Why didn't Jeffery Dahmer get the death penalty, he killed like a hundred people and most was premeditated.
545563
he was beaten to death in prison, which I think is better than the death penalty, because he had suffered more, rather than a painless death by lethal injection.
645194
By being executed wouldn't he then be a martyr and therefore go to "heaven" (they have a different name for it) and get 70 virgins?  Theefore jail is much better for him :)
1051526
What might be nice is to let the family and immediate relatives of the victim carry out the sentence in any manner they want.  After all, the killer (if it was  a murder) did not give the victim a choice.  If they want to club him, stone him, stab him slowly with knitting needles, clamp his nostrils shut and tape his mouth, nail gun his head with 4 inch nails, whatever.  Strap him down to a chair and let them go to work. They would be given 1 hour in which to complete the task.\n\nIf this type of capital punishment existed it might give a lot of criminals pause before they go out and commit their dastardly deeds.
880343
It's just a way for the murderer to make more money on his crime that he got away with.  Even with a civil conviction of being responsible for Ron Goldman's death, he has not begun to pay the price awarded to the Goldman family.  I don't know how the hell he's still able to play golf in total freedom in Florida and then write books on how he would have done "if" he did.  Shame on him some more.  My further condolences for the Brown and Goldman families on the pain he has arisen for them.
947639
the Q y he got only 6 months??!!??! he should get a death penalty...if i were u i would move somewhere else
10289
The death penalty is not for revenge, its justice. Because those people on death row, took someone else's life, if they were given lifelong imprisonment they would never understand to the full extent of what they had done
177564
I am all for the death penalty. I am not saying that everyone that has killed someone should be put to death, but I do believe that when there is absolute proof that someone murdered another human being out of cold blood that person does not deserve to live. The taxpayers spend entirely too much money housing these criminals. And what about the cost of medial treatment for these animals? We have honest, law abiding citizens in our country that can't afford medication or health care, why should the criminals be treated better. And I am tired of people using the excuse that they are mentally disturbed or were on drugs at the time of their crime. Most of these people are useless, wastes of life...sorry if that sounds cold, but that is the way I feel. Once someone has crossed that line of taking another human beings life I truly believe that they will do it again.
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I say these people like this should get the death penalty, erhaps shot on site so innocent people like yourself shouldn't have to worry about protecting yourself and children.  All I can say is buy a firearm, carry mase, teach your children martial arts and do the same yourself.  These people are predators and there is some sick statistic that I can't remember but, almost are more than likley going to repeat.  What's wrong with this country?  These sick bastards get out of jail to ruin more people's lives while they throw potheads in jail????  don't mean to get off track but, the priorties of the judicial system are severly f-ed up.
694729
How do you not support it?  He committed genocide and killed thousands of people in his own country and then just dumped them in mass graves like animals.  He was attempting to "cleanse" his country to his liking, much like Hitler.  He isn't the only one - how about that upstanding leader in Darfur?  There's a real dilly for you...  I'm not much for capital punishment since DNA testing has set free more than a couple people on death row who were proved innocent.  But in a case like Saddam?  Who needs DNA, the whole world knows who was running that show.  I say hang him on public TV.
260596
The death penalty isn't used quickly enough to limit criminals to only one moment.
1057321
I don't agree with the death penalty aspect of it. \n\nThere's no way the death penalty should have even been on the table considering Peterson was convicted with purely circumstantial evidence.
981096
Of course not, probably a lot of people are misinformed and are not aware of the consequences.  It could also be that they are not taking him seriously, but how many times has this happened with serial killers or psychopaths,  it's only until its too late that they decide to do something about it. I am appalled!
143518
Because apparently public execution is distasteful, so we have to lock em away and crowd the prisons.  I bet if we televised someone getting executed, there'd be a lot less repeat offenders.
779706
Because our legal system isn't supposed to provide justice. It's supposed to scare all of us enough to not rock the boat. There has never been a person executed in this nation who had enough money to hire his own lawyer.
909937
While I would like to believe that it's because we are good, moral people trying to do the right thing, that isn't why we didn't kill Saddam.\n\nCapturing him and putting him on trial helps us with the "hearts and minds" aspect of the war.  If we put a bullet in his brain, it would certainly be him getting what he deserves, but he would also become a martyr.  Since we aren't the home team in Iraq, the Baathists, insurgents, and outside forces with anti-US leanings would have a field day creating propoganda accusing the US of all kinds of terrible things.  Since we claimed the moral high ground, it becomes tougher to convince people otherwise.\n\nSecondly, by involving the Iraqis in the death sentence of Saddam, we are trying to help them take ownership of the changes going on in their country.  If we kill Saddam, then he is a casualty of war.  If they sentence him to death, the people have launched a sort of democratic coup.  Perhaps because Iraqis sentenced their own former leader, they will feel more pride/duty concerning the new direction of the country.\n\nHope that helps!
800723
I don't personally agree with the death penalty in most cases. In\nSaddam's case, I think for all the deaths that he is personally\nresponsible, it might be justified.  The trial was held in an Iraqi\ncourt, and we have to respect the judgment handed down by\nthe judge, who was doing was based on Iraqi law. You may or may not like the sentencing, but we have to live with it. The free world, outside of the USA, doesn't have the death penalty. Please\nremember that Saddam gassed people to death, and used biological warfare against his own people. I don't like the guy, or\nwhat he did, but I thought the US-led invasion of Iraq was wrong,\nfor one simple premise. You don't meddle in the internal affairs\nof a country, unless you are invited to do so by the majority of\nIraqi citizens. Even though the Shi'ites and Kurds are happy \nSaddam is no longer in power, I doubt most of them are happy to\nsee the presence of US and other foreign troops there, since they\nprobably wanted help to oust Saddam themselves in terms of\nmilitary aid and support.
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Thurgood Marshell use to say that the problem with the Death Penalty is that Death is just so final. \n\nIt is understandable that a person can commit a crime or series thereof that is so deplorable that to allow them to continue to live only adds to the public grief and shame. \n\nI would add however that such criminal minds are extremely rare.\nThe individual must prove to have absolutely no remorse, he must have committed a crime that envolves taking a life in a brutal and sadistic mannner, he must be proven to have been reasonably sound of mind, or at least beyond mental adversity and the crime must be proven unquestionably beyond any doubt!