Althugh I don't think it's been brought up in this debate, it has in debates I have had in school, and the point that seems to come up for the 'for' side is 'deterrent'.
Let me start off by saying 'deterrents' don't usually work, especially the deterrent of death. Smoking for example - almost everyone who smokes knows the possible consequences of what they are doing, yet they still do it. Drink-drivers no that they are putting themselves, and other people in grave danger by getting behind the wheel -yet we still have several drink-drive accidents a day (and by several, I mean quite a few). The same applies to doing drugs, speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, etc.
There are two types of murder - pre-meditated and opportunistic. In the case of pre-mediatated the peole generally believe that they're not going to get caught, and with opportunistic the criminal doesn't think about the future or consequences.
It's also important to note that countries that have the death penalty (US, for example) have higher crime rates (number and percentage wise) than other countries, such as the UK.
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