Death To The Death Penalty

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In none of these cases is it
possible that the fear to be sentenced to death could act as an effective
deterrent.
There is another heavy limit. One who plans a crime rationally can
choose to go on, although he knows the risk he's running, thinking that he
won't be discovered. Most of the criminologists assert that the best way to
discourage murderers isn't increasing the severity of punishment, but
increasing the possibility of discovering the crime and condemning the
culprit. This will take care of the truly deserving people, who know and
understand what they are doing.
Sometimes death penalty has opposite effects to the ones wanted.
Those who know they risk to be sentenced to death can be encouraged to kill
the witnesses of their crime or anyone who could be able to identify and
incriminate them. To prevent their own death, they would kill again, and
eventually get away with the preliminary murder.
Data about crime in abolitionist countries doesn't ...

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