Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?
Since 1999, the executions of drug smugglers have become more common in Indonesia, Iran, China and Pakistan. In March 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed executing drug traffickers to fight his country’s opioid epidemic. 32 countries impose the death penalty for drug smuggling. Seven of these countries (China, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore) routinely execute drug offenders. Asia and the Middle East’s tough approach contrasts with many Western countries who have legalized cannabis in recent years (selling cannabis in Saudi Arabia is punished by beheading).
@9HVRQKQ2mos2MO
Depends on numerous factors (quantity, repeated offences, number of deaths, types of drugs). Only at rare occasions should they be punished by death.
@9GK4YPN5mos5MO
Sentence them to life without parole if there is proof that someone died from the drugs they trafficked or if they are repeated offenders.
@92SX5LN2yrs2Y
Depending on the drug and the quantity
@92SSD9C2yrs2Y
Depending on the circumstances/consequences that come with the trafficking
No but they should face heavy penalties based on the seriousness of the drug and the the deaths associated from said drug being trafficked
@92SNYVG2yrs2Y
Drug trafficking shouldn’t be an issue if it is legalised and regulated
@92SNPNP2yrs2Y
The death penalty should only ever be used for the most heinous unrefutably obvious crimes
@92SLTD62yrs2Y
No why should someone who brought drugs in serve more time or be killed rather then a rapist, murder or a child predator
@92HRDBS2yrs2Y
No the lord takes life not man
@92DKHTJLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
You should only supported the Death Penalty for the most Hainist and Serious Crimes on the Planet such as a Dictatorships, War-Lords, Monarchy, Corruption, Terrorism, Theocracy and something along those lines.
No drug related crime should result in punishment of any kind. All drugs should be decriminalised. Rehabilitation should be offered in certain cases.
Hell no. More drugs should be legalised and non violent offenders, locked up for drug dealing, should be released
@8Z5XDPHUnited Australia2yrs2Y
It should be rare but a possibility.
@8Z33Y8DOne Nation2yrs2Y
no, unless its hard drugs I.G. meth, heroin
@8YS2KNYLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Put on a remote island with a pack of seeds and a shovel
Deleted2yrs2Y
No God says you shall not kill
No, Drugs should be decriminalized and in some cases legalized sold and taxed in order to prevent black market trade and foster safer user conditions.
Drug trafficking is not always by the trafficker themself, theyre part of a bigger problem. Use them to investigate. Unless it is from Aus to another country then it is the problem of the country they are travelling to.
@8WBZJTJ2yrs2Y
Depending on the circumstances. Should they be trafficking in order to make a living or reluctantly, they should be given a fair trial. If they do it with malicious intent then yes.
No, I don't believe in the death penalty and can't believe you'd give death penalty for drug traffickers of sexual ones
@8VLPH3C3yrs3Y
@8VFJ3GZ3yrs3Y
no, i don't believe in the death penalty unless they're; rapists, pedophiles, child molesters, anything to do with children BUT they HAVE to have solid proof of the crime.
@8V8D7773yrs3Y
Only if its in the trades of heroin and ice (very hard drugs)
they should be given time in jail, but not life, they are victims to poverty
@8V2X6263yrs3Y
No, the death penalty should be reserved for the crudest of criminals such as rapists, child molesters, serial killers, terrorists, etc. Drugs is not as serious offence as to allow death penalty.
@8TYQ9773yrs3Y
Depends on the drug, whether it's a hard drug or a plant
No, each drug should have its own rule based on its severity.
They should serve another penalty but not death.
Yes, if the drug has been shown to mostly negatively impact people’s lives
@8TPD44B3yrs3Y
No, because giving them the death penalty is to generous
No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead, if they are convicted of multiple drug trafficking laws.
@8TMM9CWOne Nation3yrs3Y
Yes, if they've committed other visious crimes. And/or, if they're knowingly accociated with human trafficking
No, Carry out criminal background checks, also pending the drugs and quantity.
if it was done voluntarily
Depends on the circumstances, the court must determine the sentence.
GO monke on daddy and get labored
@8T8C44R3yrs3Y
Death penalty is an easy way out for the worst offenders, and they usually have good sectioned living conditions compared to other prisoners but some people deserve to die for the heinous crimes they commit
@8RYGKW93yrs3Y
Not in Australia, but if an Australian is convicted in a country that has it, then we have no right to interfere that judicial system.
yes and no because it depends what they have done
@8R9BYWK3yrs3Y
Absolutely not. They don't give that punishment to rapists and pedophiles when those people are responsible for harming the most vulnerable individuals. I believe in the death penalty but only for extreme cases with maximum proof, and drug trafficking is not an extreme crime in my eyes. These people are often addicts, tricked into moving the product or desperate for money.
No, sentence them to life in prison with parole, but if the crime is committed again, sentence them to life without parole
@8R7P44P3yrs3Y
People at the top end of drug trafficking ... suppliers should have the death penalty imposed. Drug traffickers should have all proceeds to crime taken and sold and money put back into the communities in form of rehab
No, the death penalty is a waste of life. If we are going to have a death penalty, I would rather their bodies be given to science to progress society.
No, but I do believe they should be sentenced to life in prison, and bugets should be decreased immensely
@8R43ZPT3yrs3Y
if someone took the drugs by choice and died then its their fault but if they were forced then the person should possibly get the death penalty.
@8R2C48Q3yrs3Y
No unless they are trafficking hard substance such as ice or herion
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