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re: Thoughts on Public Execution?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 4:37 pm to UpToPar
Posted on 8/29/16 at 4:37 pm to UpToPar
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Sure, but it's effectiveness as a deterrent is not non-existent right? I mean, it has to deter some crime.
Maybe some. I have a hard time imagining the deterrent effect being great enough to outweigh the burden the death penalty places on the taxpayers. That's not even going into the morality of it or the fact that innocent people will inevitably be executed - which is completely and utterly unacceptable.
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Posted on 8/29/16 at 4:42 pm to lsu2006
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I have a hard time imagining the deterrent effect being great enough to outweigh the burden the death penalty places on the taxpayers.
I'm not interested in this at the moment.
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That's not even going into the morality of it or the fact that innocent people will inevitably be executed - which is completely and utterly unacceptable.
This is what I'm getting at. If the deterrent effect of the death penalty, no matter how small, deters the killing of more people than will be wrongly executed, doesn't it have a net positive? If we are concerned about the taking of innocent lives, then shouldn't we favor the death penalty as long as it prevents more innocent killings than it causes?
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