Comments on: Studies say death penalty deters crime http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/ in all matter of opinion, our adversaries are insane. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Fred http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-657644 Fred Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:31:17 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-657644 I do not understand why some people say that the death penalty deters crime. It doesn't! I live in France, a country of about 60 million people, a country which abolished the death penalty in 1981; and yet there are far less murders here than in the city of New York! The conclusion I draw from this is that there is something wrong with the American way of life. Too much violence and too many guns. There's strict gun control here too, and as I said, there are less murders than in one single big city in the USA. So what's wrong with America ?:-w I do not understand why some people say that the death penalty deters crime. It doesn’t! I live in France, a country of about 60 million people, a country which abolished the death penalty in 1981; and yet there are far less murders here than in the city of New York! The conclusion I draw from this is that there is something wrong with the American way of life. Too much violence and too many guns. There’s strict gun control here too, and as I said, there are less murders than in one single big city in the USA.
So what’s wrong with America ?:-w

]]> By: Robert http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-566580 Robert Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:21:44 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-566580 With the DNA and the forensics they have now, the possibility of an innocent person being executed is effectively zero. That takes away the one argument the anti-DP side had that held water. Does it deter crime? Even simple common sense tells you it does. An executed killer will never, ever hurt anyone else again. And yes, they can get out of prison. By mistake, by order of some activist judge, or whatever. There are documented cases of once-condemned criminals who have been released only to murder again. No valid argument remains against the DP. I say review all pending cases using DNA forensics to confirm, then run 'em through assembly-line style. With the DNA and the forensics they have now, the possibility of an innocent person being executed is effectively zero. That takes away the one argument the anti-DP side had that held water.

Does it deter crime? Even simple common sense tells you it does. An executed killer will never, ever hurt anyone else again. And yes, they can get out of prison. By mistake, by order of some activist judge, or whatever. There are documented cases of once-condemned criminals who have been released only to murder again.

No valid argument remains against the DP. I say review all pending cases using DNA forensics to confirm, then run ‘em through assembly-line style.

]]> By: Peejz http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-565948 Peejz Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:59:39 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-565948 59- As you have been advised, study the justice system in this country and take the time to fully study the subject. You are just going in circles now. 59- As you have been advised, study the justice system in this country and take the time to fully study the subject. You are just going in circles now.

]]> By: Matthias Roggenbuck http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-565258 Matthias Roggenbuck Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:44:05 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-565258 56- <em>"Taking a person's freedom is much worse than taking a person's life."</em> So these few poor fellows who protest until the end and write one mercy petition after another and sometimes also claim that they are innocent, those are just a bunch of misled sheep, who don't know that they were better off dead? 56- “Taking a person’s freedom is much worse than taking a person’s life.”

So these few poor fellows who protest until the end and write one mercy petition after another and sometimes also claim that they are innocent, those are just a bunch of misled sheep, who don’t know that they were better off dead?

]]> By: TedintheShed http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563859 TedintheShed Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:21:13 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563859 "So we don't put them to death, we just keep an innocent person in jail?" Sure- becasue imprisoning someone for life and allowing them to slowly die in jail is much more humane than the death penalty. :roll: There are things in this world more precious than living. “So we don’t put them to death, we just keep an innocent person in jail?”

Sure- becasue imprisoning someone for life and allowing them to slowly die in jail is much more humane than the death penalty. :roll:

There are things in this world more precious than living.

]]> By: Peejz http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563851 Peejz Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:17:30 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563851 55- so we don't put them to death, we just keep an innocent person in jail? 55- so we don’t put them to death, we just keep an innocent person in jail?

]]> By: TedintheShed http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563849 TedintheShed Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:16:55 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563849 <em>"The alternative of a life sentence has the ultimate pro to make sure that nobody innocent is murdered by the state. The protection of life should always count more than the idea of punishment! The latter one will bring no victim back to life:"</em> That is your opinion. Taking a person's freedom is much worse than taking a person's life. Like taking a person's life, once taken that freedom can not be given back. It is a sad commentary on our society, one that covets being self centered over that of being a part of a community. But that is a rant for another day... If what you say were true then you would favor the death penalty, as it is a deterent that saves more lives than it maginally takes. “The alternative of a life sentence has the ultimate pro to make sure that nobody innocent is murdered by the state. The protection of life should always count more than the idea of punishment! The latter one will bring no victim back to life:”

That is your opinion. Taking a person’s freedom is much worse than taking a person’s life. Like taking a person’s life, once taken that freedom can not be given back. It is a sad commentary on our society, one that covets being self centered over that of being a part of a community.

But that is a rant for another day…

If what you say were true then you would favor the death penalty, as it is a deterent that saves more lives than it maginally takes.

]]> By: Matthias Roggenbuck http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563838 Matthias Roggenbuck Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:06:59 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563838 54- <em>"That does not outweigh the pro's of maintaining the death sentence."</em> That is your opinion... The alternative of a life sentence has the ultimate pro to make sure that nobody innocent is murdered by the state. The protection of life should always count more than the idea of punishment! The latter one will bring no victim back to life... 54- “That does not outweigh the pro’s of maintaining the death sentence.”

That is your opinion… The alternative of a life sentence has the ultimate pro to make sure that nobody innocent is murdered by the state. The protection of life should always count more than the idea of punishment! The latter one will bring no victim back to life…

]]> By: TedintheShed http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563673 TedintheShed Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:46:42 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563673 <em>"51,52- The alternative is to lock in the assumingly guilty person either for the rest of his life or until the opposite is proven."</em> No, that isn't an alternative. That does not outweigh the pro's of maintaining the death sentence. “51,52- The alternative is to lock in the assumingly guilty person either for the rest of his life or until the opposite is proven.”

No, that isn’t an alternative. That does not outweigh the pro’s of maintaining the death sentence.

]]> By: Matthias Roggenbuck http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/comment-page-2/#comment-563568 Matthias Roggenbuck Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:23:40 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/06/10/studies-say-death-penalty-deters-crime/#comment-563568 51,52- The alternative is to lock in the assumingly guilty person either for the rest of his life or until the opposite is proven. Nobody says, that there shall be no punishment/verdict at all, but obviously death penalty belongs to those ones that can't be reversed. 51,52- The alternative is to lock in the assumingly guilty person either for the rest of his life or until the opposite is proven.

Nobody says, that there shall be no punishment/verdict at all, but obviously death penalty belongs to those ones that can’t be reversed.

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