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Originally Posted by natehale1971
I'm sorry if you think this is brutal. But there ARE some crimes that death is justified for.
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There's 2 problems I have with this.
One is that it does not seem to be an effective deterrent for Americans.
-States with capital punishment have on average a greater homicide rate (5.2).
-States without capital punishment have on average a lower homicide rate (3.3).
A difference of 35%.
In another way of looking at it, if you ranked US states by homicide rates,
all but one of the top 20, would be states that have the death penalty.
Internationally speaking, besides Japan*, only third world countries still use capital punishment (concentrated in Africa, middle east, and parts of asia). Europe and Canada don't, and despite having an equivalent standard of living, they experience
far less homicide rates. CP just doesn't seem to be working for America.
*Japan only executed 2
That lumps the USA in with countries like this for top ten lists...
People's Republic of China - Thousands executed
Iran 252+ executed
North Korea 60+ executed
Yemen 53+ executed
United States 46 executed
Saudi Arabia 27+ executed
Libya 18+ executed
Syria 17+ executed
Bangladesh 9+ executed
Somalia 8+ executed
The other problem I have with this, is wrongful execution. Of the thousands of people executed over the last century (especially before DNA), how many people do you think we killed for something they didn't do? IMO, if you answer more than one, it is an immoral means to deal with crime.
Thanks