Executed by firing squad

[Alkasquawlik]

No one should be in charge of killing peeps because no one should be killing prisoners. Simple. And you dont need execution to "keep us from harming each other". Imprisonment does that job. Its been shown time and time again that the death penalty is no more a deterent to crime than life in jail.

Call it what it is, the death penalty is bloodlust retribution, nothing more. You can lie to me and say it aint, but you cant lie to yourself.

Why do people on death row deserve to live?

[Victell]

Tell that to the people thats lost someone to a person like Gilles de Rais, a Richard Trenton Chase, or a Jeffrey Dahmer...

I can understand the desire for revenge, but thats not what our state should be doing. And i'll tell any victim or victims family that. Dont get it twisted though, there are many many victims and victims families that THEMSELVES do not believe in the death penalty. Are you going to tell them that they are wrong?

So you are saying you like sheriff Joe Arpaio and his methods of turning a profit with inmates?

I dont know what joe does to turn a profit, but I see no reason why people we lock away, especially those we lock away forever, should not work for us until the day they die.

Can somebody tell me why execution is a better idea for our country than having them work for us? Given all the costs of execution and imprisonment vs. free labor. This one question you pro-execution penalty folks need to answer. Lets have it.

[Victell]

Why do people on death row deserve to live?

One reason is that our justice system isnt perfect and too many innocent people have been executed. But more importantly, what gives you the right to take their life? Also get busy answering my question above.

[blocke]

I would rather have every prisoner in the US be working..than sitting in jail lifting weights and making wine in their toilet. Fix the roads, clean the beaches, pick up trash. Would be a lot more productive and worth taxpayers money.

[Erik]

^ I like this guy. I agree with 100% of what you said.

[10Toes]

The firing squad does not know who has the bullet, the rest are blanks.

5 Shooters
4 Real bullets
1 Blank

[E30Kaiser]

5 Shooters
4 Real bullets
1 Blank

Yeah I would hope they don't shoot the guy once in the chest and call it done. As for the whole having blanks thing e30e was talking about, it doesn't really seem to fix the issue to me. If I am a member of the squad I would probably still have problems down the road regardless, just seeing multiple people die in front of me by shooting and me having a gun in my hands when it happens.

[Victell]

I would rather have every prisoner in the US be working..than sitting in jail lifting weights and making wine in their toilet. Fix the roads, clean the beaches, pick up trash. Would be a lot more productive and worth taxpayers money.

Spot on. They should literally have a debt to society. No more gladiator academies and crime training camps.

[mrsleeve]

5 Shooters
4 Real bullets
1 Blank

NO

its 5 shooter
1 real round
4 blanks


it serves several purposes, no on knows who fired the fatal shot, and it forces you to aim true, because if you are that ass hat the just wants to wound him and make him suffer and you happen to have the real round there is no one else with another real bullet to cover for you.

[Kershaw]

The expensive part isn't the actual death. It's all the legal bullshit the years before the execution.

yep. electricity is cheap, and lethal injection isnt that much either.

the legal cost to put someone to death is around 1.5 million.

the cost to incarcerate for life is 500,00.

and i completely believe inmates should be labor to support society. we shouldnt be giving them a free room and hot meals cause of their misdoings. they should be doing the dangerous mining, or radioactive clean up, oil spill clean up, etc. cleaning the highways is not enough. i do think the prison system should be paying back into the state system. they cost society something. they need to pay that back. i dont believe that sitting in a cell constitutes "paying back the debt to society."

[mrsleeve]

we should put all senior citizens in prisons and put all the criminals in nursing homes.


This way the seniors would have access to showers, hobbies, and walks, they'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc. They'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes, and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counseling, pool, and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, P.J.'s and legal aid would be free, on request. There would be private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard with gardens. Each senior could have a personal computer and a TV, radio, and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors, to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct, that would be strictly adhered to.

The "criminals" would get cold food, be left all alone, and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. They would live in a tiny room, and pay $5000.00 per month for the privilege. They would have no hope of ever getting out. Justice for all!

[325Projectz]

NO

its 5 shooter
1 real round
4 blanks

i think you're wrong. everything i've found says 4 holes were in the body...

here one of the many links that say 4, picture included - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/17...ervation-cell/

[mrsleeve]

i think you're wrong. everything i've found says 4 holes were in the body...

here one of the many links that say 4, picture included - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/17...ervation-cell/

I stand corrected. Every way I have read about how this has been done in semi modern times was in the way I described.

Guess Utah dose it the other way around

[LBJefferies]

I don't fundamentally disagree with killing violent criminals. However, our justice system is flawed and has put innocent men to death before. For this reason, the death penalty should be abolished. Keeping any number of violent criminals locked up for life is a far better option than executing one innocent man, no matter what the monetary cost is.

As for the prison system, violent criminals should be locked into concrete cells for 24 hours a day with absolutely no luxuries. Non-violent criminals should be put to work also without luxuries of any kind.

[10Toes]

NO

its 5 shooter
1 real round
4 blanks


it serves several purposes, no on knows who fired the fatal shot, and it forces you to aim true, because if you are that ass hat the just wants to wound him and make him suffer and you happen to have the real round there is no one else with another real bullet to cover for you.

Go to 2:00

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/06/18/dnt.rowlands.utah.firing.squad.cnn