I am for the death penalty. However, philosophically,
I don't think it works as an agent to deter future crime.
For example - Argument: "How can we teach the community
not to murder by murdering." However, I believe in the
death penalty as a means of punishment: "If you can
bring no good to society and society does not want to
rehabilitate you then why should society keep you here
on earth." That being said I think that 1) the death
penalty should be for special circumstances and 2)
we need to work on expediting the process to keep
the costs lower than housing these criminals for life.
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