If the Death Penalty is NOT a deterrent, why am I NOT in jail?

Question

The ONLY reason some people are alive today is BECAUSE I don't want to ever go to death row.

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/

au contraire David E and Jon D. It is the LAWYERS that say their clients are innocent. And it is also proven that states with teh death penalty show a decrease in violent crimes. It is in areas with the strictest gun laws that have the highest rates of crime, ie Washington DC and Detroit to name a few. Y'all need to turn off CNN and get out more.

and EVERYONE is capable of murder.

Answer 1

Amen!

Here's my question regarding the death penalty: If fear for one's own life is not enough to keep them from killing someone else, exactly what is? And, even if it's not enough to stop someone, it will keep them from killing any more people, won't it?

There is no logical argument against the death penalty. The only problem is that they don't kill them quickly enough. Ten to 20 years of appeals and waiting? Did they give their victim 20 years to plead their case as to why they should get to live?

Give them one year to come up with new evidence or find a VALID reason why they weren't treated fairly in court (someone lied, evidence was tampered with, etc.). Then, if nothing has changed, get rid of them on the one year anniversary of their conviction.

Answer 2

You are saying that you are capable and willing to commit homicide, but haven't yet because you're afraid to be killed yourself. [The ONLY reason some people are alive today is BECAUSE I don't want to ever go to death row.] I find your murderous tendencies disturbing; is support for the death penalty a displaced manifestation of your desire to kill others?

But you've asked if the death penalty is- or is not- a deterrent, in effect. But is a life-time sentence any less of a deterrent? If you were certain you were not going to get a death sentence, but instead only a life-sentence, would you be more likely to murder?
This is a personal question only you are capable of answering, and it seems you are quite capable of anything...

But the only way we have of answering conclusively your question is to determine the homicide rates in places that do and do not have the death penalty: (We could compare countries, but let's just compare within the US.)

The evidence is conclusive: In EVERY year (since comparisons began in 1990), the murder rate has been HIGHER in states WITH the death penalty, by up to 44% in some years. (Even as the number of executions has been rising, which should provide stronger deterrence, no?)

How then can you argue the death penalty is any kind of a deterrent?

[And Bharris, YES, there are many logical arguments against the death penalty. Let's begin with the most clear: the 183 persons on death row who've been (so far) proven innocent and exonerrated by The Innocence Project, due to new evidence, including DNA. Think about it.]

Answer 3

or maybe the problem with the death penalty is that over a hundred people nationwide sitting on death row for years have been found to be innocent. If we had killed them right away, we'd have killed an innocent person. What's the problem with "Life without parole" as a replacement sentence? It ensures the person will never kill again, and it prevents us from killing a potentially innocent person. That seems pretty simple to me.

Answer 4

Because statistics that liberals have compiled show that the death penalty doesn't deter crime, and statistics can NEVER be manipulated to lie....

Oh, wait......

Answer 5

Cool beans!

Answer 6

might wanna read up on your critical thinking skills, especially "logical fallacies"

Answer 7

You answered your own question, clever girl.

Answer 8

good point

Answer 9

i guess so