should capital punishment be reintroduced in Australia?(i want the views of others)?

Nope. Capital punishment is only needed to keep society intact and to preserve order when in danger. The Aussies have a pretty stable society and don't have any real need for it at this point of theri existance.

Australia should not copy the United States on this. Here are some of the facts about the death penalty here. All are verifiable and sourced. (A couple of the answers you received are mistaken.)

Re: cost

The death penalty costs far more than life in prison. The huge extra costs start to mount up even before the trial. (Nathan V is mistaken)

Re: Alternatives

48 states have life without parole on the books. It means what it says, is swift and sure and is rarely appealed. Being locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day, forever, is certainly no picnic.

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person

Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. If we speed up the process we are bound to execute an innocent person.

Re: DNA

DNA is available in no more than 10% of murder cases. It is not a miracle cure for sentencing innocent people to death. It’s human nature to make mistakes.

Re: Deterrence

The death penalty isn’t a deterrent. Murder rates are actually higher in states with the death penalty than in states without it. Moreover, people who kill or commit other serious crimes do not think they will be caught (if they think at all.) (b598650 has this wrong.)

Re: Who gets the death penalty

The death penalty isn’t reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??

Re: Victims families

The death penalty is very hard on victims’ families. They must relive their ordeal in the courts and the media. Life without parole is sure, swift and rarely appealed. Some victims families who support the death penalty in principal prefer life without parole because of how the death penalty affects families like theirs.

Opposing the death penalty doesn’t mean you condone brutal crimes or excuse people who commit them. We should make up our minds using common sense based on solid facts, not revenge.

I agree with you, life imprisonment would be a worse punishment than death (in my opinion), and yet it still offers innocent people a way to get out and live at least a little of their lives, hopefully a lot. There have been way too many innocent people killed throughout history, I don't believe we should add to it.

P.S. No offence intended, but for future reference where you used the word 'illegibly' that should have been 'allegedly'. Just giving you a heads up : )

You have to be committed to actually carrying it out. There are over 350 men and women on California's death row at San Quentin prison, most having waited for up to 20 years. In places like Texas and Florida, they are more committed to the death penalty, but it still takes about 10 years from arrest to execution in those states.

Death is the ultimate punishment and it scares criminals more than anything else. So having the death sentence is a good thing, it just must be done properly where there isn't any chance of getting the wrong guy.

Australians abolished capital punishment because we stood united as a nation and said this should NEVER happen in our country again.

We believe in justice ofcourse, but i don't think many Australians believe that a brutal hanging is the type of justice we feel comfortable with as a nation.

Do the crime, then do the time, that's what most Australians would think is a "fair go". I know i do.

Cheers.

For, yet in only in circumstances the position guilt is previous doubt. stop them dropping tax payers funds, and living a existence of luxury. Edit: 3 sq. nutrients an afternoon, leisure, health centres and on occasion appreciate from different inmates. and they don't pay for it, we do. source? i don't have one, I gained't lie, that is my personal opinion on the count number. contained in the period in-between, the sufferers kinfolk war by existence having lost someone they care about, even as the scum that did it stay off their taxes. contained in the period in-between, they get 'existence' and are frequently out 10-15 years later. back, i do not condone it being finished of all and multiple, merely those the position it could be shown previous doubt. source? i don't have one, I gained't lie, that is my personal opinion on the count number. with assistance from the way, i'm British and a college pupil.

If the person is a repeat offender, yes i think he should be punished

Yes were guilt has been proven beyond a doubt.

eg:- murphy brothers(anita cobby murderers),Dennis furgerson(paedophile),bilal scat?(rapist) to name a few.

yes

costs too much to keep them in prison