Death Penalty

[/hide][/spoiler]I'm in the US, so anything I state is in my view of the United State's system.

The death penalty, in my view, is a violation of the simplest and fundamental natural right: the right to life. As a society, we pick and choose what philosophies to use and the certain points that they are used. The eye for an eye philosophy is outdated, times change and the interpretations of life should evolve along with that. The only idea that is supported by the death penalty is revenge, you kill this guy and you get killed to serve that man justice. The fact is, you can't give justice to a dead man, it just doesn't work. What we can do is protect our current state of being for those of us still here. Rehabilitation should be focused on in the case of a crime committed, as we advance in the areas of psychology we will discover better and newer ways to rehabilitate those in the potential death penalty situation so they can become a productive member of society.

Another note that can, and is used against the death penalty is costs. It costs less to allow a person to live their life in prison than it does to commit to the death penalty. The death penalty doesn't allow for mistakes (mistakes happen, yet another opposition to the penalty) so legal work is extremely high and can take years. Taxpayers end up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in just legal fees, tack on the years spent in prison and the costs of the actual execution and you have a number that wouldn't be easily agreed to if the general public could easily find.

Absolutely disagree, i come from a family where many of my family members are killers this is not a prideful moment in my life but truth none the less, You say an eye for an ey is unjust ok i see your logic sure but are you to say that we should house these men and women, feed them, permit them to bathe free men and women or at least with more rights than that of a dead man? Who are we to afford rights to someone who willingly took anothers life? We pay to house them they get three hots and a cot. My uncle I LOVE YOU TO DEATH UNCLE TIMMY. But he was not a good person at all he told me himself if i get the chance i will kill and kill again, we can not permit these kinds of people to partake in activities that are harmful to out society. Tax payers pay regardless of the outcome, the time it takes in housing an inmate on death row until he is executed still cost just as it does to house him for 35 years or until death. I will say however if we would utilize the options we have and that is to pick their brains then we could learn far far far more than just killing them. However in the end a swift hand of justice must be applied. I use to live in the same exact apartment complex as Jeffrey Dahmer, i walked past his apartment in Oxford Apartments everyday to go to school but fortunately for me i was far to young for his taste. Had he kidnapped me, raped me, killed me, then eaten me i would to be another victim but none the less that would still mean that his actions call for a reaction.