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• jacquesm 10y ago
  > We shouldn't be coddling those who commit violent acts against others. How is spending a lifetime in prison coddling? > The derrent of death alone would save far many more people. That isn't true, criminals as a rule have a hard time tying consequences to their actions, have a high incidence of mental issues. If deterrence would work at all it would be nice but it rarely does. http://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx http://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx
  • justabee 10y ago
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    • jacquesm 10y ago
      You are tying all kinds of societal failures to the death penalty, killing people will not solve any of that, it will in fact only make it worse. But you're welcome to your own opinion, but 'you reap what you sow' applies to societies just as it does to farmers. Violence projected and practiced by the state will not help in moving society to a more peaceful quadrant.