I completely disagree. Unless I'm mistaken, there is only one offense in the US that is punishable by death, murder in the first degree. First degree murder requires pre-meditation.
Now, you are telling me that someone who has pre-meditated on a murder, knowing full well that if he's caught, he's spending the rest of his life in prison, would be more apt to rethink his action if, instead of being in prison for the rest of their life, they will be in prison for about 15 or 20 years....then be killed quietly? Anyone who's pre-meiditated, then carried out, a murder, is either: 1) Convinced they won't get caught 2) Irrational at the moment - so called crimes of passion - and not considering ANY consequences or 3) Decided that whatever consequences they might face would be worth the action anyway. In none of these instances do I see death penalty vs. life in prison mattering one iota. > Wait - how can it NOT be a deterrent? There are people that cut me off at > the traffic circle on my way home every day, I have some enemies, but I > certainly won't kill them. Why? Cause I don't want to spend my life in a > cell or die from Lethal Injection. > > Side note: I probably couldn't kill anyone anyways, no matter how much I > hate them. I'd rather just smoke a doobie and chill my emotions out. I > am > just trying to explain that without fear of repercussion, people would be > free to do what they want. > > So, I think that the death penalty does deter violent crime. Maybe some > don't think things through (think crimes of passion here) before > committing > them, but for the most part, it works. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139844 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
