1. Capital Punishment: The Abolit
Other points death penalty proponents emphasize is that it costs less than imprisonment and that the life imprisonment without possibility of parole option does not incapacitate convicted murderers from committing murders in prison or on escape. ... Quite to the contrary, capital punishment does not reduce crime. According to a September 22, 2000 article in the Houston Chronicle, abolitionists" assertions that criminals are not deterred by the threat of the death penalty are valid. The article reports that a recent New York Times survey shows that the dozen states that have chosen not to en...
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