Capital Punishment: Deters Murder, And Is Just Retribution
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Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for
committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable
punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but
it's value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death
sentences. Su ....
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.... is dead, he will not be able to kill again.
Most supporters of the death penalty feel that offenders should be punished
for their crimes, and that it does not matter whether it will deter the
crime rate. Supporters of the death penalty are in favour of making
examples out of offenders, and that the threat of death will be enough to
deter the crime rate, but the crime rate is irrelevant.
According to Isaac Ehrlich's study, published on April 16, 1976, eight
murders are deterred for each exe ....
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