Do you support the Death Penalty

[Robespierre's Jaw]

No (Independent)

[perdedor]

No (D).

The government should not be taking it upon it's self to kill it's own citizens, for any reason.

[Smid]

No I do not. (R)

[Thomas216]

No I do not and I'm very proud of my country's record regarding this issue (1 execution in 60 years, and he was a Nazi war criminal).
I am conservative but it is my religious and moral views that don't allow me to support such a punishment and the crime is not relevant since the question is not whether he deserves to be beheaded (many people do) but whether we are allowed and capable of making the decision to take someone's life.
I believe the answer is-no, plus I don't believe it deters future offenders.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No I do not and I'm very proud of my country's record regarding this issue (1 execution in 60 years, and he was a Nazi war criminal).
I am conservative but it is my religious and moral views that don't allow me to support such a punishment and the crime is not relevant since the question is not whether he deserves to be beheaded (many people do) but whether we are allowed and capable of making the decision to take someone's life.
I believe the answer is-no, plus I don't believe it deters future offenders.

An Israeli Jew

[Хahar 🤔]

No I do not and I'm very proud of my country's record regarding this issue (1 execution in 60 years, and he was a Nazi war criminal).
I am conservative but it is my religious and moral views that don't allow me to support such a punishment and the crime is not relevant since the question is not whether he deserves to be beheaded (many people do) but whether we are allowed and capable of making the decision to take someone's life.
I believe the answer is-no, plus I don't believe it deters future offenders.

An Israeli Jew

How do you know he's a Jew?

[MasterJedi]

Yep, I support it.

[Ebowed]

Yep, I support it.

You would.

[Thomas216]

An Israeli Jew

Well, viewing the statistics it's really not a brave call (80% of us are), but you're right.
God willing in a couple of weeks you'll have someone to report on new elections in Israel...

Shana Tova.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

An Israeli Jew

Well, viewing the statistics it's really not a brave call (80% of us are), but you're right.
God willing in a couple of weeks you'll have someone to report on new elections in Israel...

Shana Tova.

Shana Tova to you.

[Person Man]

Would any of you consider the death penalty a form of human sacrifice to the state?

[kingajcice]

I used to support it, as a republican, but my main roots as a Republican come from being a Christian, and therefore, as a Christian, I can not in trueness support the Death Penalty.  It is fairly hypocritical to support a death penalty, but be opposed to pro-choice, therefore I DO NOT support the Death Penalty.  Another reason is that the man or woman could be falsely accused, or might change later in life and repent therefore saving their afterlife which we should not be able to just take away.  NO EXCEPTIONS, treason should be treated with the worst type of punishment, and death is not that.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Under no circumstance.

There are times when I am so disgusted and enraged about the criminal acts of a person that I wish them death just for revenge....

But I can't succumb to that.  It has taken a lot of thinking... but I just cannot justify the taking of somebody else's life except in extreme cases of self defense.

At the same time, if a man was raping your child and you caught him and shot him, I don't think you should be charged with a crime... you obviously don't have a lot of time or the wherewithal to think to yourself "okay.. let's calm down and think about this rationally"... it's gonna be shoot now, ask questions later no matter who you are.  And any judge or jury who doesn't accept that is not worthy.

[SPQR]

No (D)

[Workers' Friend]

Yes (R)

[Dr. Cynic]

I actually used to... I don't anymore... I'm a flip-flopper.

[TeePee4Prez]

Yes (D)

[War on Want]

No

[The Populist]

Absolutely not.

[MK]

I support It , but I would rather just reform our prison system to start with.

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

I do, but I think that there are other ways to punish those are in the extreme wrong(not beating them up).

[dunn]

no

[MK]

REFORM the prison system and you wouldn't need the death penalty.

[Franzl]

REFORM the prison system and you wouldn't need the death penalty.

how so? Considering the question of the death penalty tends to be more of an ideological debate...what does the prison system have to do with it?

[MK]

REFORM the prison system and you wouldn't need the death penalty.

how so? Considering the question of the death penalty tends to be more of an ideological debate...what does the prison system have to do with it?

The death penalty is supposed to be a deterrent.

Ok well by reform of the prison system you wouldn't no longer need the DP anymore.

Whats my reform?

I would get rid of general population which is NOT working and actually creating more problems in terms of crime inside prison and outside.   My prisons would be basically like a max lockdown. One cell, One person in the cell, and you would never see the light of day.  2 meals a day, books and even TV ( education channels and NEWS only) this would all be in that cell.   We already have something sorta like this in our maxium federal prisons, although I would apply it to state prisons and pretty much do away with our current ones. 

Sounds extreme , but our current prisons are a MESS.

After spending 5 years in my type of prison you wouldn't think about wanting to ever go back.  Unlike now most repeat offenders will tell you that they rather be in prison because its like a home.  More gangs are created in our prisons then on the streets.  This is a direct result of failed  "general population".