I doubt that capital punishment could be carried out swiftly and fairly. It takes so long due to the necessary constitutional safeguards I mentioned before that are needed to make sure justice is served properly. http://anglerfish07.livejournal.com/98473.html?thread=75177#t75177
It sounds like you speak from personal experience. I'm extremely sorry that someone you knew was raped because a criminal re-offended. That's horrifying and unspeakable. I think that shows rapists shouldn't be given parole, but I don't think it means they should be executed.
Re: some innocent people preferring death penalty
Date: 2010-07-19 01:47 pm (UTC)It sounds like you speak from personal experience. I'm extremely sorry that someone you knew was raped because a criminal re-offended. That's horrifying and unspeakable. I think that shows rapists shouldn't be given parole, but I don't think it means they should be executed.