Do families of victims feel justice with the death penalty? |
My father was murdered and the man who did it should die.
My father was in a cafe when a stranger slit his throat from behind with a knife simply because he wanted to kill someone. This man deserves to die, and it should happen immediately and not at an absurd cost to tax payers. Every day this man continues to live is a slap in the face to my father and to my family.
People who have never experienced anything like this should have no say in a question like this. My father's killer got life in prison and it is not justice. Justice will only be served when he is rotting in the ground.Posted by: grievingSonI said so
Contention 1: The death penalty is a source of finality and justice to families who are mentally injured from someone’s deadly actions. It is evident that The Death Penalty lets a victim’s family and friends sleep at night, knowing that their loved one’s murderer has humanely perished, and due to that fact, cannot commit another horrendous crime again. Stating the Death Penalty to be a rational sense for
Contention 2: The death penalty deters other would-be capital crimes.
Or a way to show others the direct consequences that murder brings to a person. With the examples of those who are executed, the public is aware of their possible fate due to committing murder.
Contention 3: The death penalty increases the bargaining position for District Attorneys. If the defendant pleads guilty, this cuts the extreme hassle that court provides.Posted by: AnonymousA safe feeling.
The death penalty is a just punishment in my eyes. It might not bring back the victim but it does stop the accused from killing again. A life sentence would be nice if we knew for sure it would stay that way and a lot of times it doesn't. If that victim can't be brought back what right does the judicial system have to lift a life sentence and let someone out who committed murder. With the death penalty we know that person can NEVER attempt to kill again and can't get off easy years later down the road. This seems to be a great deal more fair than how the life in prison can be.
Posted by: Halvyknowing that the person who killed your relative makes people feel safe.
People feel like they no longer have that burden of the person coming back to kill them. Many people are able to escape from the most high tech prisions. What makes people think that they won't be able to escape any normal prison. It's not like the government can make all prisions high tech or else the government would be broke.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is justice.
They deserve death penalty because they have hurt so many peoples life and they should go to jail instead of getting killed. But at the end some people don't realize what they had done to peoples life. Some people who got killed may be important to their family members and the killers who killed them don't realize that the poeple that they are killing are important to some people.
Posted by: Anonymousare some lives worth more than others
One of my main reasons is that life sentence does not work out; the judicial system gives a person life sentence but somehow they get back on the streets and statistics show that nearly 30 convicted killers released from jail over the past 10 years have gone on to kill again thanks to the “fair” judicial system. For the murder victims’ family members, the death penalty stabilises the hierarchy of victims where some lives are valued more than others
In addition the death penalty is fair from an eye for an eye perspective for example if a crime was an intentional murder it obviously be fair to kill him it also brings relief to the family and most importantly the criminal will never commit a crime again.
In spite of people saying that their religion says that it is immoral to kill people many cultures include honour killings in their punishments and in the catholic religion, the bible: in Exodus 21:12 it says whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. Even God is saying that murders should be put to death, now who are we to question God?Posted by: AnonymousYes
Any of you so called Christians out there? If you consider yourself one then you should know that God ordained capital punishment all throughout the good book. Look it up and see the error of your ways. Besides you want to complain about cost. Lets let these men out right in front of your house when they are granted early parole.
Posted by: AnonymousProbably
If people are convicted of capital crimes and still allowed to stay alive, our tax money pays for them to live for free until they die. Innocent until proving guilty, true, but there's no other alternative, really. Let them live free in the world or pay for their imprisonment.
Posted by: AnonymousFor Capital Punishment
Life in prison is not a worthy punishment for those guilty of violent murders. There are too many comforts nowadays. As long as there are fair juries, compelling evidence, etc. I am 100% for the death penalty. When a person takes someones life, they lose their own rights. They are subjected to whatever punishment is deemed worthy of that crime. Will life in prison ensure they will not kill again? NO. Will "life in prison" prevent a lawyer from finding a loophole to release them back in public? NO. Only the death penalty can assure that. It doesn't give victims justice? Well, It would be a start.
Posted by: bnrossExecutions DO help families
I honestly think executions do help. Over the years there have been more then 400% murders, and only 350% of the victim's murders were found. Most families become afraid and angry when the murders are not found. And it can create problems knowing that there loved one who was murdered killer is out there and danger's other families. When the murder is not found most feel that it's un-just and that there loved one died for no reason . Therefore my opinion is that executions do help with emotional problems with the victims families.
Posted by: AnonymousClosure and relief.
Imagine if one of your family or friends had gotten brutally murdered. Would you want the murder to be put in jail with the possibility of parole, or would you want them to have their life taken as well? Most family and friends of a victim would have more closure if the murderer was sent to death row. The family may feel that the more days the murderer gets to live, the less justice and closure the victim and the family gets. Knowing the offender is in jail may not be enough to help the family. It may take the murderer's death sentence in order for the family to actually feel safe and secure again, as well as closure and the feeling that justice was well served.
Posted by: AnonymousIt gives peace of mind to the family.
The devastation caused by the unthinkable that occurs everyday around us in this cruel world, can ruin families who lose loved ones from their lives. More often than not in Britain, the punishment for first degree murder is a menial 20 years or so, nothing compared to the lifetime of loss families feel when a vital member of their family is taken from them. However, in America the justice system provides families with the punishment which ensures that the heartless criminal will never kill again and inflict pain on more victims and their helpless families. The death penalty provides closure for the families, satisfaction that their loved one is being remembered by ending the life of their killer. It's seen as retribution, 'an eye for an eye'.
Posted by: RosyTreesMurder is murder is murder, capital punishment is punishment is punishment.
A murdered victim has been murdered, duh. In this stance, the victim did not deserve to be murdered. In capital punishment, the murderer has been convicted of a heinous crime, and a trial of his "peers" has deemed him deserving of receiving the death penalty. He has committed a crime against humanity. He deserves the death penalty because he unlawfully executed the death penalty on an innocent victim. I mean, there are anti-death extremist advocating "punishments" such as Norway's 21-year-max sentence. Really? For killing? For snuffing out a beautiful INNOCENT life of human? Really? would you give James Holmes or Adam Lanza that 21-year sentence? Really? Oh, by the way: by making our executions more and more humane, the manner of executing murderers is becoming more and more humane than the manner in which the murderer killed his victim.
Posted by: AnonymousBring back the Death Penalty
I live in South Africa and no matter where you are in you kitchen or the shopping center, you remain aware of crime and that you may become just another statistic. Botswana still has the death penalty and per capita their crime is much lower than South Africa's. Nobody says life in jail is a bed of roses, but murderers and rapists should have thought about that before killing their victims. Capital punishment - a life for a life - where it is proven beyond doubt that the perpetrator is guilty of murder, should remain in place as it definitely deters the human killers in our society. Jails are filled to overflowing and tax payers pay for board and lodging of criminals who the gross of them, are not rehabilitated and once out of jail, return to a life of crime. If a child grows up aware of the death penalty, chances of him/her becoming a murderer is drastically reduced. Nonetheless, I think that modern family life, exacerbated by life's demands to keep a roof over heads and food on the table, has lead to a critical breakdown in family cohesion resulting in lack of the love and tender discipline required to rear children who will become responsible, clear thinking, law abiding citizens. From the victims' perspective, they at the very least deserve closure as without the death penalty and apart from suffering the pain of loss, the additional fear that the life-sentenced murderer or rapist may escape or be released for good behavior, often impacts on the life of joy and freedom they had enjoyed before the tragic and brutal loss of a loved one... The death penalty at the very least, takes care of that.
Posted by: AnonymousMoments leading to the death chamber.
In researching this topic, many death row inmates have accepted their fate & are somewhat prepared for their execution. Seldom do they put up a fight at that last walk. Most request relaxers to calm the nerves beforehand. They're permitted last phone calls, a chaplain on hand, final meal requests, and more. The victims did not have such options. The person on death row has time to think about their ultimate fate. There are flaws that need to be addressed because innocent men have been killed at the state's hand, but that number is few & far between. Important nonetheless. However, an eye for an eye. It brings comfort & closure for the victim who is no longer able to advocate for themselves.
Posted by: AnonymousPeace of Mind
The victims of certain capital crimes can live but others cannot. The people who survive need a peace of mind that the person who committed the crime can never come after them again. The victims' families need that too. That no one will ever come after them. Read a few of the victims' families' stories. Try and imagine that. And people escape from prison, I mean, look at Ted Bundy. Death penalty is good and every state needs it. And you wanna talk about humane and the constitution, I don't think the killers and rapists out there are thinking if what they're doing is humane or not.
Posted by: AnonymousIt would help family feel safe and feel comfort.
All I know is, if someone killed someone in my family, I would want them dead. Knowing they are in jail is not enough for me. They need to be gone out of this world. Just because they are behind bars shouldn't be enough. It's not enough punishment. They must die.
Posted by: AnonymousWhen a killer is put to death by capital punishment the victims family feels a sense of relief.
When a killer is put to death by capital punishment the victims family feels like it is getting a little bit of its power back. They had no way to save their family member when the murder took place and there are a lot of questions left unanswered. When a murderer is put to death the family feels like they get what they deserved.
Posted by: B3rkIffyFor Capital Punishment
Life in prison is not a punishment. Not for people guilty of violent murders. They have access to way to many comforts that they do not deserve. Some adjustments on how the sentence is decided are needed. Fair juries, and only in cases with compelling evidence, for example. But when criminals kill, they lose their own rights. They are subjected to whatever punishment that crime is worthy of. In cases of heinous crimes or multiple murder is a life sentence enough? No. Will it guarantee they won't kill again? No. Only the Death Penalty can assure that.
Posted by: AnonymousI think that families of victims feel justice with the death penalty; it helps them be more at peace.
I believe that families of victims do feel justice more-so with the death penalty because it's the "an eye for an eye" concept. People feel more at ease when they think that people get what they deserve or when people have the same done to them as what they did onto another. If someone kills a family member of yours, it makes sense that although it may not bring your loved one back, the perpetrator gets the same punishment that was unjustly brought upon your loved one.
Posted by: boobopFamilies of victims would rather see the perpetrator dead.
In more serious crimes, the person who commits the crime is usually sent to jail. The victim's family feels traumatized knowing that the perpetrator is still alive. In addition, they feel that housing bad guys in jail is a waste of government money. Sentencing the perpetrator to death saves the government money.
Posted by: FeIBuddyIt DOES bring justice
I mean think about it, They killed someone, shouldn't it be okay for them to die as well? It will not bring your loved ones back, but you can know that they can no one else. But does it makes you as bad as them if you but them to their death?
Posted by: AnonymousSure beats spending years at the parole board
Here's another argument: Do you think that the victim/victim's family really wants to keep going time after time to the parole board, begging the board to not grant early parole to the criminal/criminals in question? And even with life without parole, there's always some risk of early release (such as overcrowding). The death penalty would not allow that cycle to begin, and taxpayers would have one less criminal/criminals to support with taxpayer dollars.
I understand that the death penalty can't always be granted, but when it can be, unless there's some overriding factor (such as doubts about guilt or a botched trial), please select it and give victims, families and taxpayers closure.Posted by: AnonymousDamn straight, why wouldn't it?
It brings peace to mind that someone who was capable of actually committing a crime that would land them with the death penalty is no longer going to hurt people, or their surroundings. Arguments against this are invalid. Losing someone is NEVER easy but I don't want anyone who can do such awful things walking around. Would you?
Posted by: AnonymousJustice for the victim is achieved only through the death penalty.
When a victim’s murderer is still alive the family of the said victim will never feel at ease. While a murderer is in prison he/she is still breathing and living, the victim’s life was ended brutally. With the life sentence the criminal somehow still gets back on the streets and then might kill again. If a murderer is convicted with a capital crime and gets a life sentence he/she is living for free and the victims’ families are practically are paying for the murderers’ expenses.
Posted by: AnonymousIf you take ones life, you deserve yours to be taken too
I cannot speak from a personal point of view, and I can only imagine the traumatic experience one goes through when they are a victim of such a crime that could possibly qualify for a death sentence.
In my opinion, which I have reached through extensive research and study of capital punishment, I think that it brings justice to the families and protection to the public. Such matter cannot be discussed in isolation from other issues like public protection and deterrence.
Death penalty is the worst possible sentence out there, and I feel justice is done to the families when such a sentence is passed.Posted by: AnonymousI agree with the death penalty because it makes sure violent criminals will not commit crimes again.
People who serve life sentences for crimes such as murder always have the chance to kill again in prison, get let out on parole, or escape. If violent offenders knew that the punishment was death, not three meals and shelter, less crimes would happen, and there would be less of a burden on our already weak economy in the states.
Posted by: elinuaMurders need a taste of their own medicine
Murders kill therefore they should be killed. They should get the revenge for the wrong doing of there own crime. They shouldn't be sitting free in a cell for years free doing what they want after taking a life. They take alife there there life should be taken. The family will feel at ease when there betrayer is gone.
Posted by: AnonymousIt is justice.
They deserve death penalty because they have hurt so many peoples life and they should go to jail instead of getting killed. But at the end some people don't realize what they had done to peoples life. Some people who got killed may be important to their family members and the killers who killed them don't realize that the poeple that they are killing are important to some people.
Posted by: AnonymousYes
Capitol Punishment it a appropriate consequence for murdering someone. Death penalty serves justice. Justice. If you murder anyone you deserve to be on death row because you can feel like the person you murdered . I agree with the death penalty because it makes sure violent criminals will not commit crimes again. People who serve life sentences for crimes such as murder always have the chance to kill again in prison, get let out on parole, or escape. If violent offenders knew that the punishment was death, not three meals and shelter, less crimes would happen, and there would be less of a burden on our already weak economy in the states.
Posted By: elinuaPosted by: AnonymousI feel families of victims feel justice with the death penalty because it avenges the death of a loved one for them.
When someone close to a person dies by murder the people close to that person always want justice. They want this person to feel the same pain as their friend who died. These people feel that the death of the murder will be able to suffice for the damage done. This may not be true, but this is indeed what these families feel. Interestingly enough there are families who have felt the opposite and forgiven murderers and offered a gift of life back to these men. These are interesting situations, but generally people feel that the death of the murderer avenges the void they feel from the death of their loved one.
Posted by: T Richmond
Life is a gift from God. He gives and only He takes it away.
Capital punishment is a legal first-degree murder committed by the state, no different than the original crime committed by the individual. Life is a gift from God. He gives it and He only takes it away. No human being has the right to take the life of another human being, including the state. Plain and simple. Life in prison without parole is even more tortuous to the individual committing the crime and a proper punishment, because the memory of the killing will haunt the murderer every night while in bed for the rest of his life.
Posted by: AnonymousYou kill, so we kill you?
The death penalty is completely inhumane; what does it teach our society's children? If they get bullied at school do parents tell them to bully back at that person? No. They tell their children to be the bigger person and to kill them with kindness. Now, I know death and school bullying are two completely different things, but they have the same concept. We as Americans say it's wrong to kill, but if someone breaks the law, we break it also and kill them back? Well sense we just broke the law too, who will kill us? Other than just killing being wrong in general, the court has put countless innocent people to death. Why is it up to a few people that the victim has never met nor talked to in charge of their fate? And if the jury talks over whether they will kill the person or not and then later tells the court that they will, premeditated murder, which is the "worst" kind?
Posted by: AnonymousOne would face more pain if they were sentenced to life in prison
I believe a murder would endure much more pain if they were sentenced to prison rather than if they were simply killed and not put into any further misery. I Be live one would much rather die than endure the many terrible experiences that come along with life behind prison bars. Plus killing someone would raise the question whether or not they are actually guilty because people have been wrongfully accused in the past and you cannot take back some ones life after they are proven to be innocent,
Posted by: AnonymousI don't think families feel justice with the death penalty.
I honestly do not believe that I would feel justice unless I was the one who killed them. I know that sounds insane but its my opinion. I don't think them dying is justification for what they did since they do not feel the pain in which their victims did to the fullest.
Posted by: LorenaHAlthough victims' families may profess a sense of justice, with the imposition of the death penalty, I doubt that it is real.
Out of a sense of revenge, I imagine that many families of victims feel justified with the death penalty. But, I still believe it is an illusion. The taking of another life does not in itself atone for a previous crime. To actively wish for someone to die in that circumstance is just as murderous as the original crime, in my opinion.
Posted by: BrownDustin82Capital Punishment is nothing more than hypocrisy and injustice.
Though some members of the public may believe that this sentence in particular can bring victims' families closure, I personally would have to disagree. I believe that the death penalty does nothing to deter crime, purely due to the fact that our justice system is doing the exact same thing to our inmates as the rest of society is taught not to do. If I were the friend or family member of a murder victim, I would see it as my duty to put an end to the killing - Not to promote it.
Posted by: AnonymousDeath penalty doesn't do it justice
People that have family members brutally murdered by a murderer would not feel justice with the death penalty because the murderer would not feel the same sense of pain that his victim/victims felt. Most people feel its only justice if the murderer feels the same hurt.
Posted by: AnonymousI do not believe that families feel justice with the death penalty.
I believe that families do not get the proper feeling of justice with the death penalty. Those who have lost loved ones from criminals will not get them back after the criminals have been executed. There is also a belief that two wrongs do not make a right. That is to say, killing a criminal because he or she has taken the life of someone you cared for does not make it right. If families go through with an execution, it is possible that they are affecting the lives of another family, that of the criminal's, as well.
Posted by: Maximus WaltonNo. Families of victims don't feel justice with the death penalty.
The familes would not feel any better knowing that they get such an easy treatment other than them getting a whole entire sentence to life and no easy parts about it and no fun that they could have because if you kill them you're just giving them the same treatment as your loved one
Posted by: AnonymousFamilies of victims do not feel justice with the death penalty.
The death penalty will only end another life. Families of victims know that taking the life of the criminal is not giving back their loved one. Only one more family will suffer. In addition the criminal has to pay while he is alive, for example serving at prison. I know that some families prefer the death penalty, but they still will feel some guilt in supporting the killing of a person, even if that person was a criminal.
Posted by: l0olllooiCapital Punishment Does nothing
TO have them sitting in jail thinking about what they did is more of a punishment than killing them. Just killing then is taking the easy way out they want to be killed so they wont have to deal with the guilt. At least they will be fed terrible food.
Posted by: AnonymousAlthough the death penalty promises vindication for the families of crime victims, in reality, the decades of waiting and need for constant court appearances rarely results in a satisfying outcome.
In the current U.S. system of justice, the death penalty can take as long as 20 years between conviction and the actual death of the convict. Statistics consistently demonstrate that it is more expensive to the public for the long legal road of appeals and court hearings, rather than to house a prisoner for a life sentence without parole. Although many families of the victims initially want retribution by death, by the time of the actual killing of the inmate, they have changed their mind, as the long journey to death has kept the tragedy omnipresent in their lives and made recovery difficult.
Posted by: P3nrIinThe death penalty is incomparable to the death of a victim at someone else's hands.
I've never seen a family jump up and down with joy after seeing the person that victimized their family put to death. It could be because that person deserved it, unlike their family member. Or, because the criminal's family had time to prepare for their death, unlike the family of the victim. And, probably because no matter what is done to the bad guy, it won't bring back their loved one. No, it's not justice. But, for some it's as close as they will get in this lifetime.
Posted by: MohaI0v35We murder people to show murdering is wrong.
It is not our decision, we cannot pick and choose when death is the appropriate answer. It is not our job, we should be helping people or restraining people that are too far gone to be integrated into society, not murdering them because we think it's inhumane. Just because laws say it's okay for these people to be killed doesn't mean it is.
Posted by: AnonymousNo one in my family that I know of was murdered, but I know my place.
I may not know anyone in my family that has been murdered, but I do know that killing someone isn't going to bring them back. People die all day everyday, but just when we know them, or if its a child in our country, we listen? What about the "murderer's" wife/husband and children? What about their family? Huh? Don't they have a say? Most of the time it's on accident, and yet you kill them without a second glance. Sometimes, I just doubt there is any hope left in the world.
Posted by: AnonymousNo, I believe most families feel the death penalty is too easy.
I believe most families feel the death penalty is the easy way out. Families believe that the murderer should get life in prison with no parole. The families want the murderer to sit in their cell and contemplate the fact that they took a person off of this earth and suffer for having done so.
Posted by: 53r3n3Isaac25 innocent people
25 innocent people. 17 which are free from death row and 8 that have died because of a system that is at the very least, lax and the very worst corrupt. 25 people who have either spent decades on death row to be freed into a world that hold no care and 8 people who's souls are free but will never see their loved ones again. 25 innocent people.
Posted by: kmclawson70i disagree with the death penalty
i understand that it is hard to lose a loved one but at the end of the day in my opinion, the death penalty is not justice. Spending your whole life in prison is justice, knowing you can never see your family whenever you want to, you cant eat what you want to eat, you will never be free, that to me is suffering not getting the easy way out of the death penalty and at the end of the day they will die but your loved one will never come back and you will still feel the same anger adn hurt that you felt before.
Posted by: AnonymousJustice for grave crimes cannot be achieved or believed when the punishment is death.
Families of victims may feel momentary relief following the administration of the death penalty, but no true sense of justice. Justice can also mean fairness or moral rightness, but requiring the death of an individual is neither fair nor right. In general, I believe that families of victims feel more guilt and torment following the death penalty rather than feeling as if justice were served.
Posted by: VampireShuMurder is always wrong.
I have a personal belief that murder is always wrong. The most important right of a human being is the right to life. No one, even the state, has the right to take someone´s life. It's morally wrong. How can you have a law that says "If you kill, we will kill you"? Who will kill us then? It doesn't make sense to me. So many innocent people have died and will die due to the capital punishment. It's not justice. Discrimination, due to race, skin color or gender, is also common.
By the way; the death penalty is also more expensive than life in prison without parole. All the appeals costs more money than to keep a criminal in prison. In California, for example, it cost 130 million dollars more than life in prison. Just so you know.
Don't you think that supporting capital punishment is to say that you approve of murdering someone? Doesn't that make you a part of the murder and a criminal as well?Posted by: AnonymousDeath penalty unfair
Although you may think that the death penalty fits whatever the crime may be, prison actually causes death row prisoners to suffer just as much, if not more than the families of victims. The death penalty is the easy way out for criminals, and they are taking advantage of this opportunity which should not be allowed. There are no crimes worthy of the death penalty
Posted by: AnonymousIt's Too Much.
The mental pain felt by a person on death row, waiting, knowing you're going to die in 1 year, then 1 month, 1 week, 1 day, an hour left, and then now you have a minute left, you are walking straight to your death. Now you're siting in the chair, they're straping you to the chair, this is it your last second. In the next you will no longer be man. You will no longer exsist. That last seconds the worst your mind will most definetly break. Our mind is what seperates us from other animals, so now you have been redused to an animal, and then you die.
Posted by: Anonymousmy uncle got killed
If they just kill the person that killed him it wouldn't make them suffer what i suffered if they have life without parole they would pay for all the cruelty they did to him. I dont want them just to die because if they just die they now there not going to pay for what they did.
Posted by: AnonymousSupporting the Death Penalty is supporting Murder
There needs to be an example set, and by being one of the ONLY 5 countries(U.S.) that still carries out the death penalty we are only making murder to be ok. Plus the unethical asspects about it is rediculas. Innocent people have died from the death penalty before there was even a United States ever even thought of. Imagine being an innocent man/women knowing your life is over, and you did not ever hurt a fly! O yeahh look it up if you dont believe me (google) there are countless reports of people being released from death row due to new evidence, or died and then evidence later emerged. Do your research and help to break this vicious chain!!
Posted by: AnonymousFamilies do not feel justice with the death penalty.
The person responsible for your loved ones death is now dead. Does this bring you loved one back? No, it doesn't. I believe a person should pay for their crimes, and sometimes, that means paying with their lives. However, it still doesn't change what has already happened. Nothing can bring back the dead after they are gone. Yes, you can get a felling of closure, maybe. You will still never hug, talk or be with the person you loved again.
Posted by: R0m4nticSamThere is no justice in the implementation of the death penalty.
There is no justice because it does not bring that person back, it does not end the grief process and it does not mean that the family will be able to move on or forgive the crime or the criminal. There is no justification for murder, but on exactly the same note, there is no justification for state murder, the death penalty - they are both the same thing.
Posted by: MentM4j3r3Capital punishment can be good for the families of victims, but ultimately it does nothing to negate the crime.
Capital punishment can be good for the families of victims, but ultimately it does nothing to negate the crime. Especially in the case of a murder, capital punishment does not bring the deceased back. Therefore, even if the death penalty is the verdict brought down on a defendant, it is a bittersweet ending. Some may say the defendant got what he or she deserved, but it doesn't bring back to life the dead person.
Posted by: SandDariThe families of victims in death penalty cases rarely have justice on their minds, but rather revenge and retribution.
The families of victims in death penalty cases have lost a loved one. They are usually blinded by rage and loss. They think the only salve for their wounds is revenge, an eye for an eye. They usually ignore any mitigating factors and focus solely on punishment. There is no justice in taking yet another life. Often, the aggrieved families feel remorse at the outcome of a judgment of death rendered in a death penalty case and they should.
Posted by: TickoNaIIIt will not solve anything. I will give a list things that it will not solve or make better.
1) will not bring back victim or victims
2) will not make the world any better
3) won't reduce other crimes
4) won't make the family all happy and better they may thing it's brings some sort of justice but in reality it does nothing
Also personally in my opinion people would be making it easier on the prisoner and harder on the family. This is because the family would have to spend the rest of their life knowing that someone they love is gone while the prisoner will be dead and will have nothing to worry about.Posted by: AnonymousNo one deserves the death penalty.
A family may be devastated at the loss of a loved one but at the end of the day they will see that no one deserves the death penalty. Murder is murder despite the circumstances. Why do criminals punished for murder when we go and murder them. What gives us the right to decide how another person dies and if that person deserves to die? Everyone deserves our help, not the death row; even criminals. Families should mourn, not wish for the death of someone. Two wrongs do not make a right. Prisons are built to hold criminals and to protect people. Prisons are not meant for murder to be committed. People are being set free due to DNA testing but they were on death row. They lost their life unnecessarily. They could have been put in jail without the death penalty. They were isolated for nothing.
OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SCREWED UP!Posted by: AnonymousI disagree with the death penalty, it does not give a source of justice.
Families of the victim would want to see the accused punished. Death is not a punishment, it is an escape for ones sins. Death is an easy option and the guilty would suffer more in a prison, living with their wrong doing and guilt. Families and close friends of the victim are encouraging death and wishing suffering on the accused families. Not only having to come to the terms that someone close to them had commited an awful crime but the defendants familied would never see them again. It is cruel to put more people through that. Surely the families of victims will feel a lot more guilt and remorse rather than justice or so called revenge.
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