Should this murderer get the death penalty?

[Old Man Willow]

Yes, this waste of space does not deserve to live. When you take away another's life you lose the right to your own.

[Old Man Willow]

Yes, this waste of space does not deserve to live. When you take away another's life you lose the right to your own.

Why?

Look at it this way, there are certain ways society must be run in order for it to survive. If the human population was as small as 20 people, and someone was running around killing people, we would have to elimate that person in order for the rest of us to live. It's self preservation. Even with 6 billion people, it is still necessary to make sure that killers must be killed in order to prevent more killing.

[Old Man Willow]

Yes, but it is a matter of opinion of whether or not it is an adequate punishment. I happen to believe it isn't.

[Old Man Willow]

Shadow of the Wave is going around in circles here.

He made a claim that killing someone caused you to lose your own right to life.

Then he went on to explain that by saying society had to prevent the killer from killing again, and upon hearing that life imprisonment would accomplish the same goal, he simply said he felt it was not adequate punishment.

None of that has to do with the original statement and my question.

We do not need to waste space filling up our prisons with people that serve no purpose in society other than destroying it. My explanation was basic reasoning for the death penalty. Yes, life imprisonement can work as well, but my personal philosophy remains that people should be killed for killing.

In response to benwah's comment, I really didn't think I needed to get into intent, but sometimes people just assume things in order to fit their own argument. Killing someone who kills another is once again helping society. The person killing that person would be saving others rather than becoming part of the problem.