Athena:
Actually, moving away from the death penalty doesn’t seem to be hurting us, much, considering violent crime rates are at 40 year lows.
Killing violent criminals will not prevent crime any more than locking them up for life will, and locking them up for life is actually cheaper.
Of course, you’ve clearly got no respect for the Constitution, so I won’t bother.

CassieMomma:
I think this is up there in horrible crimes.  When a person takes advantage of someone’s kindness to the point of killing them I can’t comprehend that. 

Athena:
Normally, I would applaud such honesty, but I just can’t do that, in this case. When you are willing to murder even ONE innocent human being for “the greater good”, you are headed down a slippery slope.
Luckily, the U.S. is moving away from the death penalty, rather than toward it.

Check this out!  By deciding against killing all violent/sexual convicted criminals in order to save just a few innocently convicted  people, you are allowing this to continue to innocent human beings:
(according to disastercenter.com 2007 report)
USA rapes = 90,427
USA robbery = 445,125
USA agg assault = 855,856
USA burglary = 2,176,140
USA murder = 16,929
USA violent = 1,408,337

What about all those innocent people?  It's okay for them to die or suffer in order to save a few dozen per year, right?  Makes logical sense, right?

Yeah moving away from the death penalty is working really well.  I say kill them all and save all those poor innocent human victims!

THE POINT IS that it is worth it to rid the planet of all the convicted violent/sexual criminals if very few innocent ones are collateral damage.

StrangerDanger: When there is absolute proof that cannot be disputed such as in the Chester Stiles case, the hammer should be dropped and he should be put down. I’m surprised that his case isn’t front page here on DD.

MadeaBecBec:
Beheaded?? Oh My!! *wretch*
Once again, a successful and precious, contributing to the ‘good’ of society, person, is removed by an evil act via satans spawn…..
Jesus, come quickly!!!
Godspeed Mr. Rogers, Godspeed!!

Veronica:
So a guy who was wrongfully convicted and spent 22 years in jail was obviously worthless all along and worthy of being put to death anyway because he’s (understandably) paranoid and smokes a lot of weed?  Are you kidding?  So it’s not just hardened criminals who are actually guilty who should be put to death, it’s people who smoke a lot of dope as well?  
Wow.  Just wow.  I’m a pretty big pot smoker myself.  Am I worthless, crighteous?  
Amazing.  If wrongly convicted people end up smoking a lot of dope and overspending after they get out, then it’s evidence they should have just been put to death anyway.    The more you explain yourself, the scarier it gets.

crighteous: That is a great question.  It is extremely rare but to be honest, usually when they are found innocent it is 20 years later.  After 20 years in the can the damage can also be done anyway.  I know of one specific case where a man was in the can for 22 years and was then found innocent of the crime.  He is extremely paranoid, smokes dope all day long, will not leave his house and has nearly spent the $800,000+ he was given for being wrongfully incarcerated.  He is worthless anywa…sad but true.  Would have been better for him if he was put to death in order for a greater good.  I believe the collateral damage is a small price to pay for the millions of criminals put to death for the good of all of humankind. 

happymerry:
i might be throwing myself under the bus here, but….there have been cases where the convicted felon (murder, rape, etc.) through later evidence (or confessions by the person who actually DID commit these crimes)  has been exonerated.   would you feel like that was okay and that it was just collateral damage to see the few (and, admittedly, i understand that the cases of people being exonerated are few and far between) wrongly convicted put to death? 
i’m not trying to stir the pot, but i am curious to know what you think of that.

crighteous: I am not saying it would be absolutely perfect.  I am saying it would make it a hell of a lot better than it is now.  You bring two points that are currently an issue so why don’t you focus on all the good things that would come from them all being dead?  Hardly any jails for the taxpayers to pay for.  The thought that if a criminal commits such crimes will put them to death is such a deterent that very few would even break the law anymore.  bing able to feel safe anywhere you go.  Did I not mention the word convicted?  of course there is due process.  there are innocent people brought to trial and you must have due process.  However when these criminals come to trial again for their second, third, fourth, etc. conviction it is pretty clear that they will never change and the system isn’t working.  Kill them after the first conviction and be done with it.  No appeals, no death row, no waiting, just convict and then take out back and kill.  hell, it should be like it was with Henry VIII where the entire city gets to go see the man get beheaded.  that would probably help keep a few criminal minds at bay after seeing that.You do not believe that certain behaviors (not saying it all stems but some of it does) aren’t innate and do not pass through the genetic tree?  You must not be a parent.  Once you are a parent you will realize how much is innate compared to what is learned.  I didn’t mean to come off meaning anyone who doesn’t agree with me likes the drama and such.  I just wish I could get more proper discussion as to why eliminating these  CONVICTED criminals completely wouldn’t help the situation more than the system does currently.  The “you’re crazy”, “get over yourself”, “it would be abused by authorities”, “rich people could get away with it” etc. doesn’t give me any sort of proper argumentation.  Think about it.  Hypothetically every single convicted felon in the world is dead.  Would that make the world safer than it is now?  Yes or No?

Veronica:
If you honestly believe that your “kill first, ask questions later” policy on criminals wouldn’t be abused by the authorities in whom you are so inexplicably putting your absolute trust, you are deluded.  Also, under  your brilliant plan, the rich and well-connected would undoubtedly still get away with crime.  You don’t think the authorities can be bribed?  
You see things in stark black and white to a frightening degree.  Has it never even occured to you that our system of due process was put in place for reasons other than “coddling criminals?”
Yeah, a system where the “authorities” get to kill with impunity would be Nirvana, all right.  What a fucking joke.  
ps — What’s a “Satanic genetic make-up?”  How can genetics be satanic?  Who says people necessarily commit crimes due to their genetic make-ups anyway?  
pss — your implication in the pharmacist thread that anyone who disagrees with your plan only does so because they enjoy reading juicy stories about violent crime is way out of line.  Get over yourself.  

crighteous: Horrible news!  If Cope was killed by the authortites long ago, this never would have happened in the first place.  Going back to my belief that anyone caught committing a violent/sexual crime to another innocent human being for their own selfish gain should be immediately put to death.  That should be law.Now (as mentioned by a smart man already on here) Cope has been rewarded food /shelter for his Satanic deed and it will be paid for via our hard-earned tax dollars.  I would be very surprised if Cope had never been convicted of a violent crime before.  He should have been taken off this planet way back then as should every other violent/sexual criminal on this planet.One of the many great things about removing all the bad people from the planet is if we get them young enough, then they can’t continue to reproduce more of Satan’s spawn.  A lot of this is genetic and handed down from generation to generation.  If we kill them all, eventually that Satanic genetic make-up will be wiped out of existence and we will live in Nirvana.