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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I hate posting a story such as this here, because it shows the exact reason why I haven't watched a news telecast for over 3 years now...and why I would gladly volunteer to serve as an executioner in some of the murder cases that we often see. But I am posting the story anyway...as a reminder for those of us who consider the death penalty to be a grave injustice in our society today.
https://www.philly.com/news/grace-pa...-20190320.html
Is life imprisonment enough in a case such as this? |
Vengeance and horrification of how cruel we can be motivates many of us, but the death penalty does not curtail homicides.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf
A report by the National Research Council, titled Deterrence and the Death Penalty, stated that studies claiming that the death penalty has a deterrent effect on murder rates are “fundamentally flawed” and should not be used when making policy decisions (2012). •Consistent with previous years, the 2016 FBI Uniform Crime Report showed that the South had the highest murder rate. The South accounts for over 80% of executions. The Northeast, which has less than 1% of all executions, had lowest murder rate.
The Death Penalty and Deterrence
https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/de...nd-deterrence/
A 2009 survey of criminologists revealed that over 88% believed the death penalty
was NOT a deterrent to murder.
