seriously why dont heroes kill when necessary?

So many people would be alive if heroes kill villains who keep committing crimes. for example Jason Todd would have never died if batman would have kill the joker. Heroes like the punisher, wolverine,and wonder woman( at times) have the right idea if their a treat now and don't try to change why not put an end to them one and for all. so why heroes kill is it because they like the challenge the villains bring despite the many deaths( not very heroic), or is it the fame that comes with people seeing you save the day( hope not sense they always go trough them sad moments and almost quit being heroes), or maybe their afraid to kill( if so their not hero material, a hero should be willing to do whatever it takes). Now some villains like lex have help save the world on several occasions, but the threat would have never happen had that threat ended a long time ago. Now i do agree with arresting villains and offer them a chance to reform, but if they don't take it, kill them.

Because I guess they just believe in, you know, the law and due process. It's the court's job to put away the villains for good (and keep them there.. obviously they're not very good at it) and institute a death penalty if necessary. Being a 'hero' doesn't exempt you from the laws you're trying to uphold, and if you go around murdering villains, you will, or at least should, be put up on murder charges yourself, no matter how justified the action.

Because I guess they just believe in, you know, the law and due process. It's the court's job to put away the villains for good (and keep them there.. obviously they're not very good at it) and institute a death penalty if necessary. Just because you're a 'hero' doesn't exempt you from the laws you're trying to uphold, and if you go around murdering villains, you will, or at least should, be put up on murder charges yourself, no matter how justified the action.

@The Stegman: d'awwww, you're gonna make me blush now

Because...Writers can't create new villains every issue.

@Ravager4 said:

Because I guess they just believe in, you know, the law and due process. It's the court's job to put away the villains for good (and keep them there.. obviously they're not very good at it) and institute a death penalty if necessary. Being a 'hero' doesn't exempt you from the laws you're trying to uphold, and if you go around murdering villains, you will, or at least should, be put up on murder charges yourself, no matter how justified the action.

@cattlebattle: I don't the reasoning behind saying that not showing up at the person's trial means that he's letting them walk himself... he isn't involved in anyway in the court process, or the sentencing that a judge gives a villain for the crimes they commit. He just catches them and hands them over to the police, that's where his job ends. Then it goes into the hands of the actual criminal justice system. Unless something's changed.

@Ravager4 said:

Because I guess they just believe in, you know, the law and due process. It's the court's job to put away the villains for good (and keep them there.. obviously they're not very good at it) and institute a death penalty if necessary. Being a 'hero' doesn't exempt you from the laws you're trying to uphold, and if you go around murdering villains, you will, or at least should, be put up on murder charges yourself, no matter how justified the action.

The general conceit is that while the heroes are operating outside of the law, as vigilantes, they still try to conduct themselves as officers of the law. In this way, they are, at the very least, tolerated by duly authorized representatives of law enforcement. To conduct themselves as judge, jury and executioner would very quickly get them labeled as villains. They would cease to engender the public's trust and would find themselves having to fend off and elude the police, all the while that they're trying to fight crime themselves. Why make your self-imposed mission to combat evil so much more difficult, when by simply following the rule of law, you can, largely, focus on just doing what you set out to do... fight criminals... as opposed to being in conflict with law enforcement agencies, and becoming a figure of terror for the very public you're supposedly protecting. At the end of the day, the Joker's victims are not the Batman's fault. That fault lies with the Joker. You cannot be held responsible for the actions of another.

It also wouldn't really resolve anything. The Punisher kills all of his adversaries, and gains nothing. Innocent people still end up murdered, For every criminal that the Punisher puts down, a hundred more are waiting in the wings to pick up the slack. He isn't changing anything by his actions. Yes, the people he kills can never kill again, but their deaths don't necessarily make people safer. You can make an argument stating that putting the Joker away also doesn't necessarily make people any safer, and that would be a fair point. So, it comes down to this. Are you a good man who wants to do good in the world, and through your, quite frankly, illegal actions help to shore up a damaged justice system, so, that, it works a little more often than not? Or are you a nihilist with no faith in the justice system who has absolutely no issue with being exactly the same as the men you are killing?

@Ravager4: I love your response it was so intelligent and well thought, i would love to have a conversation with you some time. the law is man made and imperfect( since villains still get free) heroes arent really apart of the law and i guess they could have immunity since their actions are meant to protect innocent lives, a killing in defense(justified) @BlackArmor: IKR.

@chalkshark: well spoken, but there where faults. people would be safer just not 100% safer. also the more threats just waiting to come out just show that things will never end or get boring( not refering to you @chalkshark )

@FourthDeity: i agree hence killing him to settle the problem

light needs dark to balance everything. plus if ya kill the cool baddies who takes their place?

If Batman killed the Joker, he'd have nothing to do on Tuesdays. That's why.