| Frank_kc said: Yes, we do have it and I am all for it. It makes a criminal think a thousand time before committing a crime. It is a mean to reduce crime and its not about being civilized or not especially if you lost a loved one in a crime with basically no intentions but to steal a few bucks. |
Then why do U.S. States with the death penalty not have dramatically lower violent crime rates than those who don't have it? The data, not to mention the opinion of the overwhelming majority of criminologists, do not agree with your opinion.
Curious... are you aware that states that have the death penalty spend millions *per inmate* and that this costs way more than it does to just lock someone up and throw away the key? Are you OK with spending millions on expensive institutions and extra legal wrangling? It's ruinous to public finances, and couldn't be any other way if you want to be reasonably sure that not too many innocent people will be put to death by the government (some always will, but it's about keeping the numbers down). Any fiscal conservative should be against capital punishment.
