Death Penalty: Hypocritical bullshit

[Big Iron]

[[1. It's popular to assert that the death penalty is not a deterrent, but where's the proof? Common sense seems to say that the greater the punishment, the greater the deterrent. Can those who disagrees to refer to appropriate studies supporting their position? ]]


I can't point to any offhand, but I know from my studies in criminal law that this is the overwhelming consensus of learned people who have looked at the issue. Indeed, they generally find that, within reason, increadsed penalties don't have a strong deterrent effect. What deters people is the likelihood of getting apprehended.

Few serious death penalty proponents continue to argue that it serves a deterrent purpose.


[[2. The joke about the death penalty's "low rate of recidivism" might not be so funny if your loved one was a murdered prison guard, a victim of Willie Horton, etc. ]]


I'll bet it's hilarious to everyone else, though, huh?

Willie Horton, right -- thanks for the red flag.


[[3. It's just as unfair for an innocent person to be murdered as to be executed. A lot of people have been killed by convicted murderers.]]


Nice logic.