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Originally Posted by dude1394
Well "if" the administration of the death penalty deters others, this is also protecting the population.
Also the well-being of the remaining friends/family/community after said monster has been given humane lethal injection is also to be considrered. i.e. Vengence.
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I think VENGENCE is a pretty bad reason to have capital punishment.
Deterence....? this is a debateable feature, with pro-s and con-s on each side. Personally I have a hard time believing that the potential difference between serving the rest of your life in prison vs getting exectuted in 15 years figures into the personal objective function calculation of a crack fiend deciding whether or not he's gonna murder somebody over $35 in petty cash (or most other capital offense cases) ... but who knows?