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David In Indy:
I just heard a comment on television claiming over 70 percent of Americans support the death penalty. I can't believe this number is so high! I'm interested in finding out how people here on Bettermost feel about the death penalty. I'm interested in finding out not only how American Bettermostians feel about it, but also how our members from other countries feel about execution too. So, I've divided the poll into separate sections for Americans and members from other countries.

Please leave a comment if you want, but it's fine if you'd rather remain anonymous. Personally I am against the death penalty. I always have been and I wish it would be abolished. My home state of Indiana believes in execution. Lethal injection is used in Indiana. The electric chair was used here until the early 1990's. I feel it is cruel and unusual punishment, and capital punishment should be abolished regardless of the method used.

What do you think? 

Penthesilea:
A very clear NO from me!

Can of worms, David, can of worms..... 
But a necessary one!

MaineWriter:
I am completely opposed to the death penalty and have operationalized that in my life by refusing to live in a death penalty state. Maine is one of 12 states in the US without a death penalty statute; in addition, it is outlawed in the District of Columbia.

It is barbaric and inhumane.

Maybe you should think about moving, David.

L

Brokeback_Dev:
maybe its because i don't know any different because i live in a state that "fries" criminals of awful hateful crimes but i say yes to the death penalty.  I'm sure many would and will disagree with me, but before a dear woman who got away, people thought Ted Bundy was a nice guy, and he was a hateful serial killer. He wasn't a nice guy.  He pleaded for his life in exchange for giving more names of more woman he killed and where their bodies could be found.  i do have mixed emotions about that, since I'm sure the parents of the victim's would have liked to know, but he killed many many woman and they fried his ass. We call the penitentiary where they "fry" these killers Sparky.   I must sat that i do disagree with the celebration that took place outside the prison after he was electrocuted.

serious crayons:
Absolutely not.

IMO, capital punishment says this to criminals: If you disagree with someone or don't like what they've done, it's OK to kill them. Well, that's what the criminals thought in the first place. Capital punishment is another contribution to the culture of violence.

It is never OK to take another human's life, except in self defense. (This includes many wars, although I realize that in some wars the answers to what constitutes "self defense" becomes very gray and confusing because it might mean defense of an entire country rather than an individual.)

The death penalty has not been shown to have any deterrent effect on crime. It HAS been shown to be racially discriminatory. And it contributes to a culture in which violence is seen as acceptable.

I can't say I feel terribly sorry for some of the killers who get executed. But I do feel sorry for a country or state that believes this is an appropriate punishment.

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