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Originally Posted by Stanaccy
Also as an aside apart from my moral objections, why is the murder rate so high in the US if capital punishment is such a wonderful deterrent?
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its not a deterrent , thats the whole point ......its a punishment , a punishment for being such an evil creature that has no hope of redemption or rehablitation, that you have lost/thrown away rights you had in a civilized society .
re. the U.S. I can only speak of conditions in my own State (California) here we have over 600 people on death row , people who have been found guilty of murder by jurors of their peers ,the same jurors who have to meet again in a separate mini-trial to decide on the sentance (if the death penalty should be applied or not) why so many ? .....because of a lack of Political and Judical will to carry out the juries decision, a system that panders to the electorate about being tough on crime and then refuses to carry out the will of the people by allowing multiple frivolous appeals by sleezeball lawyers who are paid for at taxpayer expense, e.g. there is nowhere in the execution chamber to sterilize the needle before a lethal injection......DOH..