It effectively deters those who receive it. They don't commit any crimes again.
We can never know if a deterrent worked. We cannot know how many crimes would have been committed without the deterrent. We must use common sense. The threat of severe punishment would surely deter some people. That is what many criminals have said. Even if capital punishment did not deter all murders, it might deter some. Given it would be cheap to implement (cheaper than prison sentences) and might work it seems like a good idea. People say it is barbaric. Sounds terrible. They never say why it is wrong. Can it be wrong to try to reduce murders? Should we worry about hanging a few murderers? What if we execute an innocent person? Firstly, if the deterrent works there will be less murders and so less chance of false convictions. Secondly, if we reduce the risk of being murdered by more than we create the risk of wrongful conviction we should win on balance. There are many murders each year; very few wrongful convictions.
AnswerThe threat of the death penalty is no deterrent...people are arrogant 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 justice for all of them and therefore we end up with a bad compromise.
AnswerSpiritual 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.
AnswerNo, 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. AnswerIt has never been proven that the death penalty reduces the murder rate. See Texas.Yes it is a effective punishment as people are scared and will think twice before doing such major crimes again. And one criminal is less in the world.
It could be less effective than life inprisoment. Also, a person convicted to capital punishment may not be the real offendor.
the main reason that roman capital punishment was used was to deter people from comitting crimes. hope this helps.
People argue that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime.
We do. It's called capital punishment. Experts say the death penalty does not deter murder.
We're trying to deter students from skipping school by rewarding consistent attendance. Does punishment deter crime?
To deter plagiarism the feedback mechanism is a punishment.
Austria doesn't have capital punishment.
in the USA capital punishment is DEATH
no revenge is not justification for capital punishment
Capital punishment is a belief and an actuality. It is not a universal belief or a universal actuality; the belief in capital punishment is only held by some people and capital punishment is practiced only in some places.
The risk and fear of cancer should be enough to deter anyone from smoking cigarettes.
No. Capital Punishment is not tolerated or practised in Fiji.
Capital Punishment Organization ended in 1994.