Timote Wrote:As far as the Death Penalty not acting as a deterant, of course not when the punishment is delayed 10+ years. That's like punishing a dog for crapping on the carpet, but waiting a week before you do so. The punishment and the 'crime' aren't linked in the minds of the punished or observers.Your argument is wrong. Your argument is incredibly wrong. It is severely wrong in every way that matters.
When I can commit a crime, get sent to prison and live better in there than I can out of out of prison, it's more of a encouragement than a deterrant.
If prisons are so ineffective, then what do you suggest society do to those who break the law? Shake your finger at them and say 'that's bad, now play nice'? If there's no punishment for breaking the law, then it's not a law, it's a suggestion.
For my evidence I present: Canada. We have no death penalty and yet we have a less than half the murders (per capita) then the United States does. In fact, every modern western nation which has no death penalty has less murders per capita than the United States does. Every single one. Your argument simply do not hold up to that thing called "facts" or "evidence". No matter how much you scream and rail against us molly-coddling prisoners the methodology of countries that treat prisoners humanely is simply, demonstrably better than the way the US handles things.
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