15-20 years. Judges, attorneys, court reporters, clerks, and court facilities all require a substantial investment by the taxpayers. Do we really have the resources to waste? 大多数人没有意识到实施一个死刑成本保持相同的2 - 5倍罪犯监禁他的余生,这怎么可能?这与无尽的上诉,额外所需的程序,和法律纠纷,将是不寻常的过程。一个犯了死罪的囚犯是15 - 20年。法官、律师,法庭记者,职员,和法院的设施都需要大量纳税人的投资。我们确实有资源浪费?
It is barbaric and violates the \Bill of Rights.
这是野蛮的,违背了“残酷和不寻常”条款在《权利法案》。
Whether it's a firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, or hanging, it's barbaric to allow state-sanctioned
murder before a crowd of people. We condemn people like Ahmadinejad, Qaddafi, and Kim Jong Il when they murder their own people while we continue to do the same (although our procedures for allowing it are obviously more thorough). The 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents the use of \interpret the death penalty as violating this restriction.
无论是行刑队,电椅,毒气室,注射,或挂,这是野蛮的,让一群人之前政府允许的谋杀。我们谴责人喜欢内贾德,卡扎菲,金正日当他们谋杀自己的人当我们继续做同样的事情(虽然我们的程序允许它显然更彻底)。美国宪法第八修正案的防止使用“残酷和不寻常手段惩罚”的规定。许多人会解释死刑违反这一限制。 4. We as a society have to move away from the \
revenge mentality if civilization is to advance.我们作为一个社会必须摆脱“以眼还眼”复仇的心态如果文明进步。
The \philosophy inevitably leads to an endless cycle of violence. Why do you think the Israeli-Palestine conflict has been going on for 60+ years? Why do you think gang violence in this country never seems to end? It is important to send a message to society that striking back at your enemy purely for revenge will always make matters worse. “以眼还眼”的心态将不能解决任何问题。复仇的哲学必然导致无休止的暴力循环。你为什么认为以色列和巴勒斯坦冲突已持续60年以上？你为什么觉得这个国家的帮派暴力似乎永远不会结束？它是向社会发出一个信息：反击敌人的纯粹的复仇会使事情变得更糟的重要。
5. It sends the wrong message: why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong.
传达了错误的信息:为什么杀死人杀人杀人是错的。
Yes, we want to make sure there is accountability for crime and an effective deterrent in place; however, the death penalty has a message of \actually using a murder to punish someone who committed a murder. Does that make sense?
是的,我们要确保有追究犯罪和一个有效的威慑;然而,死刑的消息“你杀了我们,所以我们会杀了你”。国家实际上是使用一个谋杀惩罚犯了谋杀罪的人。这是否有意义吗?
It is useless in that it doesn't bring the victim back to life. 它是无用的，它不把受害者复活。
Perhaps the biggest reason to ban the death penalty is that it
doesn't change the fact that the victim is gone and will never come back. Hate, revenge, and anger will never cure the emptiness of a lost loved one. Forgiveness is the only way to start the healing process, and this won't happen in a revenge-focused individual. 禁止死刑也许最大的原因是,它并没有改变这一事实的受害者了,永远不会回来。仇恨、报复,和愤怒不会治愈失去亲人的空虚。宽恕是唯一的方式开始愈合过程,这不会发生在一个revenge-focused个体。
6. Life in prison is a worse punishment and a more effective deterrent.
终身监禁是一个糟糕的惩罚和更有效的威慑。
For those of you who don't feel much sympathy for a murderer, keep in mind that death may be too good for them. With a death sentence, the suffering is over in an instant. With life in prison, the pain goes on for decades. Prisoners are confined to a cage and live in an internal environment of rape and violence where they're treated as animals. And consider terrorists. Do you think they'd rather suffer the humiliation of lifelong prison or be \
sentence? What would have been a better ending for Osama bin Laden, the bullet that killed him instantly, or a life of humiliation in an American prison (or if he was put through rendition to obtain more information).
对于你们中那些不太感觉同情凶手,记住,死亡可能是太好了。死刑,瞬间痛苦结束。终身监禁,痛苦几十年来。囚犯被限制在一个笼子里,生活在一个内部环境
的强奸和暴力,他们视为动物。并考虑恐怖分子。你认为他们宁愿遭受的耻辱终身监狱或被死刑“殉道”?什么是更好的结局对奥萨马·本·拉登,子弹,立即杀了他,或屈辱的生活在美国监狱(或者,如果他通过表演来获得更多信息)。
7. Other countries (especially in Europe) would have a more favorable image of America. It's no secret that anti-Americanism is rampant around the world. One of the reasons is America's continued use of the death penalty. We're seen as a violent, vengeful nation for such a policy. This is pretty much the same view that Europeans had of America when we continued the practice of slavery long after it had been banned in Europe. 8. Some jury members are reluctant to convict if it means putting someone to death. Many states require any jury members to be polled during the pre-trial examination to be sure they have the stomach to sentence someone to death before they're allowed to serve. Even if they're against the death penalty, they still may lie in order to get on the panel. The thought of agreeing to kill someone even influences some jury members to acquit rather than risk the death. Some prosecutors may go for a lesser charge rather than force juries into a death-or-acquit choice. Obviously, in all these situations, justice may not be served. 9. The prisoner's family must suffer from seeing their loved one put to death by the state, as well as going through the emotionally-draining appeals process. One
victim's innocent family is obviously forced to suffer from a capital murder, but by enforcing a death sentence, you force another family to suffer. Why double the suffering when we don't have to? 10. The possibility exists that innocent men and women may be put to death. There are several documented cases where DNA testing showed that innocent people were put to death by the government. We have an imperfect justice system where poor defendants are given minimal legal attention by often lesser qualified individuals. Some would blame the court system, not that death penalty itself for the problems, but we can't risk mistakes
Mentally ill patients may be put to death. Many people are simply born with defects to their brain that cause them to act a certain way. No amount of drugs, schooling, rehabilitation, or positive
reinforcement will change them. Is it fair that someone should be murdered just because they were unlucky enough to be born with a brain defect. Although it is technically unconstitutional to put a mentally ill patient to death, the rules can be vague, and you still need to be able to convince a judge and jury that the defendant is in fact, mentally ill. 12. It creates sympathy for the monstrous
perpetrators of the crimes. Criminals usually are looked down upon by society. People are disgusted by the vile, unconscionable acts they commit and feel tremendous sympathy for the victims of murder, rape, etc. However, the death penalty has a way of shifting sympathy away from the victims and to the criminals themselves. An excellent example is the execution a few years ago of former gang leader \
notorious Crips gang, which has a long legacy of robbery, assault, and murder. This is a man who was convicted with overwhelming evidence of the murder of four people, some of whom he shot in the back and then laughed at the sounds they made as they died. This is a man who never even took responsibility for the crimes or apologized to the victims -- NOT ONCE! These victims had kids and spouses, but instead of sympathy for them, sympathy shifted to Tookie. Candlelight vigils were held for him. Websites like savetookie.org sprang up. Protests and a media circus ensued trying to prevent the execution, which eventually did take place -- 26 years after the crime itself! There are many cases like this, which make a mockery of the evil crimes these degenerates commit.
Using the death penalty to reduce or even eliminate crime Is a kind of superstition. Crime is a social political, economic, culture and education, morality, family relations, social factors and individual interaction product of crime. Complex causes of death could not eliminate crime, produced naturally can notfundamentally curb crime