i guess i think lethal injection is the best

least chance for survival

Well, if I had to choose for myself, it would be lethal injection. Although, apparently there are those who are claiming that it is not as benign as it's made out to be. Though how they know, I have no idea.

If I had to choose for myself, I'd go with the firing squad...which is what I chose...

but I think crucifying people would def. work

if the punishment is a deterrent, I wonder if televised hangings wouldn't get the message across better... just a thought.

Life sentences only. Too many innocent people have been found on death row and the longer messed up people are locked up the more we can learn of prevention and treatment.

I can only pick one?!

I chose hanging, but I am a firm believer in it being a public hanging.

The death penalty should be legal every where and should be expanded to other crimes such as some sexual crimes.

Well I personally am not the greatest fan of the death penalty although I do believe some criminals do deserve it. If it does have to be done though I would choose the most humane method if any form of killing can be called humane. Prolonging it would just make us as bad as them in my opinion.So probably lethal injection.

#1. The death penalty is so wrong on so many levels.
#2. If I must choose, I choose beheading, or death with honor in a stadium....fighting a bear

ditto bubs

I said lethal injection even though I do NOT believe in the death sentence.

I choose public hanging.

For Sexual Crimes done by a Man:
For victims under 17 yrs old - Casteration
For victims over 17 yrs old - One Testicle surgically removed

For Women who commit sexual crimes: I'm unsure, maybe a facial tattoo

Id first PROVE he was the criminal and if its 99.9% pointing at the guy and hes found guilty hang him

Gas Chamber.

i suppose i could have added Drawn and Quartered

for some crimes that would get my vote

fighting a bear!!!!

None. The death sentance is BARBARIC. If it is such a deterrent why does the US have such a high murder rate compared to the European Union?

If I'm not mistaken, the EU has a rising murder rate. Also, maybe countries, like Scotland, shouldn't be hiding up crimes by not reporting them. No crime if nobody knows about it, right?

As for the US murder rate, seems to be part of the "culture" of some areas for the bigger chunk of the murder percent.

i voted lethal injection ...i think they should use it more often

the chair all the way. on the subject of the US and death penalties, did you hear george bush actually invented the electric couch? that way he can fry up to 4 people at once!

maybe because in america they sell guns on every corner

My choice was other.

In my opinion the degree of punishment should be based on the brutality of the crime.

a culture issue....

hanging takes too long......lethal injection is too costly.

for 1 $ and 3 seconds....firing squad!

How many executions do we actually go through with in the US? Maybe four a year? To have the death penalty but so rarely use it is not a deterrent at all....

exactly...murders get to sit in prison on our tax dollars...

a great example - charlie manson who btw is up for parole, again in 2007 - did we really need to keep this man alive?

Hang em.....less expensive..

i still say i should have added Drawn and Quartered

inexspensive and entertaining

There is no need to go to autoblame on guns.

Kratos is right. People use household objects more cause they are less conspicuous.

or more often at hand, as is the case in most heat of the moment murders.

I voted for the electric chair, although I'm not so sure.

If someone has done something severe enough where 'death' is the ultimate punishment, then I feel that the method should be the one that causes the most physical pain. They should get a taster of what they inflicted on someone else - even if it only lasts for a few seconds.

The victim (if still alive) of their crime is the one who has to live the rest of their life with the mental (maybe even physical)) torture. If they died, then it is the families who have to live with it.

No punishment is good enough where someone so cruel is concerned.

maybe they could be put in marine or ranger boot camp. maybe something a little bit more humane though, like napalm, circumsision, or dismemberment.

I still maintain that the death penalty is not acceptable in any circumstance, to me.

If one man kills another man, he is a murderer, if the state kills a man what should make them any different? Tookie Williams was just recently murdered, that death sentence was an atrocity and a blow to the credibility of California. Sure, he made some bad decisions, but what he did in the ways of community service and discouraging children from joining gangs while in prison more than made up for it. If one person can change that drastically, why should the opportunity to follow suit be taken away from someone? Just because "they deserved it" which, by the way, is a complete fallacy, no one deserves that.

You reckon, eh? Try telling the victims' families that. Furthermore, why should the general public have to pay to keep that person alive and put them through rehab.? The victim may not have had a second chance.

Any will do,I'm also pro DP in every country.

Yeah saying don't kill people or comit crime while on death row is worthy of getting off the death penalty, I don't think so.
They have taken someones life and caused pain to the victims family,they don't deserve to be kept alive,lets waste money and resources keeping human scum alive.
A person who kills chidren in the most horrific ways should they be allowed to live their lives?
Each case should be judged sepertaley, but punishmetn for first degree murder shoulden't be questionable.

death row inmate battle royal, the last one living gets life sentance instead.

Play Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, etc. until they explode.

Seriously, we have the 8th Amendment saying no cruel and unusual punishment.

Darned that Eighth Ammendment!

Seriously, "I would like to see the punishment fit the crime." That is; the method of execution should approximate the actions of the murderer.

If Dalmer were sentenced to be raped, murdered, dismembered and fed to animals, would that be "unusual?" Cruel, perhaps.

So many murderers, so little time...

I voted hanging. I do think it should depend on the brutality of the crime though.

In principle, I am all for the death penalty. However, in an imperfect world, mistakes happen! I do not think there is anyone in this world qualified to decide whether someone deserves the death penalty. There are people who are found to be wrongly imprisoned all the time, even people who have been put under the death penalty have been found later to be innocent.

Only someone with complete and infallible knowledge of the individual's heart (not to mention one who is also fair and just) is qualified to administer the death penalty, in my opinion.

That said, assuming people are put to death, I think lethal injection is the most humane of those choices.

Regards, PA

That's true. Take Derek Bentley (a teenager with epilepsy and mental problems) for instance. He was imprisoned then hanged for the involvement in killing a policeman back in the 50's. He wasn't the one who pulled the trigger, but his words "let him have it" were linked to the reasoning behind the shooter (Chris Craig) pulling the trigger. The problem was, Derek saying "let him have it" actually meant "let him (the policeman) have the gun".

Although I'm in agreement with you, the fact is; mistakes happen. I'm not saying this makes it right or makes it any better - especially when you take into account that this could happen to anyone, even yourself or your family - but it's the way of the world. Innocent people are killed all the time, even through war, and later realised not to be the intentional target. What can you do though?

cruicfy me upside down!

Use them as movie props. Save tons of money on special effects.

Hanging is probably the best in terms of cost efficient, as it doesn't cause any mess to clean up and the rope can be reused.

However lethal injection sounds more civilised (not that criminals deserve a civilised death)

Here’s a thought. What if, just what IF dieing was an ultimate wonderful thing? I mean what if when someone dies, they actually go to a “better” place? No matter what they have done on this earth…

I believe that someone, that they know for sure has committed a terrible crime, someone who has killed a child let’s say, should be placed in a cell…only large enough to survive in, with only the minimum amount of food and water to survive on and everyday asked if they want to inject themselves with a lethal injection.

Why? Because killing IS killing. If a state’s jury has made a mistake, if a murderer was found out to be NOT guilty after they have killed him or her, who takes the responsibility for their death?

I would not want to be the one to inject, pull the switch or whatever to kill the individual (There was just a report on someone leaving their position for not wanting to do it)

Also, as a side note. More and more prisons are independently owned. It’s becoming a business. People are profiting off of them…look into it and you’ll be amazed.

That’s where the government needs to be called to the carpet!

And, now when someone is arrested, they have to pay it back. That is to say, when someone goes to jail the taxpayer are not so taxed anymore.

The party that is jailed is going to have to pay for their own food, clothing and whatever else they use while in custody. They are billed for everything…they’re even billed for their trial. Aside from having to pay for a lawyer.

And, remember the old “If you cannot afford and attorney, one will be appointed for you”. Well, they even bill for that now too.

But, ARE the taxpayers given a “fair” break? Not as much as they should be…like I said, you’ll be amazed and how much profit is coming out of prisons.

Back to the death penalty. If someone can prove that death is the ultimate “worst” thing that could happen, I suppose it would help the victims relatives to deal with their loss…or, maybe not.

If the people thought that the killer of their little son or daughter was going to a better place, would they opt for the death penalty then?

Yeah, we'll just leave that to fantasy novels, and just go ahead with killing them to make sure they don't reofend or drain any more of society's resouces.

there would definatly have to be NO possible way that this was the wrong guy, in which case, i think it depends on the crime, which basicially says.... whatever violent ways the family(s) of the victim(s) feels necessary

regarding lethal injections...do you find it ironic they sterilize the needle?