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Originally posted by bananarama
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I say no for a few reasons. Mistakes happen. Look at country's that do have the death penalty. Do they have less murders? And as for the re-offending issue, if the crime was serious enough to consider taking their life would they ever be released?
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Your last point is where the flaw lies. Many who have committed serious, heinous crimes ARE released after a few years. Life rarely means life nowadays.
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True - but that's a different issue.
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No it's not a different issue. that's one of the reasons criminals do not fear being caught. Lenient sentences propogate crime......
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er...yes it is a different issue. The thread was about whether or not the death penalty should be brought back. The fact that sentences are far too short nowadays is a different issue.