Should the death penalty be reinstated?
The death penalty or capital punishment is the punishment by death for a crime. Currently 58 countries worldwide allow the death penalty (including the U.S.) while 97 countries have outlawed it.
37% Yes |
63% No |
27% Yes |
60% No |
9% Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence |
2% No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence |
0% Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment |
1% No, too many people are innocently convicted |
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Unique answers from New Zealand users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@8CCXY9T4yrs4Y
Yes, but the victims family is to decided the punishment and only an option for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence.
@9J78RN2 4mos4MO
Seat life in prison and women's with the younger teens and the warrant to arrested by the local police and the areas been theatre of threaten by harmed helped
@9HK9YD6 5mos5MO
The prison if the date lines with back sides of the arrested wanted by police by legend former US president Donald Trump and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson taking white House issued
@9G5TNN77mos7MO
Yes, for murder. Most other serious crimes can be punished with incarceration in a penal gulag. Criminals should work to repay society for their deeds
@9G4B2WD7mos7MO
only if they did a terrible crime like the man who commited the terrible crime of killing the muslim people in christchurch
@9FYFYHM7mos7MO
If somebody intentially hurts a child or the elderly then the death penalty should be considered AND decided by a majority vote (of new zealand citizens born and living in in nz only for the majority of their lives. Also they need to be 18 or over to vote)
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