re: Thoughts on Public Execution?

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murder that might have been deterred by the death penalty?

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But the acts that lead to the death penalty are so rare and exteme that go past the threshold of a number of deterrents (prison, morality, social pressures) that it's unlikely that the death penalty is a deterrent for a person who has reached that point.

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Hell i would throw 1 stone. never 2 but yeah I would chunk one

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shite, I would throw until I threw my shoulder out

It's widely rumored that we're a civilized society, but unless executions are public AND at least to some degree barbaric/dramatic/shocking/visibly painful, they're ineffective. That's just human nature.

The Execution of Gary Gilmore

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These are genius ideas guys.

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Thank you.

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I don't have enough faith in our justice system to get it right every time. Our system is not perfect. Anyone in favor of the death penalty either:

1)Is ok with killing the occasional innocent person.

Or

2)Believes the court system is never wrong.

If you could show me they got it correct every time i would agree with the practice.

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Exactly this.

I love how much the average OTer here is in favor of something resembling Sharia law.

Eye for an eye dates back well before sharia law.

And I love how people on the OT say "Sharia law" without having the slightest idea of how Sharia law works.

For those that say the death penalty doesn't prevent murders in the slightest, what punishment does?

The same constitution Obama wipes his arse with daily?

If liberals want it they will eventually get it. Leftists kill people.

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I am guessing you fall in the 1st category of being ok with killing the occasional innocent person. Call me naïve but there's no way you convince me that killing innocent people serves a greater good. It's literally that exact mentality that lead people to believe in the final solution.

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As long as it results in a net positive, sure.

There's an incredibly easy way to avoid the death penalty... don't murder someone. Don't murder someone in cold blood and the state won't kill you. Simple as homemade American pie.

ETA: And since we've reached the conclusion that the death penalty doesn't deter crime, I'm fine with it being considered strictly punishment and not a deterrent.