(November 7, 2014 at 10:43 am)Chad32 Wrote: For some reason it hasn't, though I'm not of the opinion that crime prevention is the main goal of the death penalty. It's to remove the worst people from society in a more complete way than putting them in a cage somewhere.
There are a lot of people in prison who have done some pretty heinous things, yet only a select few get the DP in the U.S. So, it never seemed to make sense to me. Violence (no matter how insidious it looks) will always beget more violence, so in theory, it may seem like the best option in dealing with some criminals, but in practicality, it doesn't really 'work.'
