opinion of the death penalty

[Del Tachi]

Support in extreme cases.  Federal use of the death penalty should be limited to mass murderers and terrorists (i.e., Timothy McVeigh types).

At the state level, I think that capital murder should be limited to murders committed in the commission of another crime (such as robbery, breaking and entering, kidnapping, etc.)

[dead0man]

Basically execute all drug dealers.

what, like the people that work at gas stations and Pharmacists?  That seems a bit harsh doesn't it?  Or do you just mean people that sell drugs your handlers told you are bad?

[Senator-elect Spark]

I'm fully against the death penalty. There's no reason for it.

[pops]

Against strongly. The government should have zero right to end a life.

[Lourdes]

I oppose in all cases.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Option 2

[Alabama_Indy10]

Option 1

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Option 2, that synagogue shooter guy deserves one in the back of the head.

[Lechasseur]

I know I'm a minority on this issue but I support it and my support does not come from the belief that it serves as a deterrent.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

FWIW: The German state of Hesse just abolished the death penalty via ballot measure. Thus, there are only two European countries left...

[MarkD]

Against strongly. The government should have zero right to end a life.

In the United States, governments have no "rights" at all. They have powers. Their powers are delegated by the constitutions - federal and each respective state. In the U.S. Constitution, there are three references to the death penalty in the Fifth Amendment, one more in the Fourteenth, and each reference assumes that the death penalty is a legal, available form of punishment. Ask me where I stand on the death penalty.
Where do you stand on the death penalty?
Right next to the switch.

[Green Line]

I know I'm a minority on this issue but I support it and my support does not come from the belief that it serves as a deterrent.

[PSOL]

I opposed it then, I’ll oppose it now. How is death a more fitting punishment than letting him be forgotten behind a cell, martyrless.

[gottsu]

It's mostly a relic of the past, but you can uphold it for "show-up" purposes for really, really serious crimes.

[AudmanOut]

I know I'm a minority on this issue but I support it and my support does not come from the belief that it serves as a deterrent.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Against in practice and mostly in principle, but there's no way to apply it in a manner I would be ethically satisfied with given the preferred moral frameworks popular in modern Western culture, so I've never really felt much of an impetus to iron out all of my principle standpoints. Our practice of it is boneheaded, illogical, wasteful, unethical, and it always will be, so we should just abolish it.

[DeSantis4Prez]

Support for the more egregious murder and sexual abuse cases. E.g. Serial killers, child rapists and the like.

[nclib]

I oppose the death penalty. For those who say if you kill an innocent person, your life should be taken:

What about cases like Troy Davis? It was clear that he was (at least likely) innocent, but he was still executed. Therefore should the executor (or the person(s) ordering the execution) be killed?

In that case, wouldn't state-sanctioned killing of any innocent person, be worse than when done a private individual? Especially since ironically most death penalty supporters believe in small government.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

You don’t like it? Don’t have one.

[538Electoral]

I think it's warranted for murderers and other people like that.

[brucejoel99]

In an ideal world (i.e. not the one in which we live in b/c, among other things, there's too many mistakes & innocent people have been sentenced to death), I'd support the death penalty, but only in limited circumstances as a legitimate exercise of the state's responsibility to administer justice, & as a deterrent to crime.

In my opinion, it's a suitable retribution for truly heinous crimes, such as mass murder, terrorism, the abduction, rape & murder of a young child, etc. in which the perpetrator is caught on camera or is seen by multiple witnesses, where the evidence is *overwhelming,* & where there are no issues of mental incompetency.

In such cases, I'd support swift prosecution, w/ all necessary safeguards taken to provide for due process & fundamental fairness, & only if the appropriate application of the death penalty would be the best way to render justice, deter future crimes, & allow the victim's family & community to heal.

[Fuzzy Bear]

I'm opposed.  It sets up the possibility of a wrong that cannot be righted or mitigated.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

It serves simply to satiate societies need for revenge; which is hardly healthy to a civilized society. It's both more expensive and in (many) cases perhaps even more lenient than life in prison.

[All Along The Watchtower]

My opinion is that the people who most enthusiastically support the death penalty ought to try it for themselves and see if they like it.

[Orwell]

I support the death penalty for rape, murder, treason, espionage. Replace lethal injection with firing squad.