Injection of Reflection

The death penalty should be continued by lethal injection. It is sometimes a punishment of justice.

kamerican, that is all well and good..... until you realize that most murderers who are released do not murder anyone else ever again in their lives.
Secondly, we should NOT put the threat of death in front of a criminal, because it is not our place as equals to that person (yes, we are equal even to the most heinous mass murderer) to decide whether he has outlived his usefulness on this planet.
When I witnessed the beheading of the PoW's recently, I didn't want those people dead. I wanted them caught, put into the coldest darkest cell on the planet for the rest of their lives, because killing them would just be sending them into the next life on this planet...... not something that I want to do until a person realizes that they did not have the right to kill that other person.
Thirdly, even if it was my DAUGHTER OR LOVER..... I would still not support the death penalty. I would support putting that person in the prison if he was found guilty of killing them, not killing them because it is again, not my place or anyone else's to decide who lives and who dies.
Fourthly, 99% of the murderers in this country are connected with the drug trade. If we would make that legal, and allow people to grow their own drugs in their own homes..... BOOM! No more murderers or at least a signifigant number would not happen.

You scum-bags! you don't know if he took pride in turning down appeals. I support beheadings to deter violent crimes, but you pansywaists on the left think we should find out how we caused them to act this way.! Pathetic do gooders are why the morality levels here are non-existant.
Rwhalen 11/11/2007

Since everything we do is cruel and inhumane I think they should be killed using the same method they used to commit the crime, gun, sledge hammer, drowning ect. Does that make us no better than the criminal, that is up for discussion but this debate will go on for as long as we have the death penalty

Utah has the best method - a Firing Squad. It's quick and efficient, and the prisoner's estate can be charged for the bullets.

Widgit says it's not a deterrent because we aren't killing them quick enough. Got nothing to do with quick enough!!!!! They hung em the same day in the old west!! Didn't stop the killin there!!!!! Its got to do with the fact that our judicial system is flawed!!!!! If one innocent man is put to death that is UNACCEPTABLE PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord knows we've put to death alot of innocents because of our system of justice. The only way to prevent that from happening is to ban the death penalty!!!!! And don't give me the crap about that is acceptable that a few slip through the cracks so that justice is served!!!!!!!! I believe there are alot of people in this world that should never walk the face of it again!!!! However if one innocent dies so we can snuff out those guilty, then the system is no good!!!!!!!!!! Death is final!!!!!!!!!!!!

State sanctioned murder is archaic. It is so completely ironic that the bible belt leads the country in executions, certainly not the actions that Christ preached about. It's time for this country to 'grow up' and recognize that there is never a way to be 100% certain that someone committed a crime, no matter what technology we have. Even that fraction of a chance of innocence should cast doubt on the legitimacy of the death penalty. I have no sympathy for those who harm/rape/kill others, they deserve a lifetime of misery. Ultimatly, as an American, I (and most people) are willing to die for freedom because to live without freedom is worse then death. So, a life without freedom is greater punishment than the death penalty and the only real way to punish people who committ such crimes. I'm glad to see we are finally listening to our collective conscious.

hey swoodso3, Get a clue!!!!!!! The people on death row don't have cable and all those other amenities you claim they get. They sit in an 8x8 cell with a stainless toilet and no windows. They are separated from the general prison population. They get one hour of exercise a day in a cage outside. They have limited contact with humans of any kind. So don't make it sound like they have some kind of glorious existence, because they don't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you're religious (which most, if not all supporters, are), you've been introduced to this thing we call The Ten Commandments. Has anyone come across the commandment "thou shalt not kill"? I may have missed it, but I can't remember seeing any side notes, stating "unless court ordered".

hey javygt94, The death penalty has been around for centuries!!! Guess what??? It hasn't deterred a sole dead set on committing a capital crime!!!!! It never has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It never will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! End of story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!