The death penalty makes no sense.

[Amarok]

The death penalty: teaching people a lesson they'll never remember.

Nice one.

But it could be a lesson for would be offenders.

People don't think that way .No criminal honestly think there going to be the one that's gets caught .So the lesson is lost there too .If you call that a lesson worth teaching i don't .

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Nice one.

But it could be a lesson for would be offenders.

Data shows that it isn't.  In fact, the only correlation between the two works in the opposite direction.

I believe it makes more violent as now they have nothing to lose if they are caught .It's like backing an animal into corner .

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Then why do most all of them keep appealing and delaying the execution?

Because they don't want to die .But that does not justify the act nor makes it a just punishment .

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And you know what this may sound outlandish but i think  the people who are eager to kill someone should be forced to be the ones who kill the person . If you are so morally right then clearly you would have no qualms with getting your hands dirty. Maybe we should do it the old fashioned way with an axe ? And you should have to meet there family and look their children in the eyes and tell them your going to be the one to kill there parent and that you right to do so .

I'm not serous about this but why not ?