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Atheist and the Death penalty
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RE: Atheist and the Death penalty
September 5, 2015 at 12:41 am
(September 4, 2015 at 8:23 pm)Javaman Wrote:
(September 4, 2015 at 7:58 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: And yet, it's inevitable in our "justice" system. The death penalty is not a deterrent to any crime for which it is applied as a punishment nor does it serve any function to rehabilitate the convicted. It is, essentially, a legalized system of revenge and serves no purpose in a just legal system.

Not only is it not a deterrent, but states without the death penalty have lower murder rates than states that have it. The evidence strongly suggests that if you wish to reduce the number of capital crimes in your jurisdiction, you should immediately abolish the death penalty.

I wonder why the rate goes down? I find that really interesting.
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Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 4, 2015 at 8:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 4, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 4, 2015 at 5:54 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 4, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 8:31 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:05 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 10:05 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 7, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 4, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 11:07 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:08 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 2, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 11:24 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:50 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cyberman - September 2, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Bad Wolf - September 2, 2015 at 11:53 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 8:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 7:58 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 4, 2015 at 8:23 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 5, 2015 at 12:41 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 5, 2015 at 7:18 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Bad Wolf - September 2, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 2, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 2, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 12:47 pm
Atheist and the Death penalty - by KUSA - September 2, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Atheist and the Death penalty - by KUSA - September 2, 2015 at 1:27 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 2:34 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 2, 2015 at 8:35 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 4, 2015 at 3:59 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 4, 2015 at 7:51 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Catholic_Lady - September 2, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 3, 2015 at 10:52 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 4, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Napoléon - September 4, 2015 at 7:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by ScepticOrganism - September 4, 2015 at 8:39 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 4, 2015 at 11:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 5, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 5, 2015 at 1:35 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 5, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by ScepticOrganism - September 5, 2015 at 7:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 5, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 1:35 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by surreptitious57 - September 6, 2015 at 2:45 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 3:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 3:40 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 6, 2015 at 4:37 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:07 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 6:40 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 6:46 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 9:48 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 7, 2015 at 1:09 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 7:14 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 9:49 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 6, 2015 at 5:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 4:03 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 6, 2015 at 3:54 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Spooky - September 6, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 6, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 6, 2015 at 9:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 7, 2015 at 1:09 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 7, 2015 at 1:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:29 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 7, 2015 at 8:58 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 7, 2015 at 9:07 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 8, 2015 at 2:17 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 3:12 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 8, 2015 at 3:23 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 8, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Theory - September 8, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 4:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 8, 2015 at 8:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 8:48 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 8, 2015 at 8:49 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 11:00 am

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