reasons for why we should have the death penalty?
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['The Constitution allows the application of the death punishment. ... ', 'The death punishment always goes about as a deterrent. ... ', 'The death punishment allows the state to appropriate torture, and lawbreakers must face the consequences of their activities.']
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['deterrence - punishment should put people off committing crime.', 'protection - punishment should protect society from the criminal and the criminal from themselves.', 'reformation - punishment should reform the criminal.', 'retribution - punishment should make the criminal pay for what they have done wrong.']
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Most of the civilised world has abolished it. India certainly does not need it as it serves no purpose. No study has shown that the death penalty deters murder more than life imprisonment. ... For deterrence to work, the severity of the punishment has to coexist with the certainty and swiftness of the punishment.
1443991
The death penalty in the US should be abolished. It is expensive to implement and often takes years between conviction and execution; however, the due process of appeals is a non-negotiable right. It is not a deterrent because it is unevenly and arbitrarily applied.
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Most death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied for treason, espionage, and other crimes. Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and costs less than life imprisonment.
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['JUSTICE… An eye for an eye. ... ', 'MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE… You cannot un-execute someone. ... ', 'DETERRENCE. The death penalty saves lives. ... ', 'TOO MUCH POWER TO THE STATE. The three countries that executed the most people in 2016 were China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. ... ', 'CLOSURE. ... ', 'KILLING IS WRONG.']
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Capital punishment also acts as a deterrent for recidivism (the rate at which previously convicted criminals return to committing crimes after being released); if the criminal is executed he has no opportunity to commit crimes again. ... The death penalty also carries out retribution justly.
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Reasons to abolish the death penalty Execution is the ultimate, irrevocable punishment: the risk of executing an innocent person can never be eliminated. Since 1973, for example, more than 160 prisoners sent to death row in the USA have later been exonerated or released from death row on grounds of innocence.
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Death penalty should not be implemented in the Philippines because the judicial system is faulty. The judicial system in the Philippines is very slow, the due process of a case is not effective in the country because it takes too long to solve whereas most cases last for years before being processed.
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Capital punishment should be abolished The application of the death penalty is so arbitrary that it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. ... The death penalty doesn't deter crime. The death penalty costs taxpayers more than life imprisonment.
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Vicious murderers must be killed to prevent them from murdering again, either in prison, or in society if they should get out. Both as a deterrent and as a form of permanent incapacitation, the death penalty helps to prevent future crime.
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Pointing out that the UK is campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty globally, he said: “There is no evidence that capital punishment acts as a deterrent to violent crime. Furthermore, the reintroduction of the death penalty would bring with it the very real risk that some innocent people would die.”
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Yes. The death penalty should be reinstated for first-degree-murder and first-degree-rape. For death penalty cases, a panel of three judges should decide unanimously for the capital sentence. It would help ease crime and reduce the number of people incarcerated.
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Capital punishment benefits society because it may deter violent crime. ... If the losses society imposes on criminals are less than those the criminals imposed on their innocent victims, society would be favoring criminals, allowing them to get away with bearing fewer costs than their victims had to bear.
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Q: Doesn't the Death Penalty deter crime, especially murder? A: No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than long terms of imprisonment. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws.
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If problems arise in particular cases, they should be corrected—and often are. That said, the death penalty serves three legitimate penological objectives: general deterrence, specific deterrence, and retribution.
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25. Pros of Death Penalty  It deters bad people to commit heinous crimes.  The government need not spend for criminals who are murderers and such.  It can increase the peace, law and order, and help to decrease the crime rate of the state.