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(14 posts)We can site other countries crime rates that have no death penalty and come to the conclusion that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent for violent crimes...but we would be wrong. I think it is false to compare a generally homogenous society like Holland or Sweden to the culturally and racially diverse society in the US. Combine our availability of guns, income inequality as a result of near total laissez-faire capitalism, an established culture of violence and finally just plane old fashioned redneck xenophobia and you reach a sad conclusion: We NEED the death penalty. Does anyone realistically believe that the "threat" of three hot meals, a bed, some TV time, and a chance to catch up on some reading for the rest of your life is enough of a deterrent to lower crime? Is the goal of abolishing the death penalty, in fact, to reduce crime? Or is it to adhere to some higher moral principle while the foundation of our society itself produces crime? I think changing our entire social contract to achieve social and economic justice first is necessary before eliminating the death penalty. Otherwise I see abolishing it putting the cart before the horse!
2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)Does your state have the DP?
Pretorius
(14 posts)This isn't a freedom issue. It's a justice one. Do you equate "freedom" with a murderers ability to evade justice? The way I see it, you forfeit your rights to "freedom" the moment you decide to rape, torture, murder and mutilate someone! If we don't chase out the killers among us, how can we achieve justice?
TlcJobCoach
(16 posts)one in a million chance that a person was innocent?
What if it was your relative?
What if it was you?
It is barbaric to kill people like dogs. Hell, we don't even kill dogs like that.
geoxyx
(2 posts)This guy basically sums up my view, but we have to remember that this filth raped and murdered a pregnant woman