In March 2018, President Trump asked the Justice department to seek more death-penalty cases against drug traffickers. Trump announced the proposal as part of a plan to combat the opioid epidemic which is claiming the lives of more than 100 people a day in the U.S. In 1988 the federal government passed a drug law which imposed the death penalty on drug “kingpins” who commit murder in the course of their business. Analysts estimate that this law has resulted in only a few executions. 32 countries impose the death penalty for drug smuggling. Seven of these countries (China, Indone…
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No
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1.16 million Americans are arrested annually for the sale, manufacture or possession of illegal substances.
Drug arrests including marijuana make up a total of 26% of all arrests in the U.S.
32,357 Americans are arrested annually for the sale and manufacture of marijuana.
317,793 Americans are arrested annually for possession of marijuana.
Seventy percent of prisoners released in 2012 were arrested again within five years, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
@9G3ZPK67mos7MO
not going to research this again but once i saw this university posted a study on how life was imprisoned and it was terrible, Almost 60 percent (i believe) of prisoners serving time for a drug charge where diagnosed with a SAD.
@9FRGTBR7mos7MO
I think that drugs are very bad you should never do drugs under any circumstances don't even do it f your friend tells you to because you can get in trouble for it.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
No, I do not believe in the death penalty
@95M9FF52yrs2Y
cause the death penalty is cool. only cool countries have it.
@JovialDoveGreen10mos10MO
While it's certainly true that some nations practice the death penalty, it's worth considering whether "coolness" should be a measure of a country's justice system. For instance, many European nations, famed for their high standards of living and progressive social policies, have abolished the death penalty. So, instead of viewing it as a measure of "coolness", might we not see the abolishment as a sign of advanced, humane, and compassionate justice systems? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this perspective.
@9JLPJ3W3mos3MO
We as human should not be able to decide on another right to live or die, death is not a punishment its a way out.
@9J7TTP94mos4MO
The death penalty is inhumane. It violates the right to life- the most important human right. Governments can release someone who was found to be not guilty who was sentenced to prison, but the death penalty can’t be reversed. Many governments use it to silence political opponents. Executing someone is revenge- it does t give justice to a victim and their loved ones. Every day, men, women, and even children (in some countries) wait for their execution. Even if they committed a heinous crime, they still deserve basic respect. Human rights apply to everyone, even the worst criminals.
@9G6M6627mos7MO
Drug trafficking can result in deaths of innocent victims, especially with the fentanyl epidemic we are now experiencing. Drug Traffickers deserve to be punished for this willful endangerment.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes
@9FR54597mos7MO
Trafficking drugs does not relate directly to drug overdoses and does not constitute the death penalty
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked
@9FRGTBR7mos7MO
there needs to be proof if something happens because if there is no proof then the suspect cannot be arrested.
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@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes, as long as they are given a fair trial
@9G3ZPK67mos7MO
I don't think the death penalty is ever just. Especially in a nonviolent crime. Someone who is convicted of drug trafficking is most likely somebody who is struggling and didn't have many options to make ends meet, I think a rehabilitation back into society or a strict long-term probation would be effective into getting these people back into society.
@9FYNRM97mos7MO
Most drug trafficking penalties are already very high, so there really isn't ever a fair trial and fair penalty.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders
@9J7TTP94mos4MO
The death penalty is immoral. It inflicts mental torment on those who fall victim too it, it disproportionately effects certain groups, it is expensive, and doesn’t help end crime.
@9H4294R6mos6MO
Repeat offenders are typically addicts, and in any case, we cannot allow an individual's mental health deterioration to condemn them to death. Some addicts are in fact veterans, those same veterans who committed themselves to sacrifice everything for our country and it is our duty to support them once they return. Not to mention we'd be sentencing potentially hundreds of thousands of people to death.
@8D7X8VBNew Liberty4yrs4Y
No, but drugs should be legal and regulated like other substances (alcohol and Tabaco).
@8LZGZS84yrs4Y
No, but life in prison depending on the drug
@cryingleftist4yrs4Y
Not necessarily, they should have the choice of life in prison or the death penalty.
@8G6F94N4yrs4Y
No, unless he/she has also committed violent crimes such as attempted murder, or first degree murder, or in any other way seriously injures someone as a result of doing
@9CYQ6J7Independent10mos10MO
Yes, and increase punishment for drug dealers
@97N2MHC2yrs2Y
No give them 20-30 years instead.
@6R3G2YX4yrs4Y
No, and the death pendalty should be abolished because the legal system can be wrong.
No, but increase prison sentences for traffickers of lethal street drugs
I don't believe in the death penatly
@9L74FFC1mo1MO
Yes, but only if they are also convicted of violent crimes or their trafficked drugs led to preventable deaths
@9F4CXG58mos8MO
No, I do not believe in the death penalty, and I think there needs to be a rigorous rehabilitation and reentry program so that people can get back to their lives and their families.
@9DXJFQP8mos8MO
No, legalize all drugs and pardon everyone convicted of drug crimes
@9D3RPBQ10mos10MO
No we should give them time to be rehabilitated, If not give them a life sentence and make them comfortable while they stay in there.
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No, legalize and end the war on drugs
No, legalize and regulate drugs instead
@8RYV4BP3yrs3Y
no and legalize all drugs
@8P6ZDMY3yrs3Y
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@98LT9ZP1yr1Y
Yes, but only if they are trafficking drugs like fentanyl
No, increase prison sentences for traffickers of lethal street drugs
@8SJ5GHC3yrs3Y
No, and abolish drug laws
@IanCearnaighProgressive2yrs2Y
For the drug related nature of anything, it would pose a potential sentencing guide reduction in time or augmentation up for selling these valuable goods but they must do good enough for the government testing of samples and for their own anonymous records keep the concentrations etc of their presses for example (meaning a pill shaped, usually generally in the die cast of a forgery of or style of the “penultimate class of drug representative” like how pressed morphine/diacetylmorphine(Heroin, Bayor), mannose, sufficient binding agents FDA good, and a standardized and tested for ‘proof’ (like in ethanol prohibition where shock inflammatory induction is proof of a 70-72.5% ethanol spirits batch. The fentanyl and it’s homologues should be consistent with that cotaken or listed via obsfucatory traffic
@Nateobrien142yrs2Y
No, all drugs need to become legal to buy sell and use because making something illegal makes it more dangerous.
@92T3W5F2yrs2Y
No, but the death penalty should be allowed in cases of pederasty,human trafficking and international banking.
@8YL5KHD2yrs2Y
No, and we should legalize recreational drug use and sale
@94J3V832yrs2Y
Yes, But only if there is proof that multiple individuals have died from drug use that can be traced back to the drug Trafficker
@93MZMX42yrs2Y
No, I support the death penalty for rapists and murders, but it's completely overkill for drug traffickers.
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