(June 18, 2015 at 8:16 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 18, 2015 at 8:08 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Against in all but the most exceptional circumstances (war criminals, mass murderers etc).
I don't believe in it because I think rehabilitation and preventional measures are more worth it. Why spend so much money on killing criminals when we could be spending it on trying to prevent crime in the first place? It's a waste.
Also there's always the chance of executing someone innocent.
It's at least four per cent in the US. WAY too many innocent people faced the DP. I'm against it 100% unless a convict asks for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_e...ted_States
I disagree with the last part because it should be the system deciding the penalty, not the other way around. It's like someone saying "hey I don't want 25 years in jail, I want it for life" - It's not up to individual people to decide their own punishment, you get what the states decides because it's supposedly the most appropriate destiny.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you