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@BD67LPP 2mos2MO
If the evidence is water tight and there is no room for doubt certain criminals should be subject to the death penalty to save the country money on sending them to prison for a long time
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@BD69D322mos2MO
It costs money and infrastructure to house prisoners awaiting the death penalty and criminals will simply try to make their crimes more covert in an effort to circumvent the death penalty if they are caught. Rehabilitiation and restorative justice are structures which believe that everyone, regardless of a crime committed is human and has the ability to change. Additionally, the risk of mistaken death sentences, which has happened in America across history is something Britain should not run the risk of replicating.
@BBFTKD3Libertarian 2mos2MO
@9GWHWSV 3yrs3Y
If someone has committed an unforgivable crime with undeniable evidence in the conviction of that crime, why should we pay to keep them alive in prison?
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@9H33L77Liberal Democrat3yrs3Y
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@BD89QGRConservative2mos2MO
As long as there is hard evidence and they committed a crime like murder they should get the death penalty.
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@BDF6DR61mo1MO
What if someone tries to rape someone and the victim hits them in the neck with a glass object, the glass breaks, rapist's jugular tears open and the rapist dies. I don't think the would-be victim should be punished at all.
I do think rapists (especially the most sadistic, deliberate and repeat offenders and those who prey on kids) should get the death penalty though.
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@BDXVTKRConservative 2wks2W
Revenue spent of keeping these monsters alive should be spent towards single mothers who are struggling to make ends
@BDYC8LV2wks2W
It would reduce taxpayers expenditures on giving rapists PlayStations in comfortable cells. I think prisons should be worse conditions to incentivise not going. One of the only concepts worth taking from the communist soviets is the state of the gulags. Notoriously unforgiving environment and sentences beyond a tortoises lifespan. That’s a deterrent from committing heinous crimes
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@B9VY53Y 5mos5MO
there are many people in the world capable of horrific crimes, anyone who’s crossed those boundaries does not deserve to be comfy in prison. honestly i’d rather the prisons let the other inmates show what they deserve.
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@B9YF6JQLiberal Democrat5mos5MO
@B9YBZCB5mos5MO
If you allow the state to decide who lives and dies then it can lead to severe consequences down the line. For where the lines are drawn between what warrants the death penalty and what doesn't might seem clear and acceptable now. There is no guarantee these parameters will not shift in the future, and crimes which are less severe now could later be put in the "crossed boundary" bucket.
@BDCFJT4 2mos2MO
Those that are willing to take life must be ready and willing to risk their own life in their commitment to the act.
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@9FZ28JH 3yrs3Y
If someone has committed an unforgivable crime with undeniable evidence in the conviction of that crime, why should we pay to keep them alive in prison?
@9FZ4V32Conservative3yrs3Y
How can the punishment for killing someone be killing someone. We will all be judged by God one day.
@9FZ28JH 3yrs3Y
@B9PD53X 5mos5MO
We should impose the death penalty on people that commit horrific crimes that shake communities as they have impacted the lives of many living in the country, and they should not be able to go on the street ever again.
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@BDBP2FV 2mos2MO
If u commit the crime you should know the consequences and more and more people have been getting away with little sentences
@BDDTGCX 1mo1MO
Prisons are currently overcrowded with violent criminals which should not be back on the streets, using the death penalty for the most violent criminals prevents them from doing anymore harm IF they ever get out. The death penalty also prevents overcrowding within prisons, this can stop the uk from spending millions on new prisons around the uk
@BDDWZPT1mo1MO
It's more expensive to execute prisoners than to hold them. The presumption that the individuals may get out is absurd fearmongering rather than an actual argument, prisons are not overcrowded but even if they were the solution is to use the money you would have to put into the executions to instead work on the overcrowding issue
@B8Z5SYR1mo1MO
Do you think the death penalty should apply to all murders, or only specific crimes? level devil game
@B8Z72MF 6mos6MO
Why should we as tax payers pay our hard earned money to keep murderers, rapists and peados with a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. It should be the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crimes. They ruin peoples lives so their life should be taken from them.
@B8ZD7C36mos6MO
If your child is dead they’re not longer alive so why should the person who has killed them be alive still. Because they could be released and kill again and another person will die if they reoffend.
@BCCJD8T 3mos3MO
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@BCN7VZ8 3mos3MO
Top Agreement
I think we would all agree that murder is probably the worst crime man can commit. So the solution - we murder someone for committing murder. However are we not therefore also murderers and should be murdered? It is a never-ending hypocrisy.
Since 1973, at least 200 individuals have been exonerated from death row in the United States, which means that for every 8 individuals executed, at least one person has been found innocent. This statistic highlights that there is potential for false accusations to be made, unfortunately new evidence often comes to light years after an innocent person… Read more
@BCMBM4F 3mos3MO
Those who commit the most serious of crimes like serious sexual assault on all ages and genders or torture or human trafficking should not exist
@BCMTQB83mos3MO
you only live once and it is morally and ethically wrong to take someone’s life away for criminal purposes. when it comes to the most serious of crimes, the best thing to do is to actually enforce harsher prison sentences. it would be more cruel to let someone live the rest of their life regretting their actions and what they did- which is what we should do. killing someone is just morally wrong
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@B8BHXW7 8mos8MO
The death penalty delivers justice for the most serious crimes and ensures dangerous criminals can never harm again. With modern DNA testing reducing wrongful convictions, it also brings closure to victims’ families and reinforces the value of innocent life
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@B6F79Y5 11mos11MO
Those who are willing to violate somebody else's rights like with murder and SA should have to pay restitution to the victim. The victim or victims family should decide the appropriate punishment, this decision should not be left up to the government.
@B6GWLGZ11mos11MO
Hurt people, hurt people; those who have committed these crimes are still human beings, just very damaged ones. This does not excuse the crime and they should still be treat differently, however it does explain the crime. No matter how damaged a person, there is always possibility to work with them to change. They should still remain separate from the public, but be given intense therapy for retribution. Even if it takes a lifetime and they are never able to change in this lifetime and re-enter the public, a lot would be learnt from this in order to simultaneously put prevention systems in place to stop the number of damaged individuals in the first place.
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@BB6NZYY 4mos4MO
Why should we keep someone in prison for life and spend tax money on housing them when we know, they are 100% guilty and will probably never be released from prison
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@BB6DXLS 4mos4MO
the serious criminals, maybe murders, double murders, they don't deserve to live in this society. obviously I'm not on about the manslaughter cases or anything like that. cold, brutal murderers who steal life clearly don't care for it, so they do not deserve their own. However the worst of the worst, serial killers, I believe should not suffer the death penalty as death is a release and the end, keeping those monsters alive is the worst torture they can suffer for their crimes.
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@B8YZ9C5Conservative 6mos6MO
It is a waste of taxpayer money to keep someone alive who will never see outside a prison wall and frankly deserves to die.
@B8Z7M3N 6mos6MO
For an action they did if they stay in prison that long,don’t you think they will feel redemption also no one deserves to just get a death penalty for a crime that they did it is a sign of laziness and no commitment if you want a criminal who committed a horrible crime then put them through rehabilitation because at least they have a chance to change if you think that it’s okay for a death penalty to happen you are no better than the person convicted for a death penalty yourself!
@hanche276mos6MO
Studies consistently show that it costs more money to carry out the death penalty, than to keep a prisoner incarcerated. There is no democratic or just way of decreasing this cost, as the majority of these costs are legal fees for appeals, as there is a greater obligation of the defence when death is involved. Considering the Innocence Project has found that at least 4.1% of Americans put to death were innocent, it is important to keep an robust and supportive appeals and legal system in place.Capital Punishment or Life Imprisonment? Some Cost Considerations | Office of Justice Programshttps://ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/capital-punishment-or-life-imprisonment-some-cost-considerations
@B9FQCYV 5mos5MO
why should we let rapists and terrorists be kept alive after ruining the lives of people and then house them in out prisions while they use our recources
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@B9LL54W5mos5MO
This is an emotional argument which derives from wanting revenge rather than to create a society which has less violent crimes and terrorism. If somebody was to murder somebody close to me, I would want the perpetrator to die. However, I also believe that nothing other than vengeance would be achieved by this and deep down I would still believe that treating the perpetrator with more compassion they themselves were capable off is a better way of planting the seeds for a more peaceful society in the future. I stand by the principle that teaching somebody that killing is wrong by killing does not work.
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@BDXP2QQ 2wks2W
Prison can be seen as a luxury for the less fortunate. If someone who is less fortunate commits an inhumane crime why are we paying to give them an upgrade on their lifestyle. If you commit an unspeakable crime, it should be a life for a life.
@BDYPH5Y2wks2W
The death penalty should be enforced if the culprit has taken someone’s life who posed no threat to them. Spontaneous killings should be punished with the highest efficiency and the death penalty is the only logical response as the culprit already has the mental state to kill with no provocation so who can disprove that they might kill again?
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@B78THLM 9mos9MO
In the USA, 1 in every 8 people executed by the death penalty is found innocent afterwards. Thats over 200 people who’s lives have been unrightfully taken, their families now torn apart due to a misjudgement. There is also evidence to show racial motivation especially in cases where the victim is white such as in Georgia where someone convicted of killing white victims were 17 times more likely to get the death sentence than those convicted of killing a black person.
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@9FXCWMW 3yrs3Y
The UK will seem weak and inadequate if we do not use the death penalty to punish the most serious crimes that have shown to have rational, malicious intent like sexual assault and human trafficking. Keeping these people n life-sentences in prison is not enough because those people can live there without worrying about anything or feeling any punishment once they've lived 10 or so years while the victim will still be traumatised for life. No point rehabilitating these people at this point. Get rid of them so that softer criminals can use prison as a lesson and rehabilitation to go back out into society as a rational human being
@BB383M6 4mos4MO
I think the death penalty should only be allowed for specific cases of murder and if there's hard evidence that the offender committed the crime. I do not think death penalty or life imprisonment should be allowed in some cases of murder including if it was murder of other murderers,rapists or if it was within reason and or self defence.
@9GYWQZT3yrs3Y
@BDFD93Q1mo1MO
People who commit acts of terror, murder people, deal drugs on a mass scale, sexually assualt/rape people or children are destroying not just victims lives through killing them or giving them life altering physical, mental and emotional trauma but also affecting the lives of family and friends of that person as well as how they view and function in society which can have generational knock on affects resulting in an overall worse society/community.
People who inflict this kind of damage on to people should not be given a second chance at life when they have ended or forever altered someone elses who now has to live with the fallout.
All of this only applies if it is proven in court beyond a shadow of a doubt obviously.
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@BDH27QQConservative1mo1MO
In situations where it is nailed on that someone's has committed a crime like the Southport stabbings they should absolutely receive the death penalty. The man who committed this crime has gone onto attack prison officers, there is no rehabilitation with people like this and the tax payer should not fund to keep them alive
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@BB9428R4mos4MO
If somebody commit a murder or a rape, they have inflicted a crime that not just affects that person but it affects the family of that person as well. These are not normal people these are monsters, if that person has committed a murder and it is proven without any doubt that person should not be allowed to live, that person has committed a rape they should be castrated and incarcerated.
@9FV9LQWConservative3yrs3Y
The life-term prison sentence isn't tough enough for the people who receive them. They stay locked in a cell for the rest of life is like a luxury for murdering or raping someone. They basically get a get-out-of-jail-free card, free accommodation and board for the rest of their life for taking someone's life away from a family.
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