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Originally Posted by Batts
We need to deter people and the only way to do this is to have harsh punishements.
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Ok we have the death penalty is the US. Guess what people still get raped and murdered. In the old west days they hung people all the time even for stealing. If it was such a deterrent why did they have to keep hanging people? Texas executes more people than all the other states combined and they do so every year. If it's such a deterrent then why are they still having to execute people? Why did they have to pass laws where everyone is allowed to carry concealed weapons to defend themselves? If the deterrent is working there wouldn't be that need. There wouldn't be any crime.
People who commit rape and murder do not think about "deterrents". You'd think thinking spending just 1 year in jail and getting anal raped every day for that year would be deterrent enough, but it isn't. See rapists and murderers don't think logically. In fact most don't think they'll get caught at all so why would you think about being put to death if you don't think you'll ever get caught? And if you think you might get caught then why take the risk in the first place.
Personally if I was found guilty and my choices were life in prison with no parole or the death penalty I'd take the death penalty in a heartbeat. Who wants to be raped every day for decades on end and also have to live with the possibility of getting shanked? At least when the state puts you down they put you to sleep like a sick kitten. Trust me, being stabbed to death would not be pleasant.