Take my poll!

[thatgirly]

Hey kids, I made a poll.  It's only 7 questions, and I'd like to hear your answers.  You can pick more than 1 answer on the Check boxes, if you think more than 1 applies.  Feel free to leave comments to explain your answers.  Have an absolutely fantastic day!Poll The Criminal Justice System

I made this viewable to everybody (gasp!) instead of just friends, so feel free to point

Comments

[zevhonith]

I chose "mixed" on the death penalty, and I would like to explain why

[7ghent]

Holy crap we sort of agree on something political.

[zevhonith]

I'm just as shocked as you are! Clearly our opinions in this matter must be the objective truth. ;)

[7ghent]

Well, the US and Japan are pretty much the only industrialized, non-totalitarian nations which still use the death penalty, so clearly most people in the world think that it is a bad thing, at least in practice.

[zevhonith]

Yeah, that's really my fundamental point about the death penalty - I just don't think it can ever really *work* the way it ideally should, so best to just get rid of it like everyone else already has.

[7ghent]

If there were a way to be ABSOLUTELY certain of someone's guilt, there might be an argument for killing criminals who are guilty of particularly egregious crimes, but that is a fundamentally impossible proposition. There's also a valid argument that even in that hypothetical situation, the state does not have the right to terminate someone's life when further harm to society can averted through other means. I lean towards the latter, but it's pretty much moot outside of the hypothetical perfect knowledge scenario.

[thatgirly]

LMAO!

Incidentally, I also agree, which pretty much seals deal, wouldn't you say?