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Originally Posted by Hugh

Especially the ones who didn't do it in the first place....

Nail meet head

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Originally Posted by Paul M

It deters the person responsible from ever doing it again.
It will also deter some others (a lot more than than the thought of prison) which is good enough, nothing will deter some people of course.

A very quick google of numerous studies suggest you're wrong

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

It doesn't deter, years ago we used to hang children for stealing food, it didn't deter them as they didn't think they'd get caught or because they thought the crime was worth the risk.





It makes me question if those people don't want to live in a civilised society, to me the very definition of a civilised society is that you aren't put to death if innocent, I'm sure a pardon and an apology is of great comfort to those wrongly killed in the past. You only have to look at America where over 100 people on death row have been exonerated since dna testing became common or how many times more likely you are to be given a death sentence if you're poor or black than if you're white or rich.

'The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.'