Should the death penalty be brought back for Rape (or attempted rape)?

The death penalty has typically only been on the table for capital crimes which mostly involve death of another person.
I think people that commit rape should get longer terms in jail than they are now receiving.

@Chyna: I strongly agree on that!

I’m against the death penalty (as a deterrent).
But.
Since you guys already have have it, and since I’ve heard, and read, that (some) rape victims are so traumatised and totally disgusted, and rather “had been killed”/“died” instead of living with PTSD from it, with the ‘experience’, I’d say, have at it.
To me they are level with murderers, child abusers, and traffickers.

I doubt the death penalty was ever handed down for rape so it can’t be “brought back.”

Between 1930–1972, 455 people were executed for rape. And NO, I don’t think it should be brought back as it was mainly used for the purpose of eradicating black men!!!

Only if the rapist can’t be rehabilitated or has repeated history of reoffending.
And only if all doubt of his atctions is removed.

Ask Thomas Haynesworth.

I agree that rape should carry longer prison sentences. That said, if the penalty for rape is the same as murder, what’s to discourage the rapist from leaving any witnesses to his crime alive?

The death penalty should be abolished regardless of the crime.

No. Read Coker v. Georgia and Kennedy v. Louisiana. The Supremes outlawed capital punishment for rape of adults and children by 2008.

I do not support the death penalty.

No. I can’t speak for all other victims, I can only speak for myself.

I hate my abuser but I do not want him dead. Mainly because it would not do anything to help me.

There is nothing that could happen legally that could make me feel better. He did what he did, and now I have to learn to live with it on my own.

The legal process is shit, people sit on death row for years, it’s all bullshit.

So my answer is no.

The only exceptions to my opposition to the death penalty that I could be convinced of, are war criminals, corrupt/power tripping cops, and priests.

No, you’re being emotional.
That’s not how the law works.

Maybe concentrate on rapists only getting 2 years. It should be more obviously.

@Blackberry, rape is in fact a very emotional crime for someone to fall victim to. In Biblical Times, offenders were put to death for this atrocious crime – holding a woman against her God-given will. Yes, sentences ought to be longer, if not life without parole.

In Biblical times women were stoned for being raped. Biblical times sucked.

@Dutchess_III, male privilege is sucked. Worthless and over-privileged guys did all these despicable things and got away with it. And women were treated like their lives did not matter. But why though?

Because we’re primates. Monkeys. The males are bigger and stronger than the females. Less mentally advanced human primate males thinks that’s all that counts.

@DeLorean24
In theory it’d be wonderful. I wouldn’t even care if they put it on TV….but in reality….we live in a racist, sexist, ageist and corrupt society.

The amount of empirical evidence regarding corruption and life altering and life ending mistakes is astonishing.

You can’t take back killing someone that is innocent.

It seems to me that the flood of incarcerated people released from imprisonment due to advances in forensic technology proving them innocent, more than shows us that the state should not be trusted to execute anyone. It would appear rather obvious.

The question would be when – at what point would you suggest killing the rapist?

I’m thinking of how many people have been imprisioned for decades on fallse accusations, recanted statements, untrustworthy witnesses, and improprly read DNA testing. It seems like rapists are freed pretty regularly when fair trials take place.

If you kill the suppowsed rapist the day after the trial, then it’s too late if exculpatory evidence shows up later.

So… when would suggest killing the person? And how sure would your evidence have to be?

You just opened up another can of worms @elbanditoroso: lying under oath/obstruction of justice. What would you suppose would be a fair punishment for a witness that lies to a court – causing someone to do live or death? Me would be the same sentence as someone that committed the crime, as punishment should be the exact equivalent of the crime. But what do you suppose?

@DeLorean24 “What would you suppose would be a fair punishment for a witness that lies to a court – causing someone to do live or death?”

Witness often aren’t intentionally lying, they’re simply mistaken. For example in the case I linked of Thomas Haynesworth, his victim really believed he raped her. The real rapist, as confirmed via DNA, looked similar (but not THAT similar). The point is eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable. If you criminalize mistakes, then women are going to be worried about reporting rape and you can bet powerful men will use that fear against rape victims to keep abusing them.

What @gorillapaws said.