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2006-12-26 04:53:48 · 12 answers · asked by green tree 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think a punishment of death is an effective way to prevent those crimes. A person who is able to kill (outside of self-defense and other situations that lead to accidental death) is lacking respect/value on life. How could the threat of loosing their own life be a deterrent if they place no value on life?
More or less the death penalty protects the rest of society from those that do kill.
2006-12-26 05:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by hiscinders 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not while the punishment does not seem so real. No longer are you thrown into a dark hole, and dragged out for hanging, without delay. Now, you have rights. You can work. You can go to school. You have 3 meals a day, a bed, a crowd to hang out with. Prison is no longer sealed off from the world. You can get drugs, money, alcohol.
If we went back to a strict ...strict... form of punishment. It might cause a person to think before the crime. But now, prison isn't far from a vacation.
2006-12-26 12:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that many murderers in recent years (in the UK) have been found to have been wrongly convicted. Over a dozen innocent people would have been executed so that is a strong argument against the death penalty.
2006-12-26 12:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The death penalty sure cuts down on repeat offenders.
2006-12-26 14:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has been proven time and again that the death sentence is not an effective deterrent for the crime of murder.
I would agree.
Therefore it would not be effective to control the crime.
2006-12-26 13:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, countries without the death penalty have the same murder rate as countries with the death penalty, the death penalty does not work as a deterent.
2006-12-26 12:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geez, and here I was thinking that capital punishment and the death sentence was the same thing....
2006-12-26 12:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if rapists knew that they would die or get severely punished if they got caught, maybe they would finally use their brain and stop. rapists right now are let go too easily.
2006-12-26 12:56:32 · answer #8 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It would certainly cut down on repeat offenders.
2006-12-26 12:57:26 · answer #9 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if our punishments were harsher we'd probably have less crime.
its amazing if u murder or rape someone u can get free bed and breakfast. *shrug* i cant believe more homeless people dont commit these kinds of crimes just so they can have some kind of shelter
2006-12-26 12:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋