> if it's generally accepted that if you're gonna steal something you are putting your life on the line - that means people would think twice before stealing so

> if it's generally accepted that if you're gonna steal something you are putting your life on the line - that means people would think twice before stealing something from other people. For how well that works, see: - drug related crime in countries where it’s a death sentence - militarized police forces and the overall outcome for society - effects on crime levels in US states where such a crime is a capital offense vs states where it isn’t All this does is raise the stakes and people committing the crimes resort to more violent means of committing the crime/avoid capture. While it might feel good to know you’d be allowed to kill a thief, it won’t stop it from happening. It’ll just make it that much more dangerous to be around when that crime happens and more likely to get shot as a result.