apr '12

Vet

v Yes

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In some cases..

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Apr '12

blueblue2

v Yes

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ONLY If It Was Premeditated OR Sough Out Haniously. But Not By Accident or due to ignorance.

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Apr '12

Iamjim42

v No

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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.

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Jun '12

LeslieAbi

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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.

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