Time for the US to abolish the Death Penalty

[High_Gravity]

90% of the world no longer uses the Death Penalty

The US is among a lustrious group that continues to execute prisoners. That group includes China, Iran, Iraq, N Korea and Saudi Arabia......Something all Americans can be proud of

Use of capital punishment by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We shouldn't ban something just to be like other countries.

We said the same thing about slavery

We were one of the last nations to abolish that too

There are some really bad people who deserve the death penalty though.

 

[IlarMeilyr]

^ I appreciate seeing High G casually dismembering the faux argument of rightwinger.

 

[Stephanie]

90% of the world no longer uses the Death Penalty

The US is among a lustrious group that continues to execute prisoners. That group includes China, Iran, Iraq, N Korea and Saudi Arabia......Something all Americans can be proud of

Use of capital punishment by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

so you would be in favor of abolishing abortion? a death penalty for babies?

 

[Spoonman]

90% of the world no longer uses the Death Penalty

The US is among a lustrious group that continues to execute prisoners. That group includes China, Iran, Iraq, N Korea and Saudi Arabia......Something all Americans can be proud of

Use of capital punishment by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

so you would be in favor of abolishing abortion? a death penalty for babies?

no, he would rather support the rapist who created the baby he later killed, in a country club prison for the next 60 years so he can say he is civilized

 

[Unkotare]

Japan also has the death penalty.

 

[Unkotare]

The death penalty is a 100% deterrent to recidivism.

 

[rightwinger]

Like it or not, Capital Punishment is considered to be barbaric in most of the civilized world. The fact that only countries like China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq believe in eye for an eye retribution says a lot about our morals

Even in the US 18 states have abolished the death penalty and most of our executions occur in Texas and Oklahoma. The remaining executions are distributed in what is affectionately known as Bible Belt states.

Executions are an archaic practice that do not reflect well on a great country

then again, they don't have out of control crime like we do

Do Bible Belt states have more crime and murders than other states?

 

[High_Gravity]

Like it or not, Capital Punishment is considered to be barbaric in most of the civilized world. The fact that only countries like China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq believe in eye for an eye retribution says a lot about our morals

Even in the US 18 states have abolished the death penalty and most of our executions occur in Texas and Oklahoma. The remaining executions are distributed in what is affectionately known as Bible Belt states.

Executions are an archaic practice that do not reflect well on a great country

then again, they don't have out of control crime like we do

Do Bible Belt states have more crime than other states?

It depends, crime rates in Birmingham and Atlanta are pretty high.

 

[rightwinger]

Japan also has the death penalty.

Rarely used

 

[IlarMeilyr]

90% of the world no longer uses the Death Penalty

The US is among a lustrious group that continues to execute prisoners. That group includes China, Iran, Iraq, N Korea and Saudi Arabia......Something all Americans can be proud of

Use of capital punishment by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I really wanted to mock and chastise rightwinger for his erroneous word choice until, to be safe, I checked.

Damn it.

He used the word properly.

Almost scholarly.

Pisses me off.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

90% of the world no longer uses the Death Penalty

The US is among a lustrious group that continues to execute prisoners. That group includes China, Iran, Iraq, N Korea and Saudi Arabia......Something all Americans can be proud of

Use of capital punishment by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We shouldn't ban something just to be like other countries.

We said the same thing about slavery

We were one of the last nations to abolish that too

Another idiotic comparison I see.

 

[rightwinger]

We shouldn't ban something just to be like other countries.

We said the same thing about slavery

We were one of the last nations to abolish that too

Another idiotic comparison I see.

It all comes down to morality.

By 1860, most of the world had abandoned the institution of slavery. The US fought to maintain it, led by the same "Bible Belt" states that still cling to Capital Punishment

History repeats itself

 

[MaryL]

Well, in that case, perhaps we shouldn't punish crime at all. Because Nazis put people death camps, all forms of punishment is equitable to what NAZIS did. That is just silly. Communist Chinese execute petty criminals and harvest their organs, Islamist hardliners chop of heads for adultery. We executed people like Ted Bundy and Gary Gilmore for committing mass murder. Not political or religious reasons , just plain old evil they committed. There is a difference here. But we like to equivocate on this board.

 

[Spoonman]

We said the same thing about slavery

We were one of the last nations to abolish that too

Another idiotic comparison I see.

It all comes down to morality.

By 1860, most of the world had abandoned the institution of slavery. The US fought to maintain it, led by the same "Bible Belt" states that still cling to Capital Punishment

History repeats itself

do you mean the democratic night riders?

 

[Spoonman]

Like it or not, Capital Punishment is considered to be barbaric in most of the civilized world. The fact that only countries like China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq believe in eye for an eye retribution says a lot about our morals

Even in the US 18 states have abolished the death penalty and most of our executions occur in Texas and Oklahoma. The remaining executions are distributed in what is affectionately known as Bible Belt states.

Executions are an archaic practice that do not reflect well on a great country

then again, they don't have out of control crime like we do

Do Bible Belt states have more crime and murders than other states?

no, they still support gun rights.

 

[rightwinger]

Well, in that case, perhaps we shouldn't punish crime at all. Because Nazis put people death camps, all forms of punishment is equitable to what NAZIS did. That is just silly. Communist Chinese execute petty criminals and harvest their organs, Islamist hardliners chop of heads for adultery. We executed people like Ted Bundy and Gary Gilmore for committing mass murder. Not political or religious reasons , just plain old evil they committed. There is a difference here. But we like to equivocate on this board.

We also execute retards and an occasional innocent man

 

[Leweman]

Well, in that case, perhaps we shouldn't punish crime at all. Because Nazis put people death camps, all forms of punishment is equitable to what NAZIS did. That is just silly. Communist Chinese execute petty criminals and harvest their organs, Islamist hardliners chop of heads for adultery. We executed people like Ted Bundy and Gary Gilmore for committing mass murder. Not political or religious reasons , just plain old evil they committed. There is a difference here. But we like to equivocate on this board.

We also execute retards and an occasional innocent man

it takes forever to execute someone in this country anyway on top of the risk of executing innocents ... prisons need to be scaled down to much more uncomfortable facilities

 

[chikenwing]

We have 2 really bad stains on us as a country,capital punishment is one of them,and should go. There is no place in a civilized world for capital punishment.

 

[Unkotare]

Japan also has the death penalty.

Rarely used

Just recently used (hanging) and soon to be used again.

 

[Unkotare]

If everyone in every state in the US opposed the death penalty, it would not be used. If everyone in the UK wanted to reinstate the death penalty, they wouldn't be 'allowed' to.


THAT is a difference worth noting.