Does that mean the only people to watch would be women in fake beards? Maybe we can get Hegseth to say Jehovah…
Kidding aside I’m not morally against execution for heinous crimes but our system is too inconsistent to be effective. In one state a heinous murder does not get the death penalty, in another a run of the mill capitol murder does. Death sentences are disproportionately given to people of color. Death row is extremely expensive vs a life in prison sentence. Executions fail as a strong deterrent as when the execution is finally performed, it decades after the crime, long after it has left the public’s consciousness. Christa Pike’s crime was in 1995, three decades ago, for example. Following that story it was like: who? What crime did she commit?
Executions fail as a strong deterrent as when the execution is finally performed, it decades after the crime, long after it has left the public’s consciousness.
I don’t know if there has been a strong correlation that shows it’s a deterrent at all.
Even in the United States, capital punishment has been on the wane, meanwhile, violent crime has been trending down overall for decades, as well.
Does that mean the only people to watch would be women in fake beards? Maybe we can get Hegseth to say Jehovah…
Kidding aside I’m not morally against execution for heinous crimes but our system is too inconsistent to be effective. In one state a heinous murder does not get the death penalty, in another a run of the mill capitol murder does. Death sentences are disproportionately given to people of color. Death row is extremely expensive vs a life in prison sentence. Executions fail as a strong deterrent as when the execution is finally performed, it decades after the crime, long after it has left the public’s consciousness. Christa Pike’s crime was in 1995, three decades ago, for example. Following that story it was like: who? What crime did she commit?
I don’t know if there has been a strong correlation that shows it’s a deterrent at all.
Even in the United States, capital punishment has been on the wane, meanwhile, violent crime has been trending down overall for decades, as well.