Evil or not!!! (Has nothing to doe with Sci/Fi or tv)
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Originally posted by Catalina:
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Exactly. I’d probably be against the death penalty if I didn’t consider it the only sure way to make sure the killers don’t get out and kill again. Even if they don’t get parole there’s always the chance that they’ll escape, and why take that chance and put more lives in danger? [/b]
Well, the chances of them escaping are slim to none. Prison breakouts rarely happen, and when they do the escapees are generally apprehended quickly. As for putting more lives in danger, most people convicted and put in prison for murder are not of the mass-murderer or serial killer persuasion, and they would be unlikely to be so compelled to kill again that they would risk revealing themselves to their pursuers. I’d actually think that more escape attemtps would involve death-row inmates, since they’ve got more to lose. I know that if I were sentenced to death, that the first thing I’d be thinking is “how do I get out of this place?”
I’m personally against the death penalty simply because of the potential for error (since I cannot believe that the system is flawless, that innocent people do not get executed and that the loss of innocent lives is worth sustaining a program that is of insufficient deterring value), and because of the fact that it costs taxpayers more to foot the bill for prosecution, appeals, etc. in death penalty cases than it does to keep a prisoner in the pen for life.