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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
So we should do away with capital punishment as well?
Murders happen every day IN states WITH capital punishment.
I can say with 100% certainty that the fear of the death sentence did not have the slightest deterrence on anyone put to death or currently sitting on death row.
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I never claimed the death penalty has any deterrent effect. It does not and I'd never support it for that reason. I support it because it has absolute 0% rate of recidivism when actually imposed and it's the right thing to do. No one deserves extra punishment for what motivates them to commit a crime. We don't yet have thought police in this country and people should be free to think what they want.
Lots of folks are alive today
only because it's illegal to kill them. No one is alive only because it would be a hate crime to kill them.