Death penalty

[countrygirl12]

I know a few Dr's that need to be stopped, biggest pill pushers there are.   

This is true. But it still falls back on the person. You go to the doctor and tell them you are hurting because you want a pain pill.  Open your mouth and tell them no when they say do you need meds for pain.

But I will agree.  When you go for ANYTHING they ask about how you are sleeping and questions to lead toward being able to push the depression and anxiety crap like paxil, zoloft, and all the rest of them.  And those are addictive as well.  You don't just stop taking them.

[countrygirl12]

I believe the death penalty should apply for crimes against children and the elderly.

So if your 40 year old child is brutally murdered and hacked to death he should just sit in jail because 40 is not a child and it is not old.

The age of the victim should not come in to play.

[countrygirl12]

I do think that if criminals had the death penalty vs. selling drugs and getting caught many would opt for another career.  Therefore the drug push would perhaps slow down. Selling drugs is a criminal offense and as it stands criminals have to many rights.  Of course "drugs" is vague. Categorizing dealers from marijuana to meth would certainly play an influence in how the death penalty was utilized.

I doubt it.  Selling drugs is easy money. I can see why some people get in to it.  The economy is good but there are still places it is hard to get a decent paying job.  You cannot pay your bills on a min wage job working part time hours. And don't start yelling work 2 or 3 jobs.  Most places will not work with another schedule.  They want you available to them when THEY need you.  Besides that nobody wants to work 60 hours a week at 3 jobs all paying $7.25 an hour.  I actually saw a job listing for cleaning rooms at a local motel and the pay was listed at the federal min wage. $7.25 an hour.  I doubt they got too many takers.  And they want to say that people are lazy for not taking that but the person doing the hiring is most likely making close to $20 an hour.

[cateyes1]

Got to be tough, drug dealers are tough, they don't know who they kill.

They don't kill anyone. The person who snorts the pill kills themselves. They make a choice. Nobody makes them do drugs.

Yes, but they have to get the pills from some where right?....maybe if these dealers was not around they cant get their hands on these drugs.

[linderlizzie]

the jails are so full of people, keeping them for life is a great expense for the US population 

The cost involved in putting someone to death far exceeds the cost of having someone imprisoned for life.

Do you have proof for this statement?

You state it as if it were a fact, and I'd like to see your source if you would care to share it with us.

[demaina]

I don't really like it, but I don't know what else to suggest.  Something needs to be done about this to reduce the number of drugs in our society, but I feel this might be a little drastic of a change.

[countrygirl12]

Got to be tough, drug dealers are tough, they don't know who they kill.

They don't kill anyone. The person who snorts the pill kills themselves. They make a choice. Nobody makes them do drugs.

Yes, but they have to get the pills from some where right?....maybe if these dealers was not around they cant get their hands on these drugs.

Meth kills more people than anything.  You can make that yourself.  There are tons of ways to get a high just in your own home.  Google terms like 'hiding in plain sight" or "getting high at home".  A state trooper in Kentucky teaches a class that teaches parents how their kids are hiding stuff right there in plain sight and you have no idea.  I hate the drug dealers but I don't blame them when a person gets addicted to pills. The dealers do not usually get them addicted anyway.  They go to the doctor and cry about pain and the doctor gives them something for the imaginary pain so they have pills to snort.  The doctor cannot say I dont believe you and you are not really hurting.  They have to believe them.

[countrygirl12]

I don't really like it, but I don't know what else to suggest.  Something needs to be done about this to reduce the number of drugs in our society, but I feel this might be a little drastic of a change.

How about personal responsibility.  When you catch somebody with just a couple of pills for personal use put their butt in jail for a long time.  Make them not want to have drugs.    Or punish them both.  Don't feel sorry for the user.  They made choices.

[JediJohnnie]

God instituted the death penalty as early as the time of Noah, so I have no problem with it. Particularly if you got the person dead to rights on evidence, I don't know why you wouldn't.

[dwiley11]

anyone who sells heroin thats laced should die,  every overdose is because of that

[jwkelly]

anyone who sells heroin thats laced should die,  every overdose is because of that

                                                                                                                              But regular heroin is ok ?

[MichelleHW101]

Actually, while dealing should be dealt with harshly, I don't believe people should be given the death penalty for that.  Not when you can kill someone with your car and as long as you stay there and report it, you basically get off scott-free. 

[stokeman455]

 I can see the death penalty used for certain crimes. Murder 1,  Rape of a child, etc. etc. P/S think about it?

[tnshpalmer85]

I do not think drug dealers should get the death penalty unless they have murdered people with violence. If there were not drug dealers, people would still find a way to get high with over the counter drugs and chemicals.

[hawkeye3210]

No, I'm not in favor of it.