Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
How about the people that are wrongly convicted and then exonerated by DNA evidence. Were they going to deserve it? Or is that different?
well, death in all of the cases in quick and pain lasts less than a minute (in the worst case scenario i'd say), and after it's done they won't be complaining much.
sure, it won't feel good for them, and if they were innocent, then that really sucks, but since you cannot determine if they are innocent when waiting on death row (because supposedly the system should have worked and it would be a guilty person waiting there), you have to assume he/she is guilty and go through with the death penalty as previously instructed. And since it should be assumed that nearly every single death row convict is guilty, if not all of them, then the death should NOT be painless.
and it seems death penalties are really only handed out to those individuals whose cases were clear cut and without a doubt guilty. Sure, it can be assumed maybe a handful of times it may have happened where the person killed was innocent, but it seems life sentences are handed out in the tougher cases.
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
I thought it was painless?
Supposedly it paralyzes a lot of your body, so you seem to be dying painlessly but are actually in a lot of pain.
i've heard that, and if that is indeed the case, than I support that. Knowing the individual is in a lot of pain but because his body cannot communicate the pain, those watching don't see brutality.