• fastandcurious@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It doesn’t unkill the victims but it definitely will make other people think twice before they do the same thing

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      9 months ago

      it definitely will make other people think twice before they do the same thing

      There is absolutely no evidence to support that assertion.

      There is no proof that the death penalty deters criminals. According to the National Academy of Sciences, “Research on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is uninformative about whether capital punishment increases, decreases, or has no effect on homicide rates.”

      US Department of Justice

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        9 months ago

        I honestly don’t like to trust a country where you can get away for being a literal child rapist, but the above is just my opinion, we don’t even need evidence to know that the standard strawberry method of giving them merely some jailtime is not working either, but whatever, I am not a law expert

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          9 months ago

          I believe that most developed countries have gotten rid of the death penalty, and a big part of that is because it doesn’t work as a deterrent.

          Very few people decide whether or not to commit a crime based on the punishment. Most criminals think they won’t get caught at all, or if they do, they think they’ll get away with it in court.

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            9 months ago

            That is my point, anyone who commits this should be always caught and be given the penalty, they should not be able to get away, no matter they are rich are poor

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          9 months ago

          we don’t even need evidence to know

          No matter what follows this…yes, we do. You should need evidence to believe anything; understanding of course that the more extraordinary the claim, the more extraordinary the evidence needed.

          giving them merely some jailtime is not working either, but whatever

          Then imprison them for life. Guess what, life imprisonment is cheaper than the death penalty, and can be overturned if there’s an error.