Should women get the death penalty?

[MyUserName]

What about those who get 10x life penalty to never be released? Also the idea of deterrence and the overall benefit to society.

What about them? Those do not invalidate my previous point. Someone who got that kind of sentence would have to be an extreme threat that cannot be cured,

Deterance would be covered by the punishement aspect and the overall benefits to society I assume you mean are removing criminals from society (even just temporarily)? Yes that is a good point too as I said it is not just punishment and revenge.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

The death penalty is murder with the murderer afforded the protection of the State - it's pre-meditated, in cold blood and with vengeance as the only motive.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

The death penalty is murder with the murderer afforded the protection of the State - it's pre-meditated, in cold blood and with vengeance as the only motive.

What about putting down a Dog?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

What about putting down a Dog?

What about it?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

What about it?

Why is that ok and putting down a human not? Are we not both animals?

[northernladuk]

What about putting down a Dog?

and flushing goldfish down the toilet....

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

and flushing goldfish down the toilet....

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Why is that ok and putting down a human not? Are we not both animals?

that's a daft argument

[xoggoth]

Not that bothered what happens to serious criminals if they really are guilty but no system is perfect and they may not be. A long prison sentence at least gives a chance to someone who is incorrectly convicted. If death sentences are used they need to be restricted to the very few cases where guilt really is proved beyond doubt. The b* who killed lee Rigby for example.

[d000hg]

The death penalty is murder with the murderer afforded the protection of the State - it's pre-meditated, in cold blood and with vengeance as the only motive.

No it isn't. Murder is a word with a specific definition, it does not mean "deliberately taking someone else's life".
Killing an enemy soldier in battle is another case where pre-meditated deliberate killing is NOT murder.