Me and my friends were asked to debate on this subject at school. Some were against, some in favor and some didn't have an opinion at all.
Everyone defended their own opinion without hearing the other ones. That was until someone against death penalty give an example that made everyone think about it and that let some people without knowing what to say.
Here is that person's question: "If you are in favor of death penalty, then what do you do to a prisoner that killed a rapist inside the jail?? Taking in count that you are in favor of death penalty when someone kills another person and that this prisoner killed someone who had done something worse!!"
This a question directed to everybody. So just give your own opinions!
* Sorry for my english! Hope you understand it!
Answers:
Rapists, murderers should all face it.
But what really upsets me,
Liberals view: Women have a right to make their child live or not! But for death penalty: EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO LIVE!
hypocrites.
Depends on how atrocious the crimes were.
Simple: No one has the right to decide and choose who gets to die and live, no matter what the case may be.
Even the incarcerated have civil rights and don't deserved to be put to death on the opinions and judgment of the prosecutors, jury or judge.
KILL THEM ALL... The person was not in prison for being a model citizen.
Three strikes and your out. I would get rid of a lot of the dead weight in jail. execute more prisoners and save us all some money.
I am against the death penalty in any cases. No matter what they have done, killing them does not bring back the loved one, and that type of justice doesn't seem right.
If someone think so little of another human to kill them in some horrible manner, what makes you think that they cherish their life? We are imposing what a 'normal' person believes when we kill another.. as if it were the most severe punishment. However, in the mind of someone that kills others...
Prosecuting a 'death penalty' case is MUCH more expensive than keeping someone locked up in prison until they are no longer a threat to society.
Laws are laws... if an inmate kills another inmate while both are behind bars... it's STILL murder and the inmate deserves a FAIR TRIAL for this murder---and must suffer ANY consequences that come out of this trial---EVEN if the person he killed was a rapest!! If the penalty for this is death, so be it... Most prisoners know the laws better then MOST of us on the outside..if they KNOW they will face a death penalty for committing a murder in prison, and they COMMIT one, well, they lose! You can sentence someone to death, but that doesn't mean they will actually BE executed. look at Scott Peterson---it's been 2 years this past MARCH since he was sentenced to death..Ted Bundy spent 10 years on death row before he was electrocuted in Florida... so no one would be executed right away... there would be numerous appeals and MAYBE eventually an execution if the inmate didn't die of natural causes first...
I don't know why this question rendered everyone speechless it is pretty simple.
Here are the answers yes there are several:
1st ) The prisoner who killed the rapist was not acting in accordance with the law, he is not sanctioned by the state to perform state executions, so what he did was unlawful, and he should face the terms of murder just as every other murderer should face. In my opinion it should be the death penalty.
2nd) You never gave the details of the murder. Now if the prisoner was acting in self defense, and his life was in jeopardy then he has every right to defend himself. However the jury will look at if the force used (IE. killing the other guy) was justified. if a jury feels that the force was justified, then what he did was not against the law. It was legal what he did, yet again he is not a stated authorized executioner.
3rd) If a jury finds that he used excessive force, then he would probably only get a manslaughter charge, which most people feel that it should not be punishable by death.
Again since the details are left out, one can only speculate.
But to wrap up the answer, you can not have vigilante justice out there. People should be allowed to defend themselves in a justified manner. However when people take the law into their own hands, then anarchy breaks out, and nothing good comes from lawlessness.
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