The death penalty

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

I did read your post- I asked a different question, however I withdraw it. Pointless to proceed with it at this point.

It would not be ineffective deterrent if used quickly upon completion of the full course of the law.

Look- I am not all gung ho throwing parties when someone is executed. It's an unpleasant business- but I think if you start removing it completely you have a problem.

That post is my answer. I'm against it period, partly because you can't draw a line between "positive" and "maybe", so it's not worth the risk. As for quick completeion, that's just not an option. Sure, if there was some magic way that we could be 100% sure, and whisk someone off to the gas chamber, then that's one thing. But it's not possible, and too many times, the lengthy appeals process exhonerates wrongly convicted people who would have been killed had the process been quicker. It's an impossible thing to solve. Speed it up, and the likelihood of making a mistake increases. Slow it down and the point becomes moot. So now you're just killing for the gratification of the victims' families which brings me to my third point, that it doesn't even satisfy that need.