I always used to be against death penalty.
My political leanings are mostly towards left (except for abortion where I belong to extreme right and a extreme pro-life).
But quite recently, I have started to agree on death penalty.
Why?
Not because I believe that death penalty is good punishment to stop criminals.
Because, life in prison is a much much much harsher than the death penalty.
Spending whole life behind bars like a caged animal is so so worse.
Many of my peers are against death penalty because they find death penalty harsh. (Which I still do). But they completely ignore how life in prison is much harsher.
Hence, if I be given the choice between death penalty or life behind bars, I'll choose death penalty.
But, will I choose death penalty if there's other alternative? No.
I think even the most extreme crimes deserves no more than 20 years in prison.
If the person is socio/psychopath and has no remorse, then, keep him under supervision after a long sentence.
But it's inhuman to lock away people for eternity (till they die).
Opinions ?
USA has death penalty and has high % of crimes there. I dont think Death Penalty is a good action to reduce crime but I agree with Death Penalty in some crimes, like multi murderer, etc
It does not really reduce crime but it does save people money, if we have to keep someone in jail for 50 years, we have to pay for everything, food, clothes, etc. If we just execute him, all that money is saved.