Death penalties for drug dealers

[grouchy]

Opinions?

[planosteve]

Just the ones that advertise on TV.

[ralph]

well , death penalty is sometimes meted out for the murderer of ONE person in the USA in say a robbery . I'm sure that lots of deaths are caused by hard drug dealers that sell to dedicated drug users . Heard that Duerte of the 'philIppines' and the 'chinese' and other 'oriental' countries probably execute drug dealers simply for selling DRUGS .

[John in Plano]

Bad idea.

I don't want to have hands cut off thiefs either.


Are your wanting the same penalty for politicians caught lying ?

[Sangersteve]

Depends, drug users chose to slowly poison themselves.

The dealer is just the vendor, but they sometimes sell tainted product, is the case of death by tainted drugs I'm OK with a death penalty.

I don't believe tougher penalties slow criminals in any way, they always think they will be the one's who get away with the crime.

[GFB]

well , death penalty is sometimes meted out for the murderer of ONE person in the USA in say a robbery . I'm sure that lots of deaths are caused by hard drug dealers that sell to dedicated drug users . Heard that Duerte of the 'philIppines' and the 'chinese' and other 'oriental' countries probably execute drug dealers simply for selling DRUGS .

I'd rather execute the dopers.

Not sure which party the dealers belong to.

[jellowrestling]

Depends, drug users chose to slowly poison themselves.

The dealer is just the vendor, but they sometimes sell tainted product, is the case of death by tainted drugs I'm OK with a death penalty.

I don't believe tougher penalties slow criminals in any way, they always think they will be the one's who get away with the crime.

Slows them some; it's a bit tougher to keep a drug trade going from behind bars. As far as the tainted drugs: I can go for that, but it might be difficult to establish exactly who tainted them.

[Ric]

I doubt very much if I would ever support the Death Penalty. Particularly not in drug offenses.