I care not a wit whether he suffered. I’m tired of people arguing for the Death Penalty as a deterrent. It is NOT a deterrent, nor should it be. It should straight up be used to remove pieces of garbage off the face of the Earth who deserve it…and this guy deserved it. The only problem is it takes too long. One appeal and you’re done - no more years sitting in a cell. Give the prisoner a choice: Hanging, firing squad or the hot seat. No more BS about being humane, let them worry about their final minutes.
It is NOT a deterrent, nor should it be. It should straight up be used to remove pieces of garbage off the face of the Earth who deserve it…
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First of all, I genuinely believe it is a deterrent. I wouldn’t be for it if it wasn’t. I have seen enough interviews with criminals who have admitted they wouldn’t have commuted their crimes if (a) they didn’t think they would get away with them and (b) that they thought they would get life in prison without parole if they did, or worse, the death penalty. The only exception are psychopaths. They will commit violence regardless.
Secondly, it takes forever to actually get the death sentence after all the appeals. In the states where the death penalty is still legal, most of them never see execution and die of natural causes. If we had shorter periods on death row, not only would the victim’s families get justice faster, but the deterrence level would be even higher.
I’m not saying he didn’t deserve the death penalty. I agree with the death penalty if it was a legitimate fair trial and they were a violent piece of trash. I’m saying that the the death penalty in it’s current form in our justice system doesn’t change what they did to people, but at least deterrence my stop others from having to suffer at the hands of criminals
GOD established the death penalty after the Flood for certain crimes.
It was usually by stoning. Now a very quick way to go un less you get knocked unconscious right off the bat.
The death penalty, as far as I can see, was never about revenge or retaliation, but about justice and protecting society from recidivism. And it does give would be criminals food for thought.
It would be interesting to see crime stats if the death penalty were enforced in a state as they should be. Especially these days in light of video surveillance footage that leaves no doubt about who the perp is and what they did. Pass the sentence and then enforce it quickly.