Abolish The Death Penalty In The USA

Out of all of the western democracy's all have abolished the Death Penalty with the exception of the USA. The death penalty to me works in theory but then again you have to ask yourself the ethical question who are we to play God and take another life. I was allways brought up to believe that 2 wrongs don't make a right. If murder is wrong then effectively all the the states in the USA are doing is revenge killing's which is a hell of lot more cruel than the crime committed in the first instance. What's the point in rehabilitation sending a prisoner to death row for say 15 year's or so and then strapping the condemned down to a gurney table. This offender may be by this time a changed man/women so it begs the question what is even the point of rehabilitation if you are going to get executed irrespective of it at the end. Another thing is that the Death Penalty has not proved to be a deterrent as state's with it have a higher homicide rate than other's without it. Also the system is clearly flawed as for every 10 executed at least 1 is innocent so it in fact turns out to be a state murder. Here is a link to the states with and without the Death Penalty. Your thoughts please. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-a...th-penalty

A recent case in USA involved two men who set out to break into a property with the intention of robbing and MURDERING the occupants. They confessed to the crime and when asked why they did it one of them said there was no reason it just seemed like a good idea at the time.

Can anyone please explain why this vermin should live when the others died?

Two wrongs don,t make a right is NOT an acceptable excuse.

Yes I do agree with you in many ways, scum such as these 2 men should be punished but life with no parole is in many ways a much more severe punishment knowing that for the rest of your days you will be incarcerated and will never ever have your civil rights or freedom's back. I'm a firm believer in life without parole and look at the laws in our country and they are far too lenient. Under UK law you can commit murder and be out again in 10 or 15 years time. Life for me should mean life, behind bar's for the rest of your days until proven innocent irrespective of how sorry or remorseful you are. You took a life so you should pay the ultimate price but not by barbaric death sentences being handed down. If the Death Penalty in the UK still applied then we would have allready executed the Guildford 4 for example who were later found to be innocent so this would have turned into murder, yes the majority of murder's are guilty but while there is still a slim chance they could be innocent it's not worth the risk in taking. Also statistically a Death Penalty trial cost's the tax payer a lot more money than a non Death Penalty trial does.

In the USA life means life so your comments have a valid point, and their penal system much much worse than ours. But what about the families of the victim, how must they feel knowing they will never see their loved ones again but knowing that the people responsible are still alive and well, albeit behind bars. I truly admire those who find it their hearts to forgive the scum who ruined their lives and try to rebuild what is left of theirs. I personally would never ever be able to do that and i would want to see the guilty pay the ultimate price, and i believe that is the way most people would feel if it happened to them.