Poll: 70% of Americans Want Death Penalty for Tsarnaev if guilty 27% Oppose

[kcchiefs6465]

I've heard the argument that goes something like this: I don't trust the government to to do _________ so why would I trust them to put someone to death.

That is pretty much my dilemma.

I recognize that many people ought to be put down but understand the inaptness and incompetency of the different agencies. Innocent men have been executed. Innocent men have passed in prison 'naturally.' It is fact, and I couldn't even begin to imagine their plight. I'm on the fence for capital punishment. My views are evolving and I understand the arguments for both sides.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

See thread title.

Which was changed. Gee, wonder which moderator could have done that?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

How much mass do you have to destroy before you become a "weapon of mass destruction"? Is there a minimum body count?

I wonder how many cluster bombs the US dropped on the middle east today?

-t

 

[BlackTerrel]

Which was changed. Gee, wonder which moderator could have done that?

Didn't realize that. What was original thread title?

 

[Slutter McGee]

I don't really have a problem with state sanctioned executions as long as they are done at the State level. I think it is often appropriate punishment, decided by a jury of their peers in their District/County. I do have a problem with Federal executions. I don't want that power in the hands of the Federal Government, outside of the military.

Slutter McGee

 

[tod evans]

Federal executions are court sanctioned not court ordered..

In the end there's a dead citizen at the hands of the federal government.

 

[Kregisen]

I couldn't think of a more appropriate time to use the death penalty than in this case, unless some new evidence comes to light during trial. Then again, leaving this guy in solitary for 60+ years would be a nice option too.


He should be tried in a state court though.

Keep in mind...this is the death penalty we're talking about. If he did get the death penalty, he would likely sit in prison for 20 years before he was killed anway.

 

[Kregisen]

Ron Paul:

Paul stated in August 2007 that at the state level "capital punishment is a deserving penalty for those who commit crime", but he does not believe that the federal government should use it as a penalty.[181]

In September 2007, he elaborated:

You know over the years, I’ve held pretty rigid to all my beliefs but I’ve changed my opinion about the death penalty. For federal purposes, I no longer believe in the death penalty. I believed it has been issued unjustly. If you are rich you get away with it. If you’re poor and you’re from the inner city, you’re more likely to be prosecuted and convicted. And today, with the DNA evidences there’s been too many mistakes, so I am now opposed to the federal death penalty.[182]

He believes that opposing capital punishment is consistent with being pro-life; in his book, Liberty Defined, stating "It's strange to me that those who champion best the rights of pre-born are generally the strongest supporters of the death penalty and preventive, that is, aggressive, war."[182]

AGRP I agree with you on a ton of issues but these comics don't make a lot of sense. Using this logic that you're using, that the government can never kill guilty people because it's not moral to kill someone, is the same argument as saying the government can never imprison someone because it's not moral to kidnap someone. Using this logic, you are saying murderers can roam the streets, and NOBODY, not even the government, can touch them. Horrible logic.