In certain circumstances, yes.

No, I think it would be a better punishment would be to live in a horrible jail for the rest of their lives.

No.

In certain circumstances yes.

Poll up

The justice system is not flawless. The chance of a wrong verdict given to an innocent person is still there. The answer is simply no.

No

Yep.

Ain't nobody got the time or dollars to pay for some rapist/child molester/murderers life while they Rot in jail. So pointless

Yes. People who murder others or wreck innocent young children's lives need to be disposed.

I would say yes if there was a 100% guarantee that the person receiving the death penalty was guilty of the crimes committed.

However, that's not happening and there have been several innocent people killed.

I guess rotting in jail is good too, but I hate how Canada only has 25 years with no parole . It's scary to think that a person like Robert Pickton is sitting in jail right now.

No.

The death penalty assumes a perfect justice system, no country has a perfect justice system, so we should always allow for retraction of sentencing.

There's a list on Wiki listing all the wrongful executions in the U.S. since 1900 but I'm too lazy to look it up.

Not for everyone. I mean same-sex marriage is penalized with death in the Arab countries that is completely unacceptable.

What about the cost of the penalties versus the cost of life in prison

Overall, yes. I support it's existence

No, I'm not one of those individuals who let's anger get in the way of rational thinking. Overall, I believe in more punishment for rehabilitation rather than suffering. If your angry at someone for killing someone else, it just makes you a hypocrite for wanting them dead too, and it doesn't do anything but leave more people dead.