that link caught me.....that is the type of deterrent i could see working. i am curious, what is the ratio of death penalty cases between china and usa.
The death penalty doesn't work as a deterrent - it never has and it never will. And besides, if deterrence was the motivation then why aren't executions filmed and broadcast on national prime-time t.v?
the day i consent to capital punishment shoot me in the face.
you have got to be insane to give your government the power to kill its own citizens.
you'll never create a perfect justice system, eventually IT WILL BE USED AGAINST DISSENT.
notice how the greatest country in the history of the universe, ie the United States, has more people in prison than any other country in the world. and no, that's not per capita. which is fucked. its total. its a small step from incarcerating (which amounts to torture in maximum security jails) to executing.
They execute more minorities than whites as is, relatively, its obvious the system is corrupt.
And will always corrupt. no matter who sets it up and no matter who regulates it. it will always corrupt. power and corruption are part of the same package.
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The death penalty doesn't work as a deterrent - it never has and it never will. And besides, if deterrence was the motivation then why aren't executions filmed and broadcast on national prime-time t.v?
you have got to be insane to give your government the power to kill its own citizens.
you'll never create a perfect justice system, eventually IT WILL BE USED AGAINST DISSENT.
notice how the greatest country in the history of the universe, ie the United States, has more people in prison than any other country in the world. and no, that's not per capita. which is fucked. its total. its a small step from incarcerating (which amounts to torture in maximum security jails) to executing.
They execute more minorities than whites as is, relatively, its obvious the system is corrupt.
And will always corrupt. no matter who sets it up and no matter who regulates it. it will always corrupt. power and corruption are part of the same package.