Capitol Punishment

Originally posted by FMF
In my personal life? Yes. Absolutely. But I think it should be legal. I think a woman should have the right to choose.

that's good.

at least you're consistent (on this issue).

Originally posted by generalissimo
There is no need to appeal to emotion.

Nobody is above the law, it doesn't matter if they're in coma or not, a murderer is still a murderer.

If you commit a crime you suffer the consequences.

Would you put the coma sufferer in an electric chair? Or try to somehow hang them by the neck? Or perhaps give them a lethal injection?

Originally posted by FMF
Would you put the coma sufferer in an electric chair? Or try to somehow hang them by the neck? Or perhaps give them a lethal injection?

Like I said earlier (see page 2), I mentioned firing squad as the best method of execution.

Originally posted by generalissimo
Like I said earlier (see page 2), I mentioned firing squad as the best method of execution.

For people in a coma?

Originally posted by FMF
For people in a coma?

please, read my previous posts before asking these questions.

If they're criminals, yes.

btw, aren't you off to bed?

Originally posted by FMF
For people in a coma?

Can you name me someone on death row that is in a coma? Even if there was someone, wouldn't that be the most humane way to go? They wouldn't feel anything, or know anything. Firing squad, guillotine, hanging, or simply stop feeding them...whatever.

Originally posted by generalissimo
If they're murderers yes, they're not above the law simply because of their condition.

Depending on the severity of an untreated mental disorder, they (by law) cannot be held responsible for their actions. many people with severe psychosis, are very treatable. Under the care of physicians and the right medications, they would never even consider murder, yet their illnesses untreated are wildly unpredictable. Just thank heaven you are not thusly afflicted

Originally posted by generalissimo
[b]1. capital punishment costs more than incarcerating someone for the rest of their natural lives.

like I said previously (see page 2), it depends on the method of execution, and the time it takes to happen.[/b]

The problem lays with the mandatory appeal system etc...Yet we cannot deny people these appeals. There have been plenty of instances where death penalty convictions have been overturned. Yet even with all these appeals, there is no way for certain (100😵 to know that a person is guilty. We can prove it "beyond a reasonable doubt", but not 100% conclusively. That is why it is so expensive, and why we shouldn't execute.