Some states actually (foolishly) think one of the solutions to their budget woes is to perform fewer executions.I just don't have the heart to tell him that besides saving money and being the smarter idea considering how many cases have been getting overturned due to false convictions, but that stopping executions doesn't take the detterence out of capital punishment, it stops it altogether.
Sure. Take more deterrence out of capital punishment.
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but that stopping executions doesn't take the detterence out of capital punishment, it stops it altogeth
ReplyDeleteHuh?
Has anyone ever proven that capital punishment actually does serve as a deterrent? I ask because it seems to me that states that do have capital punishment seem to have higher rates of violent crime than those that do not.
ReplyDeleteWell, it deters the person from killing again, except in prison.
ReplyDeletei think, Zach, you can find articles that support both =sides of the issue. I am for it because some people are not worth saving, like Steven Avery. Yes, it costs a lot to kill a person, but if a person is not worth saving because of his crime (s), then I am for it.