Death Penalty Vote

[abaris]

FYI, the current method is lethal injection. 

The method is as irrelevant as personal feelings on the matter. I always keep saying, if someone hurt one of my loved ones - even my dog - I can't guarantee what I would do to them. But you have to make a distinction between what you would do as a person and what you want the authorities of your state to do in a ritualized manner.

In my book, the task of any given state is to keep society safe. That can be achieved just as well by locking offenders up and throw the key away.

Apart from that, my reasons for being against capital punishment.

1) It's irreversible. There's always a margin of error, and (without looking up the particular numbers right now) 4 to 5 percent get off death row because of error. In all probability there are innocents that don't get off and get executed.

2) It never served as a deterrent. Offenders don't take into account being caught and put on trial.

3) In the case of the USA, it costs more than locking them up. If someone argues for quickening the process, see number 1.

4) The process always was inhumane. Regardless of the method being used. It only serves to satisfy a populous need for revenge. Mostly of people who haven't suffered by the hands of the particular offender.