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I think the death-penalty purpose is two-fold: prevention and punishment
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It has been shown that the DP doesn't act as a deterrent. And with regard to punishment, what good does it do to kill someone as a punishment? They no longer are compelled to confront their crime when they are dead. The DP merely gets them off the hook by hastening their eventual demise.
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But society as a whole may be in imminent danger.
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How is society in "imminent danger" by incarcerating a criminal?
Can you provide some examples where convicted murderers have escaped from maximum security correctional centers in the past 15 years? I seem to recall one instance down south in which every prisoner was captured very quickly. Bottom line is, it doesn't happen very often at all.
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As for punishment, yeah, it often goes along the lines of an eye for eye
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Where, in the bible? I certainly don't see this in our Crimnal Justice System. Oh yeah, right, when we convict a wife beater, we turn him into the square and beat him while he is restrained in the stocks. Sure.:rolleyes:
Can you provide some examples of this as well ? I don't want to make the mistake of living there.