scrapking on 22 August 2016
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Frank_kc said: I can easily answer your point, it is simply not effective in USA because they wait for a long time before executing convicted murders. Some of them could stay in prison for 25 years before they decide to execute him or her. |
Except that criminologists haven't found any free and fair jurisdiction (with an independent judiciary) where the death penalty appears to be a deterrent for the majority of people committing crimes. So how long they stay on death row in any one country isn't the reason for that.
