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Home › Politics

Poll | 06/05/2008 12:00 am

Are you in favor of the death penalty in the United States?

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phyllis Doyle Pepe
Barbara: We are not talking here of whether life is precious or not precious, but I do understand your take on this. Discussing the death penalty should not be muddied up with talking about abortion which we are not doing.
By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 06/05/2008 12:41 pm
Deni G
PDP Hi! if whether life is precious or not precious is part of one’s view on the death penalty, then yes, that is exactly what we are talking about. And if you are trying to keep the conversations on this site pure in any form, your going to fry your brain cells and wear your heart to a nub.
By Deni G on 06/05/2008 1:21 pm
phyllis Doyle Pepe
Hi back to ya––––Well, yes, I’m being picky here with the word precious. Life may be precious but A life may not be precious so for some folks who think the latter would opt to zap the not so precious person but still contend that life is precious. To me, the word precious in discussing the death penalty poses problems. Ah, and yes, my poor brain cells feel the heat of the frying pan and my poor heart is wearing thin, but I plow forward, always the organizer.
By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 06/05/2008 2:25 pm
Brooklyn Gal
Deni, About the conversation…You got that right.
By Brooklyn Gal on 06/05/2008 5:19 pm
Burke Omalley
This is an argument I always lose. I have always believed in my core that if you take a life you should lose your life. And by that I mean a murderer who is caught and convicted and is guilty. I see no reason for the state to feed and house and clothe someone who pre-meditated and executed a murder. But the proof of guilt must be absolute. If it were, I could pull the switch. My father was a parole officer in Virginia. Over and over he watched people get sent up for murder, get out of jail and murder again. He blamed the judges, but I blame a society that won’t take responsibility for removing its most dangerous killers from its midst.
By Burke Omalley on 06/05/2008 12:47 pm
Elizabeth Bennett
All of you in favor of the death penalty — Khalid Sheik Mohammed just said he wanted to be put to death so that he could become a glorious martyr. See, in my view, the death penalty just is not justice for this.
By Elizabeth Bennett on 06/05/2008 2:10 pm
Barbara
but this is a slippery slope. you may say death penalty for those we are sure were convicted properly. and then a few more that we think were convicted properly. and then who is watching to make sure that those were actually convicted properly. I do not presume to decide what the cut off is. I’m actually pro early term abortion. I just get annoyed with people who think they can decide what to do with some one else’s life.
By Barbara on 06/05/2008 3:02 pm
Elizabeth Bennett
I used to be confused about the apparent inconsistency between the group of people that opposes the death penalty and supports the right of abortion, and the group that supports the death penalty and opposes the choice for abortion. One day it just hit me: it is all about who decides. The pro death penalty anti-abortion group want government to make all these life and death decisions. Government is not, as we have learned in the last seven years, infallible. Government makes mistakes. Individuals make mistakes too, but Government makes BIG mistakes. Ironically, prosecuting the alleged 911 perpetrators for murder and asking for the death penalty is giving the 911 conspirators exactly what they want. After all, the 911 perpetrators solve problems with death, they see nothing wrong with the US doing the same. How much more fitting if they were given life with possibility of parole—-and that is even assuming that they can be proven guilty.
By Elizabeth Bennett on 06/05/2008 4:27 pm
Elizabeth Bennett
I meant life WITHOUT possibility of parole. Sometimes I type too fast and leave out entire syllables.
By Elizabeth Bennett on 06/05/2008 4:47 pm
Linda Clark
Yes, I’m in favor of the death penalty. Possibly, at some later date, there will be an opportunity to explain why. For now my thoughts will have to remain private as this topic is emincely painful to speak of for me.
By Linda Clark on 06/05/2008 5:13 pm
Potus I
Killing people to teach people that killing people is wrong is reeeeeeally dumb.
By Potus I on 06/05/2008 5:15 pm
Marie McConnell
I voted yes. I would like to see the offenders get the death sentence as quickly as possible too. Why let them linger in the system. Just do it and get it over with. It’s up to God anyway but if I had to choose-I say YES!
By Marie McConnell on 06/05/2008 6:09 pm
Eliza S
In the U.S.? Yeah! Up here in Canada? Uh, no.
By Eliza S on 06/05/2008 10:01 pm
Eliza S
LOL! Just kidding! My husband and I were sitting here, deliriously happy because we’ve been apart for a few days, and we just came up with that wisecrack. I have grave reservations about the death penalty but cannot vote yes or no.
By Eliza S on 06/05/2008 10:03 pm
Jo Vaughn
It is my understanding that it cost more to execute a person than it does to keep them in prison for life. And I think for some people, being confined for life would be worse than being executed.
By Jo Vaughn on 06/05/2008 10:36 pm
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