Rath on 14 November 2011
| Frank_kc said: I am all for it, a criminal will think a 100 times before committing his crime if he knew that death penalty is imminent if he kills someone else. |
There is no evidence that the death penalty works as a deterrent against crime.
@Babuk. Two things.
1) The system should be trying to get justice - not revenge for the victim.
2) Murder rates do not spike after the abolishment of the death penalty - they don't even increase and usually decrease. Therefore the death penalty is not an effective deterrent.
For example - http://www.amnesty.ca/deathpenalty/canada.php
