littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yep, that's exactly it. Summed me up perfectly, I think.
You are considerably more righteous than me.
Should Britain bring back the death penalty?
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You are considerably more righteous than me.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
The death penalty should be reserved for people who think we should bring back the death penalty, man! 
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Right up until it's you or yours with their neck in the noose.
Cant argue with that.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
This, IMO, is the only valid argument in favour of the dp.
Well its not the only for me but it is a really strong one.
internetstalker
Get naked!
Tulse Hillist
Member
No, it's irrational to think that the death penalty will prevent the 'sick monsters' the 'torturers and murderers' from doing it in the first place. Infact it could be argued that by the state murdering these types of people we lose the chance to analyse these people, and the precursor behaviours which would enable these aberant peoples to be caught before they murder or torture.
This deterance was the crux of your aguement not long ago. Why the shift?
You've shifted to appealing on grounds of tabloidesque emotions, this is hardly a halmark of rationality... or a fair and just system of justice.
Oh and the death penalty is actually fairly expensive. For example, each of Maryland's state murders have cost the tax payer about 37 million dollars. I presume you'd be up for a tax hike to pay for the death penalty
(from http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/CostsDPMaryland.pdf)
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
ooops, I'm on my girlfriends pc, and didn't notice due to being a hungover div that it had logged in with her credentials...
It would seem from looking at that pdf.. that http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty extrapolated 37 million per death from the following stats...
"SUMMARY OF TOTAL COSTS TO THE STATE
We find there are substantial costs to the citizens of Maryland associated with the death penalty.
! 56 individuals received a death sentence – at an additional cost to Maryland citizens of $108
million.
! There were an additional 106 cases where a death sentence was sought but not handed
down – at an additional cost of $71 million.
! The availability of the death penalty has required the state to operate the Capital Defense
Division, with costs more than $7 million for activities not included elsewhere in this study
during the period 1978 to 2008.
In sum, we estimate the total cost of the death penalty to Maryland taxpayers for cases that
began between 1978 and 1999 to be at least $186 million.
A conservative approach was used to develop these estimates. Thus, this estimate does not
include some costs of the death penalty that could not be empirically tested. These include
additional pre-trial costs of cases in which a death notice is filed but subsequently waived, the costs
of cases tried under a death notice that resulted in a not guilty verdict, and costs of appeals to the
United States Supreme Court. If these expenditures could be estimated, they would likely increase
the total cost to Maryland taxpayers."
It would seem from looking at that pdf.. that http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty extrapolated 37 million per death from the following stats...
"SUMMARY OF TOTAL COSTS TO THE STATE
We find there are substantial costs to the citizens of Maryland associated with the death penalty.
! 56 individuals received a death sentence – at an additional cost to Maryland citizens of $108
million.
! There were an additional 106 cases where a death sentence was sought but not handed
down – at an additional cost of $71 million.
! The availability of the death penalty has required the state to operate the Capital Defense
Division, with costs more than $7 million for activities not included elsewhere in this study
during the period 1978 to 2008.
In sum, we estimate the total cost of the death penalty to Maryland taxpayers for cases that
began between 1978 and 1999 to be at least $186 million.
A conservative approach was used to develop these estimates. Thus, this estimate does not
include some costs of the death penalty that could not be empirically tested. These include
additional pre-trial costs of cases in which a death notice is filed but subsequently waived, the costs
of cases tried under a death notice that resulted in a not guilty verdict, and costs of appeals to the
United States Supreme Court. If these expenditures could be estimated, they would likely increase
the total cost to Maryland taxpayers."
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