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But it's a 100% deterrent for that one murderer.

• ska 10y ago
  And 100% irreversible for any mistakes - at this point there have unavoidably been many.
• vidarh 10y ago
  But that one murderer is extremely unlikely to kill again even if released.
• Broken_Hippo 10y ago
  No, not really. It didn't prevent the murder. It just is an absolute way of knowing they will never murder again. The thing is that many don't ever re-murder. With the proper systems in place, the majority of folks don't even wind up back in prison. IE, Norway's recidivism rate is around 20-25% :: The US hosts something like 52% at least with more than that being re-arrested for things. Heck, the death penalty hasn't even been shown to prevent other folks from murdering folks. Neither have absurdly long prison sentences, including life in prison.