[Quick1]

There is no actual evidence that the death penalty, any kind of death penalty, is a deterrent.

[JCEccles]

It certainly prevents subsequent murders by the executed killer.

Remember Willy Horton?

[M 91 u2 K]

There is no actual evidence that the death penalty, any kind of death penalty, is a deterrent.

Your are wrong, If you read my previous posts.

10,000 people have been murdered by people who were convicted of murder and released since 1971!

And what is to stop prisoners from killing guards and rioting then?