>>>>>>>For me its a red herring. The state should never kill .
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>>>>>>I agree with that...and I think more Americans are believing that each year.
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>>>>>I don't know about that. There is an anger level in this country that is just below the boiling point.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the paradox I don't get. A death sentence essentially says you have done the most unforgivable thing you can do, which is take a human life. And for that we are going to kill you.
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>>>>Seems pretty clear. Object lesson, punishment and prophylaxis - not to mention if done properly ( i.e in a very timely fashion) much cheaper than room and board forever.
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>>>Cheaper is true. But studies show capital punishment is not a deterrent.
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>>>Have you been following the case in Texas?
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>>Captial punishment is not a deterrent because the criminals sit on death row for 20+ years, at taxpayer expense, with all the
>>amenities of a modern 5 start hotel. Why would a career criminal care if they were put on death row? They're going to die of old
>>age anyhow. Most prisons rival health clubs with TV's, weight rooms, handball and basketball courts, etc. Prison is most certainly
>>not a deterrent when life in the inside is better than life on the outside.
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>>IMO, If a person is convicted of a captial crime and sentenced to die, they should get an automatic appeal. That appeal should happen
>>within 6 months to a year. If the verdict is upheld, they should be executed that day.
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>>The crime rate would drop overnight, as would prison overcrowding and the costs of incarcerating them.
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>In Northern Ireland the paramilitaries took it on themselves to administer justice. Drug dealers and car thieves where routinely shot in the knees and elbows and for repeat offenses killed. I didn't do anything to reduce crime. Criminals do not assume they will be caught.

That's because of the increased crime rates resuting from the aforementioned problem. Start executing these murderous thugs in a timely fasion, and their will be less of it in the longterm.