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Originally Posted by WebcamCash Anita
here's an odd fact- i'm from Canada, where we used to have capital punishment unitl about the 1960's, when it was abolished. however, since then, our homocide rates (which i THINK was the only thing you could get hung for) has gone DOWN.
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That's the same elsewhere Anita - there appears to be very little relationship with capital punishment and actual murders.
Who knows, but prob most people involved in homicides don't plot and plan them and consider 'Hey.. if I kill this person I can get the death penalty". A lot of homicides are on the spur of the moment.
Reasons seem to be very varied and with an even wider background. Can think of two kids (unrelated) who killed their parents decades ago. Think they were about 11 and 13 at the time. They were eventually executed when they reached "legal age" (that sounds sick as hell). There was a lot more to both these cases - both of them were severely abused by their parents and lashed out - they were just badly damaged children. A friend knew both of them and visited them regularly and became friends till the day they were executed - even attended the executions - that was the only friend they had. There are also other sides to every story
