To: PapaNew
There's a strong argument that the death penalty is unjust and does more harm than good.
To the contrary, there is evidence if it was used more, it would deter even more violent crime. Its expansion for lesser crimes is sorely needed.
103 posted on
05/01/2014 1:27:22 PM PDT by
TexasGunLover
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To: TexasGunLover
To the contrary, there is evidence if it was used more, it would deter even more violent crime. Its expansion for lesser crimes is sorely needed.It's interesting that even a state reputed to have draconian penalties like Texas has an execution to criminal homicide rate of 1% (i.e. 1 execution per 100 homicides).
126 posted on
05/01/2014 1:53:19 PM PDT by
Zhang Fei
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