montymike
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What are your views on capital punishment? Should it be banished? When asking this question there are many factors to take into account, such as error rate, cost of keeping prisoners compared to carrying out executions, whether exposed murderers/terrorists should be allowed to live, etc, etc.
It's also important to look at what purpose the death sentence serves. Is it used as an example to other potential criminals in the hope of reducing murders? Is it to get rid of that person for good, thus alleviating their risk to society. I don't know....
What are your thoughts? - should it be banished?
Here are some interesting studies on the issue:
http://ccjr.policy.net/cjedfund/jpreport/
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=45&did=385
Note to Mod: Please move this to 'US Politics' forum. Thanks.
It's also important to look at what purpose the death sentence serves. Is it used as an example to other potential criminals in the hope of reducing murders? Is it to get rid of that person for good, thus alleviating their risk to society. I don't know....
What are your thoughts? - should it be banished?
Here are some interesting studies on the issue:
http://ccjr.policy.net/cjedfund/jpreport/
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=45&did=385
Note to Mod: Please move this to 'US Politics' forum. Thanks.
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