Reasons to support the death penalty:
1. It's unethical to burden taxpayers with the costs of keeping such individuals incarcerated, especially for 25+ years.
2. Cutting prison populations down prevents overcrowding.
3. The world is overpopulated with a massive 7 billion people on the planet and growing - the death penalty may be a drop in the ocean for population control, but we've got to increase the mortality rate where ever we can.
4. It gives victims and/or their families peace of mind knowing the murderer/sexual offender will never be out on the streets ever again.
5. It is a fool-proof way to prevent the individual from re-offending.
6. It is only fair that if you take a life you must pay for it with your own. Imprisoning such an individual is not justice since they person still has their life intact.
The death penalty is a great tool to use for the above reasons, and if the necessary controls are put in place to prevent executing the wrong person it really is a flawless approach to take. The optimal method to use is hanging since rope is cheap and you can re-use it.
Those against it can only justify their opposition based on irrational, emotional, humanistic reasons.
Is it normal that I'm against the death penalty for literally anyone?
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Reasons to support the death penalty:
1. It's unethical to burden taxpayers with the costs of keeping such individuals incarcerated, especially for 25+ years.
2. Cutting prison populations down prevents overcrowding.
3. The world is overpopulated with a massive 7 billion people on the planet and growing - the death penalty may be a drop in the ocean for population control, but we've got to increase the mortality rate where ever we can.
4. It gives victims and/or their families peace of mind knowing the murderer/sexual offender will never be out on the streets ever again.
5. It is a fool-proof way to prevent the individual from re-offending.
6. It is only fair that if you take a life you must pay for it with your own. Imprisoning such an individual is not justice since they person still has their life intact.
The death penalty is a great tool to use for the above reasons, and if the necessary controls are put in place to prevent executing the wrong person it really is a flawless approach to take. The optimal method to use is hanging since rope is cheap and you can re-use it.
Those against it can only justify their opposition based on irrational, emotional, humanistic reasons.