Death Penalty Vs Life imprisonment

[nid404]

I had raised this debate earlier on but i got a very weak response...
Now since I see we have some good debaters here, I would like to start a discussion again..

Capital punishment, also called the "death penalty," is the pre-meditated and planned taking of a human life by the government in response to a crime committed by the convicted person.
The death penalty gives closure to the victim’s families and loved ones. Losing a loved one is hard for anyone and for most it is not enough to simply have the perpetrator locked away for life. Family members and loved ones want and need closure in order to move on.

Life imprisonment is supposed to be  a severe punishment too, but considering the money that goes into keeping a criminal alive for the rest of his life in prison, it seems cost ineffective...but it is considered more humane...

What are you views??

[nid404]

*ahem*

where r all the debate lovers??

[$tyli$h Executive]

Of course life imprisonment!

If we give capital punishment to a serious offender, like illegal drug dealer, his 'punishment' is kind of 'one off'. His punishment is not continuous. So, capital punishment is not enough for a serious offender!!!

If we give life imprisonment, the prisoner will have to do community service for the rest of his life. So, the country benifits in some way. The cost of imprisonment and providing food is covered by this output! Moreover the punishment is more than capital one actually because the person has to do hardship and bear inconvenience of the punishment for the rest of his life. The country benifits, so do we!

[vakarian]

Death Penalty .....

if you cut some one's hand who steal ...others wont dare to steal ...
If you cut the head of a murderer....others will be afraid to murder ...

Advnatages:
1.Ppl stays safe .
2.criminals will think twice or more before doing something.
3.not Expensive .
4.decreases population .
5.they deserve it.
6.ppl feel safe.
7criminals dont feel safe.
and much more ...

Disadvantages :
1.Gore .

Life imprisonment ....
they say ...we will plane to escape etc.
they wont be afraid at all ...

Advantages:
1.ppl might be safe for a moment .

Disadvantages :
1.they might escape.
2. criminals not at all afraid.
3.they will not think twice ,instead they will think once for how to hide evidence .
4.rich criminals usually come out by bribing the police.
5. Tortures occur "they are millions of times worst then sudden death !!".
6.Like 25% of the USA population are in prison .
7.costs a lot for goverment to provide them with medicines and food "while they deserve non".
8.They may all unite for a huge escape and they would want to revenge once they are out thus causing more problems.
9.there are much much more .

you choose .....

[nid404]

Of course life imprisonment!

If we give capital punishment to a serious offender, like illegal drug dealer, his 'punishment' is kind of 'one off'. His punishment is not continuous. So, capital punishment is not enough for a serious offender!!!

If we give life imprisonment, the prisoner will have to do community service for the rest of his life. So, the country benifits in some way. The cost of imprisonment and providing food is covered by this output! Moreover the punishment is more than capital one actually because the person has to do hardship and bear inconvenience of the punishment for the rest of his life. The country benifits, so do we!

For a serious offender...say a terrorist,rapist or a murderer, death penalty is what we should go for....how productive can a prisoner be?? We need more security to make sure they don't escape....too much money spent on a criminal...not worth the suffering...not at all

[staceyboy3]

agree with vakarian, in the sense that it's the most effective way to keep criminal activity at a minimum

[SGVaibhav]

we got this topic in our english midterm
we had to write some kind of intro within this topic, which needed a topic sentence.

[vakarian]

example ....

in schools ,when you cheat .you either get detention or 2 or up to maximum 8 marks deduced ..
in BC ,you cheat and you get banned ...and once you hear stories of band ppl ...how ever professional cheater you are ,you wont dare to cheat .

[falafail]

in my opinion, some people deserve to die.

[O.T.13.]

No matter how bad your past is, you can always change
yes, you wont change in an instant, but everyone deserves a chance
if hes too dangerous then exile him far away
on the other hand, its pretty painful for those close to the victims to see the perpetrators walking alive while their beloved ones are gone

[nid404]

No matter how bad your past is, you can always change
yes, you wont change in an instant, but everyone deserves a chance
if hes too dangerous then exile him far away
on the other hand, its pretty painful for those close to the victims to see the perpetrators walking alive while their beloved ones are gone

Lol...an island for a criminal.....no citizen would like the tax he pays to go for the criminal...would u like to pay for an island in whicha criminal will live

[Alpha]

Going on well... Continue... I'll join next week...

[nid404]

in my opinion, some people deserve to die.

A.G.R.E.E.D

[O.T.13.]

Lol...an island for a criminal.....no citizen would like the tax he pays to go for the criminal...would u like to pay for an island in whicha criminal will live

who said about paying tax money?!
lock him up in a house or something
or even better, make him swim to the island!

well well well, alpha still aint showing which side shes going for eh?

[nid404]

where do you think the money comes from omer??

Lock him up...and starve him to death??.....i think it's better to just hang him.

Lol...i like the swimming part...make him swim....till the sharks rip him off completely..w8 say

Alpha has to consider....get the facts right...then the argument begins...pages nd pages..lol