jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoRepublicans are pushing to expand the death penaltywww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down13
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThere’s not enough evidence to prove that it is a deterrent. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/deterrence However, I would suggest the fact that there are still plenty of murders in the U.S., especially when compared to many countries without capital punishment, shows that it isn’t one that works all that well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
minus-squareOccamsRazer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoPeople aren’t thinking about consequences when they commit murder, so it doesn’t really matter how severe they are.
There’s not enough evidence to prove that it is a deterrent.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/deterrence
However, I would suggest the fact that there are still plenty of murders in the U.S., especially when compared to many countries without capital punishment, shows that it isn’t one that works all that well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
People aren’t thinking about consequences when they commit murder, so it doesn’t really matter how severe they are.