The death penalty is to the left what partial birth abortion is to the right. When groups are making emotional pleas to push their agenda then you know you are being played.
Actually, I guess I would be on the right, and I am against the death penalty for specifically the reason the article states. I have no moral problem with killing someone who has removed themselves from the society by killing fellow people, but my experience tells me that government is supremely unqualified to make that terminal determination. It is also quite a bit less costly to keep the person in prison until they die than go through with the court system with all the appeals.
So, both fiscally and an understanding of government's failing will often lead people on the right to be against the death penalty. It is really about which pillars of conservative belief you hold most dear.
Can be being not worse than
Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Palestine, China, Singapore, Belarus, Taiwan, Afghanistan and Egypt and possibly North Korea considered as being left or right?
And what about the universal human rights? "The right of every individual to protection from deprivation of life" and "no one shall be subjected to cruel or degrading punishment."
> And what about the universal human rights? "The right of every individual to protection from deprivation of life" and "no one shall be subjected to cruel or degrading punishment."
The basic argument against that is that a person who has committed such a crime has broken their social compact with the rest of society. Having declared war on their fellow people they deserve none of the protection of their fellows.
// also, doesn't Japan still have the death penalty?
"A 2010 poll by Lake Research Partners found that a clear
majority of voters (61%) would choose a punishment other
than the death penalty for murder." (deathpenaltyinfo.org)
And between 1967 and 1977 not a single person was executed in the whole US, independently of the possible will of some states. The Eighth Amendment from 1791, the visible public disapproval and stuff.
And please tell where you've found any "emotional pleas"? Edit: or even "outrage"?
Fine edited to outrage. Your goal is to paint the US as similar to those countries but the fact is it is up to the states. Here are the states with no death penalty:
Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia
