Title: Why Capital Punishment Doesn’t Deter Crime
Headings: Why Capital Punishment Doesn’t Deter Crime
Why Capital Punishment Doesn’t Deter Crime
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Content: but they were effective. Public executions were the norm to make sure others got the message, but they were also swift. There were no laundry list of appeals that convicted criminals had available to them. No one sat on death row for 20 or 30 years before they had a date with the executioner. This maybe the main reason why capital punishment is not effective because it is not swift, if one will actually live another 20 or 30 years then where’s the concern or likelihood of being executed immediately or seeing an early death, unless they are killed in prison. Some people are not very knowledgeable about the criminal justice system and don’t even realize that a convicted murderer may go on living longer than their victim’s life lasted. Another reason why capital punishment doesn’t deter crime is because capital punishment is not certain. In today’s criminal justice system there are many different variables involved in one actually receiving a death sentence. Different laws in different states may prevent one person from getting the death penalty for a similar murder but in another state a person will receive the death penalty. Also in some states, capital punishment is not legal.