As a deterance, it may deter someone who is considering murdering someone and thinking about the consequences. They may be thinking. “Is so-and-so’s life really worth me going to the death chamber at San Quentin?” and thinking no, it’s not not only just saved that guys life, also acted as a deterrent. However, if that gu was indeed too far gone and too insane or mad to care, kills Mr. So-And-So, gets caught, tried, convicted and sentanced to deat, then he receives the ultimate punishment. However, maybe his case will serve as a deterrent to someone else.

There is supposedly tests done saying that it is no deterrent. But honestly, how can anyone really know the truth about how many people have been scared away from doingg something really stupid like killing someone because they were afraid they would get the death penalty? just admitting that could put you on a 72 hour hold possibly.

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I was always under the impression that deter means to prevent something before it happens. Executing someone for murder may prevent them from murdering again, but it didn’t deter murder from occurring in the first place.

It’s weird, like if someone killed a baby, and then called it an abortion. Time frame seems a bit askew.

It seems to me that arguing the deterrence value of capital punishment based on the idea that it prevents those in on death row from murdering again, then life imprisonment without parole of those same individuals would carry exactly the same deterrence value. Keeping that in mind, it’s nonsensical to use death row inmates as examples of capital punishment’s effectiveness as a deterrent.

Was a general statement buddy…not really directed towards you. Sorry for the misunderstanding. My soapbox got kinda big last night.

And last I checked, Jesus didn’t kill anyone. He preached forgiveness and talked about “ye without sin.”

Jesus affirmed terrestrial justice when he submitted to the death penalty and died on the cross.

He chased the money changers out of his father’s house, so its not like he just turned the other cheek to every injustice he encountered. No, he clearly affirmed Caesar’s law and rendered unto him what was his.

Jesus said:

My kingdom is not of this earth.

You miss my point. A bit unexpected coming from you.

I note that the death penalty can be both a deterrent and a penalty – the two are not mutually exclusive.

I have actually sat, for four months, as a juror on a double homicide trial. I am fully aware of the emotional strain such a trial and such a decision that having the life of another human being in your hands has on a person. Let me tell you, it is not as easy as people think it is. To be honest, we were given the case on a Thursday…the penalty phase…for deliberation, and had no court Fri-Sun. Did not come back till Mon. All three days I was a wreck. I was in tears for a long time during that period, and could not even discuss it with my soon to be wife at the time. You are very alone with your convictions. I am pro-death penalty and i actually chose life in prison without parole. In this case, the guy took out two drug dealers. Had he gone into the same hotel room and there had been an innocent family instead of a deal gone wrong, it would have been a different story. The thing ended up hung, with 4 for, 4 against, 4 undecided, so he got life by default. I was able to live with myslef, as was everyone else on the jury.

Until you have sat in that box, you honestly do not know what you will say. It is nothing like the shows you see on tv. I have done it twice now, the second one was only attempted. That one I was foreman for. Yay.

Anyway, again, it is a punishment, not a deterent. Stop thinking it is anything else but that. It was never designed to make ayone but the offender stop doing crimes. So far, it is 100% accurate at what it was intended to do.

AGAIN: Name ONE person who Ted Bundy has killed since the application of the death penalty.

If he has killed even one person, then the death penalty is not a deterrent.
If he has killed no one, then the death penalty is a deterrent.

Are you a troll, or are you going to answer the question?

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de·ter (dĭ-tûr’) Pronunciation Key
v. de·terred, de·ter·ring, de·ters

v. tr.
To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt: “Does negotiated disarmament deter war?” (Edward Teller). See Synonyms at dissuade.

v. intr.
To prevent or discourage the occurrence of an action, as by means of fear or doubt: “It’s this edge that gives nuclear weapons their power to deter” (Thomas Powers).

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