When should the death penalty be applied?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This will run for one week, as it is only designed to measure opinions in the immediate aftermath of the Boston marathon murder case verdict.

Option 5 for me.

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Jaywalking, walking on grass, wearing socks with sandals etc.

[ingemann]

When you are not able to imprison someone who's a peril to society and exile is not a hard enough punishment.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Jaywalking, walking on grass, wearing socks with sandals etc.

please vote your honest opinion. If you made a troll vote for any option please change your vote now.

[TNF]

In a capitalist society: never.

In a socialist society: against all who attempt to destroy the socialist state by force of arms or by funding such activities; capitalists, administrators, or managers who don't comply with dictates of workers' councils; violent criminals

In a communist society: never.

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Jaywalking, walking on grass, wearing socks with sandals etc.

please vote your honest opinion. If you made a troll vote for any option please change your vote now.

I voted the normal European way.

[BaconBacon96]

Never.

[H. Ross Peron]

Cases of first degree murder where guilt is almost certain-ie serial killers, spree shooters, crime bosses etc.

[SATW]

All serious, heinous crimes such as murder, rape, pedophilia, terrorism etc...

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Never, in America at least, because here it's essentially a roll of the dice every time to see if the person dies a clean, neat or horribly agonizing death.

[Donerail]

Never (normal)

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

never, regardless of severity of the crime, regardless of certainty of guilt, regardless of method of execution.

[OSR stands with Israel]

This will run for one week, as it is only designed to measure opinions in the immediate aftermath of the Boston marathon murder case verdict.

Option 5 for me.

For any 1st degree murder which has solid DNA proof, Confession, Fingertips, or Video Tape, and  for terrorists

[Murica!]

I only condone the death penalty during a revolutionary situation.

[Cranberry]

Under no circumstance

[dead0man]

I'm not against it for extremely heinous murder cases and for high levels of treason.  I care more that they/we get the right people and then keep them away from the rest of us.  I don't really care how they do it.  I don't really have a strong opinion about this anymore, there are good, logical reasons to be on either side.

[Torie]

Option 6.

[VPH]

Never (Catholic)

[DC Al Fine]

Cases of first degree murder where guilt is almost certain-ie serial killers, spree shooters, crime bosses etc.

This, although I'd also throw in especially heinous 2nd degree murders too (e.g. rape & murder of a child).

[SingingAnalyst]

Only in the most heinous cases, where the defendant is utterly unrepentant (i.e., proud) and we are absolutely certain we have the correct killer. As Warren Farrell points out in The Myth of Male Power, 23 US execution victims were later found to be innocent. (And, as Farrell helpfully points out, all 23 were male).

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Only in the most heinous cases, where the defendant is utterly unrepentant (i.e., proud) and we are absolutely certain we have the correct killer. As Warren Farrell points out in The Myth of Male Power, 23 US execution victims were later found to be innocent. (And, as Farrell helpfully points out, all 23 were male).

unsurprising, considering men commit literally over 90% of murders

[The Other Castro]

In extraordinary Hannibal Lecter-type cases only where someone has been imprisoned for murder, escapes, and then murders again.

[SWE]

In a capitalist society: never.

In a socialist society: against all who attempt to destroy the socialist state by force of arms or by funding such activities; capitalists, administrators, or managers who don't comply with dictates of workers' councils; violent criminals

In a communist society: never.

Pretty much this, although I can't say I'm going to shed a tear if scum like the Boston Marathon Bomber happens to be executed by a capitalist government.