Life for life penalty (i spelt it wrong didnt i?) (punishment)

[Don Penguinoini]

I suppose, i mean but if there is rock hard evidence that someone killed soemeone then i think they should be killed.

[rojse]

Originally Posted by penguino

I suppose, i mean but if there is rock hard evidence that someone killed soemeone then i think they should be killed.

What do you define as rock hard evidence? I have read several cases that were supposedly airtight for murders, but new, compelling evidence came forward that exonerated the convicted person.

At least, with life in jail, we can free the person. What do we do if they were executed? Apologise to the family that the courts got it wrong?

[Seyorni]

Murder, I've read, has a relatively low recidivism rate. Why not apply our harshest penalties to crimes likely to be repeated?

What, exactly, is the goal of execution? What is its function? What is it supposed to accomplish?
Why would this function be reserved primarily for homicide -- a crime unlikely to be repeated, yet not apply to armed robbery, burglery, serial rape and other crimes with high recidivism rates?

[storm2020]

Originally Posted by penguino

I suppose, i mean but if there is rock hard evidence that someone killed soemeone then i think they should be killed.

But how can society kill someone in an attempt to demonstrate that murder is wrong?

And what is rock hard evidence? every defence obviously has enough to make a case that their client didnt commit the act. The only difference between and innocent person and a guilty one is a good lawyer. So how many innocent people will be put to death because they couldn't afford a good lawyer?

[Ever learning]

Originally Posted by Booko

Even if that were okay, penguino, here in the U.S. we have a very lopsided application of the law. If you have money and you're white you get off lightly or scot free. You can be perfectly innocent, poor and non-white, and good luck to you.

There's a saying in the black community that very few whites I know are aware of. When it comes to doing time in prison, there's "white time" and "black time" and honey you do NOT want to do black time.

I would oppose capital punishment in this country only because it's obvious that the application of the law is outrageously unjust.

I agree on every word you´ve said. furthermore, I am against capital punishment, it´s still murder to me even if it´s ordered by a court or judge.