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Originally Posted by bm bradley
so a guy that rapes and kills children will be deterred due to life in prison and not death, is what your saying?
I read a statistic that stated 60% of crime and 82% of violent crime is committed by 12% of the population... think that is true?
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No, he won't be deterred due to possibly getting life in prison. But people who are going to commit those types are crimes are not deterred by the death penalty either.
Here is some great information.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murd...ally-and-state
If you look at the chart you see that every one of the top 20 states with highest murder rate also have the death penalty. 24 out of the top 25 highest all have the death penalty.
If the death penalty were really a deterrent than you would think those states with the death penalty would have the lowest murder rates, but exactly the opposite is the case.