Do child rapists deserve the death penalty?

When I learned my best friend was raped twice by two separate Child Rapists I couldn't help but cry. I think that through out the USA that all Child Rapists should recieve the death penalty and should actually be executed instead of just sitting around on death row. But because we are a more civilized country I have a better idea. All Child Rapists who have raped a child under the age of 14 should be executed and a $10,000 fine should be given to the family of the victim. All Child Rapists that have raped a child under the age of 18 should be imprisoned for more then 60 years and should give $10,000 to the family of the victim, if the Child Rapists does not have $10,000 then his/her property should be sold and the money given to the family of the victim or his property should be given to the family of the victim. Also a Child Rapist should recieve no contact from the outside world and should be isolated as much as possible. Thats what should happen to Child Rapists who rape or molest our children, this is what we SHOULD do. We can not allow these people to walk our streets any more and we should NEVER let them hurt our little girls or young boys. And for the Supreme Court to tell us that their deaths is cruel, tell that to the children who didn't know what was happening to them. I want them look into that little girl's eyes, who begged for some one to save her, and tell her just because she was raped in a cruel and unusual fashion it doesn't give her the chance to receive justice.

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Of course they deserve the death penalty. There is no defense for raping a child. There can be defenses for committing murder (self-defense, defense of another), but not raping a child.

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This is a really simple answer for me-Yes. But if I had my way, I would inflict a more cruel punishment and let the general population torture him. I hope its slow and painful.

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I'm not a big believer in the death penalty, but in this case I would support it 100%.

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I have heard of men raping toddlers and killing them. And I have to say that man is beyond redemption. But for me to support the death penalty for raping an 8 year old means I'd support the death of the fellow who attempted rape on me when I was 6 years old. Its not that he was 15 at the time, its that I can't accept that would be an appropriate reaction to what happened to me.

I do however think we need a better solution to letting pedophiles back into the population after they serve their time, because there is no fixing a pedophile - they're broken and will forever be broken. Death for rape of a child is too much, but there sure as heck should never come back to society.

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yes, he deserves the death penalty, that is much less cruel than what he did to the child I personally think they should shove an axe handle up his rear end right before they execute him

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They should death penelty!! I also believe a child molester should get life or the death penelty. The damage they do to a child is FOREVER! I know this for a fact.

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yes they should execute him...there is no excuse for what he did...period...and if it were me i would want to castrate him while fully awake before killing him....or as a previous post said an axe handle would work too..the way they are gonna execute him is far more humane than the rape of an 8 year old child....but try telling that to the aclu and other liberals out there who are trying to do away with the death penalty...i wonder what they would say if it was their daughter or son?

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I don't think anyone should get the death penalty for anything. Talk about getting the easy way out. Far better, in my opinion, for him to live to be 100 in solitary confinement, so that he has plenty of time to live with what he did. Let him out for 10 minutes a day to see the sun, just so he doesn't forget what he's missing.

On the other hand, if our culture is going to insist on continuing to use the death penalty, I can't imagine anyone more deserving than a man who would rape a child.

Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com

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I'm going to agree with Kris and Sandy. My husband works at a maximum security prison and there are quite a few child molesters there. They are all in segregation for fear of what the other inmates will do to them. I say let them out in general population and let them see what it feels like to be molested. The death penalty is the easy way out. Let them suffer the way the child(ren) the molested will suffer for the rest of their lives!

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The death penalty is pretty harsh, but I'd have to say that there is no greater crime then those against a child, so in that respect I am fully support this idea.

We have a case in my town (Las Vegas) of a guy that raped a 2 year old girl (yes, a 2 year old), and a 6 year old. Apparently videotaped taped it too. Police have the tape, DNA, and other evidence...but the guy is fighting it. This is a case I WISH they had this option in Nevada. As someone said above, he is clearly "broken". Someone that could do that to child and videotape it (what?? and show it to friends??) just needs to be taken out...there's just no fix for that.
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?s=7486052

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Absolutely exterminate this vermin. If it were one of my daughters, I couldn't stand knowing the demon was still alive and breathing, even in prison.

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Yes, he (and all child rapists) should be put to death. I think all rapists should, but especially ones who rape children.

As for liberals wanting to abolish the death penalty, not this one. I am liberal in all areas, except crime. I believe in the death penalty and I think we are not hard enough on criminals.

As for putting the child molesters and rapists with the general prison population, yes to that as well. Why should they be able to be protected when the children they raped were not.

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Yes, I would hate the idea there is a possibility he could ever get out. Crimes against children are a whole different story and deserve different punishments.

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I think of the priorities of our prisons as two things: rehabilitating criminals or, failing that, protecting the rest of us from them. Assuming the evidence was conclusive in this case, this person should probably not have any possibility of parole. And regardless of the cost to the taxpayer, it would be lawlessness to mix him in with general prison population if that means putting his life in danger.

The purpose of our justice system should not be to kill or, as some of you vigilantes sound eager to do, torture people.

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I'm kind of of the 'eye for an eye' belief. I think the crime and punishment should be similar. I do believe that the death penalty gives them too easy an out.

Yes, leaving them in prison is burdensome on taxpayers...although it does also supply jobs for many who work in prisons...so that's could be argued either way.

I WAS raped as a child and molested for years. Honestly, I think that perps should be tortured emotionally and physically for years as well. Don't give them the easy way out.

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I think he should be put to death.

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