[Roverman2K]

Bingo!
this is the real root cause, either execute these people ASAP or eliminate the death penalty, its deterrent value is useless if you get 20 years to live

[daviscupper]

Also, we have to get serious about law enforcement. Get rid of laws that tie the hand of our courageous police officers. Give them a little more discretion.

Something is wrong with a country that has around 16,500 murders per year and only executes 50 or so people per year. There is no deterrent value there. That is a ratio of only one execution per 300 plus murders.

I bet if we got the ratio down to one execution per 10 murders we would see some real deterrent value.