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Originally Posted by bm bradley
so the only real reason is due to wrongful conviction then?
when I was reading dead man walking blog I noticed that a great majority of the executed prisoners had previously served time for manslaughter. so the death penalty would in fact prevent murder wouldn't it?
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That is providing you want to ignore #2. Statically past studies have shown that when states disallow the death penalty murder rates have actually decreased...maybe because once a person has killed they know that they will be executed so will kill again in an effort to prevent being caught.