Yes, the Death Penalty Deters: If activists kill capital punishment, murder rates will rise.

OpinionJournal.com ^ | June 21, 2002 | William Tucker

[xsysmgr]

The Supreme Court struck the latest blow against the death penalty yesterday, holding that the mentally retarded cannot be executed. This follows in the wake of Illinois's moratorium on the death penalty. The sense is that, for the first time in years, supporters of the death penalty are on the defensive. So this is a good time to review the rationale for capital punishment, which is as compelling today as ever.

[KC_Conspirator]

Bump

[MarkM]

The liberals are at it again. They are soft on criminals! They don't care about innocent victims.

[edger]

We know that capital punishment is no deterrent but the Mafia doesn't know that--they think it works. And sonofagun, for them it does. I wonder why that is?

[GailA]

btt