Arguments for the death penalty.

I'm having a debate tomorrow regarding the death penalty. I need some arguments for the death penalty on the economic. Can any one help me out please? Thanks

 

No this shouldn't be allowed, Because too many innocent people were killed.

 

Why shouldn't this be allowed? And what you mean by too many innocent people are killed?

 

Oh, i thought it said, against, sorry.

 

ohh ok no problem. I still need some arguments in favor of the death penalty regarding the economy aspect :/ Any help would be appreciated.

 

Well, i think that it should be allowed if you had enought proof, Of The crime, Like 3 murders Then it should be allowed.

 

Google your question; you'll find a lot better arguments there, then you'll find here.

 

My aspect is on the economical issues in favor of the death penalty. I searched for about 2 hours and I've only found 5 solid arguments..

 

Each prisoner costs like $50k a year to maintain. If the person has been proven guilty beyond any doubts that could possibly be there, there is no logical reason to keep that person alive. Crimes warranting capital punishment are usually so extreme that it's not a stretch to say that the person who committed it has no regard for human life, so why should we perpetuate their life? If a person is sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.. why even spend the money to keep them alive if all you're going to do is leave them there to die, anyway? Principles aside, it does not make logical sense. Sure, you can say that there are innocent people convicted of crimes they didn't commit, but I'm sure the vast majority of people are guilty. I do not doubt that there are innocent people in prison, or on death row, but (and it's a hard thing to say) the cons do NOT outweigh the pros, imo.

Everything I've said is purely opinion and not meant to offend, counterarguments welcome.

 

the death penalty could be cost effective if it was less fair.
that is:
the death penalty would be more cost effective than life imprisonment if and only if the system of appeals were done away with, and with it any fair chance for the prisoner to be exonerated, guilty or not.

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

the cons are spending a bit more money, the pros are allowing innocent but convicted prisoners chances to have their wrongful convictions overturned.

hmmmm

spend less money/kill more innocents vs spend more money/kill less innocents

 

Death penalty costs more than life imprisonment due to much higher legal fees, more experts, more appeals, etc, etc. There are also people killed that were innocent. That can not be undone. At least with life in jail, you have a chance to get out at some point.

 

just stand in front of class and say "All the death penalty should cost is a bullet."

 

There is no argument I can muster that states entirely that the death penalty is economical, as SuF has just mentioned, it isn't with regard to the whole bureaucratic process.

That being said, you shouldn't have your central pivot rooted on the term economics as financial. That is to say, disregard the financial side saying you cannot possibly put a $ value on a life, and thus rendering it irrelevant.

If they say you can, then ask them what $ price they'd put on their life, and you'd be happy to accumulate the required amount of they agree to forfeit their life (This is out of context yes, however you need to establish that life is worth more than money).
If they say you can't put a price on life on a monetary value, then arguing that the death penalty costs more or less is irrelevant as they've just stated money =/= life.


Obviously there are counter arguments for such things and I'd spend all day countering counter arguments.

 

Have you read "Dead Man Walking" by Helen Prejean?

 

The death penalty can potentially be cheaper than keeping someone in prison their whole life.

The death penalty is only for serious crimes, you aren't going to get it for doing something small.

The death penalty can give "closure" to families and friends of the crime victims.

CBF thinking of more, I had to do an essay and speech on this in the 7th grade. It's really easy.

 

You simply reworded my post and expect that to change my opinion? You're gonna have to do better than that.

 

yea there are more costs than you think associated with the death penalty, its not easy to kill someone with all the appeals that go on, which actually cost staggering amounts.

 

I am for the death penalty. Our penile system is a bureaucracy and it costs more to kill someone than to put them in jail for 50 years. In that aspect we can learn from our fellow Kenyans and Somalians which shoot pirates and other criminals within weeks of them being found guilty for sure. This saves money and time.

Weeks ago the US captured 6 pirates after they hit and sunk a boat killing 45 people and payed Kenya 45 million dollars for them to accept the pirates. The next day all the Pirates were killed in a shooting squad. Is that cost effective or more practical? For Kenya YES for the states NO.