The Death Penalty, Debate :P Options

[Ripper1486]

Well, I am part of a debate tomorrow concerning the subject of capital punishment and just wanted to see what you guys have to say about it. I am personally against capital punishment, but want to see some of the arguments people may have against it. My biggest problem is if someone brings up the argument that murderers may be more inclined to commit murder knowing that they don't have a huge punishment like dying, but they will get to live in a prison with food each day, beds, libraries, etc. There are countries which do not enforce the death penalty and do not seem to have many killers running everywhere...I'm still doing research though. I'm going to finish it tonight with my partner, but if you guys have any input, it would be greatly appreciated! On with the debate . . .

(Keep it clean )

[unitself]

Heavy stuff for a gaming board.
Arguing this point is surely not for the weak of heart.
I would like to give DivA a gold star though. You nailed my thoughts exactly. I don't buy the argument that it costs us more to put someone to death than it does to put them into a hole for the rest of their life. Well, it probably does now, but that's because our system is badly managed. Quicken the process and deal out the sentence quickly. I do understand that some people do get wrongly accused, but I tend to think that if killing someone (murder, not self defense) meant you got killed as well then it would deter people. Then again, I am speaking mearly out of my own head and I have no numbers to back any of this up.

side note - Remember on Star Trek TNG when Wesley accidently broke the small greenhouse and all the plants inside on that alien world and his punishment was DEATH?