I agree with Toad. The death penalty is not going to change the violent crime rate. All it is for is to eradicate a problem from society. It does not hurt that it helps to reduce the tax burden for all of us as well, if it was properly implemented.
Anyone thinking that violent criminals can be converted to upstanding citizens is dreaming. In the overall scheme of things, it is always possible for someone to be "wired" wrong from birth. A mistake, an abberation. It happens. No one can guarantee every person born will be wired right. Society has a responsibility to remove the damaged individual so they cannot harm others.
Unfortunately, we are not advanced enough to be able to detect these types of problems until it is too late. At that point, all we can do is to remove them to prevent them from harming others again.
so what you are saying is if we could tell a kid had a possibility that he may be a violent criminal, that we should take them out as young as possible?
there are more people in prison for drug use then any thing else, kinda absurd when this is supposed to be a free country.
we as a country need to stop worrying about the rest of the world,being the world police,and take care of our own.
stop spending the amount of money we do on how to kill people, and actually put it towards what will benefit ALL people.
put murderers, child rapists, rapists, to death.you cant "rehabilitate" these types.
make it mandatory every one owns a gun,(criminals will stop there criminal ways)
and make it so if you are in the government you get paid ONLY while in it, and not some absurd amount, and not let them stay in it for years and years.
get rid of the whole idea of "National security", (this gives the government above the law power) especially with the "patriot act"
and only go to war when war comes to us.
