For those who support the death penalty

[Pemalite]

Lawlight said:

Pemalite said:
Australia doesn't have the Death Penalty... And it works for us, so I will back it all the way... And going by the USA's jail rate, it hasn't worked as a deterrent anyway.
Not only that, but sometimes you get false convictions turned over decades after someone was put to death thanks to new evidence, it's one of the reasons why Australia abolished the Death Penalty to start with.

Besides... To me they should be put to work in order to better society and pay for their crimes as free labor while they are in Jail, seems a waste to simply kill them off in my opinion.

It doesn't work in the US because it's not used in all states or very often.

Do you think you can force those people to work? Nah, they'll be a waste of money. And we're lucky in Australia because we have a low population.

Some prisons in Australia already do have their Prison population work, I know mine does, they farm crops, allot of that food is given to the poor, homeless, charity. etc'.
The way it should be.

Population really doesn't have much to do with it, standard of living is a *massive* factor in crime rates, especially in regards to health, income, jobs, opportunities etc'.
Plus we have an effective gun-control system, that has worked extremely well.

And I quote: "In October 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population.
While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners."

In other words, the Death Penalty has not worked has it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate

Australia by comparison has an incarceration rate of 205 prisoners per 100,000 of the national population. - We don't have the death penalty.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4512.0