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Originally Posted by bananarama
I don't think you can compare one country to another country as they have different social values such as the right to own guns.....and other factors....
It's not just a question of deterent it's a question of JUSTICE being done to the victims........And to the tax payer who finances long jail terms.......We sentence the sick to death by refusing to finance expensive drugs to extend life yet give murderers a blank cheque to keep them alive in jail......Morality gone mad....
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You make a valid point, but I think this is more of an incentive for healthcare to receive proper funding than to bring in the death penalty. It goes without saying that prisoners should live on basic subsistence. As far as I see it, lengthy or lifetime jail sentence is justice. The utmost duty of the law should be to protect society and once a criminal is incarcerated, they no longer have any power over their victims. At this stage, revenge becomes pointless.