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blazey · 04-07-2007, 22:53

I have a few reasons for against the eye for an eye thing. Oh and I was right, it did derive from a religious thing and I suppose some may argue that with science replacing religions, the death sentence also got replaced, but of course not everyone will believe religion has been replaced at all.

ANYWAY, reason number one for the death sentence being a waste of time was that the studies done to see if it really did deter offenders where never conclusive. Whilst the death penalty existed there was no significant lower crime rate. Some research actually showed a jump in the crime rate after an execution. Criminals seem to be deterred by the probability of being detected rather than the severity of their punishment if they are.

Second reason: Fatal miscarriages - Death is irreversible and the legal systems are fallible. It is inevitable that a portion of all executed people are innocent.
It also creates martyrs in the cases of politically motivated crimes - it brings valuable publicity and public may sympathise for their cause.
Some killers deserve compassion. Others become reformed characters after their convictions.

The most compelling argument is what if the person executed has commited no crime?

(These are the arguments in the back of the book stated at an earlier time 'Hamlyn History of Punishment and Torture by Karen Farrington')

04-07-2007, 22:53	#92
blazey God Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denton/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 3,638 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 994	Re: At Last Something Like A Proper Sentence. I have a few reasons for against the eye for an eye thing. Oh and I was right, it did derive from a religious thing and I suppose some may argue that with science replacing religions, the death sentence also got replaced, but of course not everyone will believe religion has been replaced at all. ANYWAY, reason number one for the death sentence being a waste of time was that the studies done to see if it really did deter offenders where never conclusive. Whilst the death penalty existed there was no significant lower crime rate. Some research actually showed a jump in the crime rate after an execution. Criminals seem to be deterred by the probability of being detected rather than the severity of their punishment if they are. Second reason: Fatal miscarriages - Death is irreversible and the legal systems are fallible. It is inevitable that a portion of all executed people are innocent. It also creates martyrs in the cases of politically motivated crimes - it brings valuable publicity and public may sympathise for their cause. Some killers deserve compassion. Others become reformed characters after their convictions. The most compelling argument is what if the person executed has commited no crime? (These are the arguments in the back of the book stated at an earlier time 'Hamlyn History of Punishment and Torture by Karen Farrington')