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Originally Posted by jem
Think of the logic ‘as a society, we believe that the taking of a human life is completely unacceptable, and we will punish it by the taking of a human life’.
I might, just might, reluctantly support it if I thought it acted as a deterrent, but does it? Many states in the US have the death penalty - are there no murders in those states. Some countries have a mandatory death penalty for smuggling in or possession of fairly small quantities of illegal drugs. Do they now have no drug issues?
All of the evidence is there; the death penalty simply doesn’t work.
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As an argument against the death penalty, your logic makes no sense.
You could apply the same logic for any punishment, for any crime.
Prison for murder simply doesnt work because people still commit murder.
Fines/Bans/Prison for drink driving simply doesnt work because people still drink drive.
i.e. Punishment X simply doesnt work for Crime Z, because people still commit Crime Z.
We would need a universal single punishment, that worked for everyone, and thats just fantasy.