The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty

[Benton]

(06-29-2015, 05:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: My issue with the Death penalty has nothing to do with it being too "cruel and unusual".  Instead it is all about the fact that the judicial justice system is just too flawed to be allowed to make life and death decisions.

There is too big of a chance of killing an innocent person.  There are too many mistakes made, and it has gotten to the point where everyone who is honest with himself realizes this.  And I don't know how anyone coild be in favor of killing innocent people.

In my opinion if there is a god that sits in judgment anyone who supports the death penalty knowing how flawed the system is will have to answer to that god for any innocent lives taken by the death penalty.

Pretty well sums up my opinion. I don't think it's unconstitutional, but at the same time, I don't think the benefit (permanently removing a guilty person) outweighs the cost (murdering an innocent person). A few hundred years ago it was more difficult to incarcerate someone for life. Now, it's not as much of an issue.

And, personally, I think it only leads to more people falsely admitting they committed murder. If the death penalty is a possible punishment and someone accused of murder thinks there's a reasonable chance they will get convicted, confessing to a crime they didn't commit to get life in prison beats getting killed.

(06-29-2015, 11:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I have always found it ironic that most that are anti-Capital Punishment are Pro-Choice.

And I find it weird when pro-life people are pro-capital punishment. It's ok to kill an innocent adult, but it's worse to murder an innocent baby? A life is a life, all of them sacred.