Do you think hardcore criminals deserve the death sentence?

by hardcore criminals, I mean any of the following:
...rapists, pedophiles, murderers, serial killers, etc.

This is a controversial issue because... what if the accused criminal actually turned out innocent after they received the death sentence?

Yes, anyone who commits such a crime does not deserve to live. 88
No, but they deserve to be locked away for life. 78
No, they have a chance to repent and become a better person. 35
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Comments ( 40 )
  • Malicious

    Most murderers rapists eg don't stop committing these crimes after the have been released. They go and do it again and again. So maybe if they do it more than once they should get the death penalty? Because no one should suffer because of these horrible people.

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  • b454

    All those fuckers should fry. The ones that are no doubt guilty. It would be a good start on this over-population we got goin on. No last meal bullshit either!

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    • oh i get what your meaning so because we are over populated if someone does a crime kill them yeah theres a diference between you and the criminals you both might think the same but the criminals actualy have the balls to do it your just agreeing to killing people does that make you a good person? no a soldier kills but because its in your name its ok fuck you people are hopeless u fucking see the green in a black and white portrait

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  • Zankokurai

    No, they should be used for experimentation...(evil grin)

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  • yournewBFF

    The cost of housing one criminal in jail for a year equates to seven tuition's (two years) of community college or seven rehab's. The cost for lethal injection comes out to roughly $72.38. Financially speaking it is cheaper to kill them all but from a humanist standpoint why don't we just spend the money we are using on housing minor offenders to rehabilitate and prevent violent crimes and instead deem sociopaths "criminally insane" and lock them in solitary confinement with rehabilitation efforts for first and second offenses then initiate a death sentence on the third? That system is cheaper and more likely to yield results then throwing all offenders in with the small percent of violent offenders and forcing them to learn violent ways.

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  • dallyson11

    I believe that the ones who can not be rebabilitated should see the death sentence...they are harmful to society and to the ppl around them.

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  • Let 'Em hang.

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  • TheTodd11

    If someone tortures and kills someone, they should be tortured and killed......Rid the earth of these people,

    someone once said..

    "only god can pass a finale verdict on your soul, I'm just here to arrange the meeting"

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    • well then obviously its a cheesy cool dude line because the second part completely ignores the point of the first part

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  • i think no one should get the chair but should get less objects or smaller cell depending on there crime and how many times they have done it. i know you might be like oh thats ridiculous but if you look at it in black and white if you give someone the death sentence then you are just as much a killer as them i mean you already have them in your cells its not like he has a chance of escaping so you have to think kill him now or let him escape to kill another no we have the option let him live but in a cell or kill him. i mean soldiers kill others in war what is the difference? just because they are defending you does that make it ok? and are you happy that they are killing in your name?

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  • norcalbuddha

    Criminals are human beings...you have no idea why they committed a crime...they could have had a crappy life, or like many, are untreated mentally ill people that never recieved medicine EVER...they need help and redirection...if that doesn't work then they stay in prison...but taking another persons life is the same no matter who they are or what the circumstances.

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  • mojojojoe100

    i think being locked up for life is worse than being killed...once your killed the punishment is over

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    • InvadingPotatoLeader

      Many fear death more than a prison sentence though.
      And i think the person they raped/murdered was in fear before it happened, why not do the same to them?
      Prisoners also cost money.

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  • ALAKAZAM

    If you sentence a murderer to death, aren't you being a bit of a hypocrite?

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  • Drugs are bad m'kay

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  • jessica1617

    Pedofiles are the worst cuz its a crime against an innocent child. But anyone who commits a serious crime deserves the same treatment they commited. Death. Of course California is way too lenient on the death penalty. Im with Texas on that one

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  • wayfarer

    I think they should get to rot in jail.

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  • orangekid

    I'm strictly against death penalty. I prefer life imprisonment.

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  • What if they (the rapists, molesters, and serial killers) were given the option of suicide (maybe after a year, or so, of prison time), or a life of imprisonment (aka. Hell-On-Earth). They could be punished, and we could save taxpayer money for other, more important citizens, like children. That way everyone wins.

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  • Steve2.0

    ALL violent criminals deserve the death sentence. It's scum like them that screws up our society and makes me despise so much of humanity.

    I'm all for the death sentence, but for hardcore criminals like the ones mentioned, make their executions public and extremely painful.

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  • ragdolljazz

    I think that if there's hard core, irrefutable proof then yeah, they should go burn in hell. But it's like, whenever I'm asked this question I'm always like 'what if they turn out to be innocent', but whenever I read about a girl being raped and the guy being arrested I just really, really hope they kill him :/ with or without proof. I guess my emotions get the better of me

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  • Who watches the watchers?

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  • kingdiego88

    send all those fuckers to iraq/afgan in the front lines... and bring back our troops

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  • phullofit

    kill em. the world would be a better place without them. or experiment on them, now that would be good :)

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  • justanordinarygirl

    they deserve to be locked away for life to suffer an eternity in a cramped, crowded jail cell. they dont deserve the easy way out.

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  • Soulfire45

    I find it stupid that if a middle aged man rapes a seven year old girl that he just gets locked up in federal prison and then be released to just do it again, am I saying that they should be executed immediately No! What I'm saying is that if they are locked up for life then taxpayers will have to spend their money feeding some Joe shmoe rapist instead of doing something better with it or not having to pay it at all. In the description you said that what if they were actually innocent, you can't put anybody in jail without substantial evidence! So if Joe shmoe raper raped this girl and she called the cops, spotted him in a line up, then confesse in an interrogation (or interveiw for the delicate souls readin this) then they should probably kill him. This would save thousands of dollars and taxpayer money would go to the payment of a paralysing fluid instead if feeding the mother fucker in the first place!

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  • mjolrin

    my fuckin cousin got cilled by a mother fuckin dick faced criminal they diserve to fuckin die!!

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  • If you had a choice between the death sentence and life in prison with no chance of parol, what would you chose? I know with out a dought I would pick death! Because what's the point in living if you're going to live behind bars for your hole life what a crappy life, wouldn't be worth it I'd kill myself. So I think its better to give life in prison then death for two reasons.
    1. It more of a punishment to have them sufer a long a boring life behind bars.
    2. So they take a life and you punish them by taking there's that MAJORLY hypocritcle

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  • tomas

    "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind" said Gandhi. Aside from the ridiculous idea of killing someone because killing is wrong, it is wiser to let them live to regret what they did (many have done). It might help us to learn more about them - execution destroys vital evidence.

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  • la_uva_mojada

    I believe being locked up in a cage doesn't necessarily fix anything. I think they should use more psychology to treat the person in addition to the punishment, depending on the details and circumstances. Some people are just pure evil, and those people have little likelihood to change. The only way they could is if they seek God but that can't be mixed into politics. On the other hand when it's evident that a person is not evil then, it's my opinion that that person should receive more psychological treatment.

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  • theRealDeal

    I think it depends on the situation, hitting a man and he falls, bumps his head and dies doesn't get the same punishment as a sicko pedophile! KILL THEM ALL BRUTALLY! THE DEATHE PENALTY TODAY IS TOO DAMN EASY! Who the hell fears going to sleep, even if youre not waking up! BULLSHIT! GO BACK TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR!

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  • Taggerung396

    yes, i think they should be killed because if they have life in prison and their insane WE! have to pay for their food and shelter

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  • Uzzie101

    They should turn prisions back into sub-human slums and allow them to spend their life in there!
    Or just make them watch Twilight.

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  • jessicia16

    a murder and a pedophile are hardly hard core criminals ... basically many normal good people will fall into those catagorys ... its easy to get into a fit of anger and kill someone and deeply regret it after ..... hard core criminals would be people who murder for pleasure or torture ... or terorists that target inocent people, schools bus's etc

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    • soupbowl21

      "Many normal good people" fall into the categories of murderers and pedophiles?? Which you don't consider to be hardcore criminals? People that take lives and molest children????

      Wtf is wrong with you?

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  • cabernet2012

    I don't think it's society's responsibility to decide whether a person's life should be terminated or not, regardless of how they've acted. I think that people can change and realize that what they're doing is damaging to other people. I also don't put that much faith in the judicial system. All people are fallible, not just those on trial. What if the sentence is carried out against an innocent man/woman? I agree, the crimes they commit are atrocious, but there's no reason to send them to the great unknown for it.

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    • even if they're repeat offenders? there are just some people in this world that have been messed up to the point where they no longer have emotions the same as we do. they don't feel the same disgust we feel when we imagine killing or doing some other atrocious act, it is the only thing they know, and makes them feel powerful.

      I don't put much faith in those people for changing. they've gone to a dark, dark place and theres no way to bring them back into the light.

      I dont necessarily agree with killing them, but I don't think they're gonna realize what they're doing is wrong any time soon.

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  • Ryuhei

    No. I think they should do what they do in the saw movies, that would be so fucking awesome. <3

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  • Fleabitten2

    What if we could banish them to a horrible island? An island surrounded by cold, choppy water thousands of miles away from the nearest inhabited piece of land?

    That way they're no longer part of our society. They would cost no money to rehabilitate, execute, or keep alive forever. And we would not be stooping to the barbarity of the death penalty.

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    • Soulfire45

      If this happened then the could breed makin little midget rapists and kill off the nearest civilization, mate withe their women, build up more then move on. The only way to stop them is to learn the language of the killers mate with their women and earn their trust, then we might be able to get the
      To leave

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