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the threat of the death penalty is no deterent...people are arogant and they premeditate the act thinking they will be like OJ and get away with it because they are smarter than everyone else or they commit the crime in the heat of passion and punishment never even enters their mind until after...then the "I can beat this" attitude kicks in and they try to cover it up. These attitudes persist as do murder rates, the latter of which is not affected by the existence of capital punishment. The death penalty should not be argued for from the standpoint of being a deterent, because it is not. Rather it should be argued that the punishment must fit the crime. Those who kill should be killed. The unfortunate thing is that if you wish to mete out true justice doing so will eventually bankrupt your society. It is good that we want to take every precaution not to convict an innocent person, but a real shame that we have so many bad people that we cannot afford the required justuce for all of them and therefore we end up with a bad compromise.
== == Spiritual decline is evidenced throughout the western world, with the rejection of the Christian faith and its replacement with secular evolutionary Humanism. Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, or chairman Mao committed the murder of millions Stalin likening it to being no different to mowing a lawn.
The prisons are not suddenly (or even slowly) emptying with the decline in spiritual values. The removal of the death penalty is a symptom of the rejection of absolutes as well as the downgrading of the value of human life and so it probably is not solely responsible for any increase in murder alone but is part of the wider picture. Nor would it necessarily prove anything if places which had a lower rate of murder also had the death penalty -there may be other factors, although I believe it does send a powerful message if administered correctly.
No, States that have abolished the death penalty have shown a marked decrease in murder rates since putting such decisions into effect. Additionally, such states average significantly fewer murders per thousand than states with the death penalty.
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When was the death penalty outlawed in the UK?
The death penalty for murder was abolished under the 1965 Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty Act). The death penalty for treason and a variety of other offences was abolished under the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. For the absolute avoidance of doubt the death penalty in the UK was absolutely abolished for all offences when the UK became a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights by enacting the 1998 Human Rights Act.
When did England abolish the death sentence?
The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 was made permanent on 16 December 1969
What is the penalty for felony-murder in ct?
Connecticut is one of the states that has a death penalty.
What are England's death penalty laws?
In 1965 England, Wales and Scotland suspended the death penalty with the Murder Act (Abolition of the Death Penalty). This suspension has not been lifted. The last people executed were hanged for the murder of John Alan West who was slain on the 7th of April 1964. The executions took place on the 13th of August 1964 at 9 a.m. Gwynne Owen Evans was executed at Strangeways Prison in Mancheste. Peter Anthony Allen, at Walton Prison in Liverpool,
Can a scam artist get death penalty?
No, currently the death penalty only applies to murder and high crimes like treason.
What crimes does the death penalty commit to?
most likely murder
Do gay people receive the death penalty?
Only if they are convicted of a crime that warrants the death penalty, such as murder (the same as straight people).
What is the penalties for felony murder?
Connecticut is one of the states that has a death penalty.
What is the punishment for 1st degree murder of a police officer?
In those states which still have the death penalty it is death. In those states which no longer have the death penalty it is life imprisonment.
How would each perspective on criminal justice view the use of the death penalty as a sanction for first-degree murder?
As first-degree murder is planned beforehand, then the use of death penalty may be appropriate, but this is my opinion.
When did the death penalty abolish in the UK?
The death penalty for murder was abolished under the 1965 Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty Act). The death penalty for treason and a variety of other offences was abolished under the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. For the absolute avoidance of doubt the death penalty in the UK was absolutely abolished for all offences when the UK became a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights by enacting the 1998 Human Rights Act.
Why is Charles Manson still Living?
Because he was to Death but reduced by abolition of death penalty to life in prison. Next parole hearing scheduled for 2012.
