To: IronJack
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
To: Roverman2K
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.
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