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Originally Posted by kane
How about the argument that it doesn't work as a deterrent? I have never seen any proof that any state with the death penalty has any lower rate of capitol crimes than any state without it. For that matter most of the states with the death penalty actually have a higher rate of capitol crimes than those without it.
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No, this one fails as well because the death penalty itself isn't the problem for capital punishment not being a deterrent, but the process to death itself. Lengthy appeals, pardons, etc.
If our government were to stipulate that from now on, murders occuring on mondays and wednesday will receive 20 years in prison while murders occuring on tuesdays and thursdays will get death within a year, I guarantee you murders on tuesday and thursday will be ridiculously less than murders on monday and wednesday.