The death penalty.

[Khuutra]

huaxiong90 said:

Khuutra said:

In point of fact, repeat offenses for released murderers aren't really any higher in countries that don't have the death penalty. That reasoning doesn't work.

Are you telling me crime rates in various countries are dependent on the same variables? Are you telling me that crime rates don't naturally vary based on country?

The only way to determine the effeciency of murder deterrence is by looking at how crime rates were affected after an abolishment of capital punishment, NOT by comparing countries, and history shows (in the US) that murders have skyrocketed. Not only that, but look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McDuff

Now if he had been executed right off the bat...13 lives could've been saved.

States without the death penalty do not have higher recidivism than those that do.

Cite some studies that show that murder rates go up with an abolition of capital punishment.