Death Penalty Works as Deterrent

The AP has a fascinating article up about the death penalty. As those who read this blog for several months (and read my contributions to TMV) know, I am an opponent of the death penalty, mainly for two reasons:
- I find the death penalty to be immoral. I would say that we – in the West – are above an eye for an eye
- I do not want to give the power to the government to kill its own people

Of course there is a third reason: many people, including myself, believe that the death penalty does not work as a deterrent. The death penalty, in other words, does not scare off other potential criminals. Now, I might have to revise that opinion / reason…

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