Mr. Shaman
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- May 4, 2010
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I completely disagree....first nothing will bring back the victums, so that arguement is a red herring.
It does save resources and it is a deterrant...Bullshit!!!!!!!
"A recent survey of the most leading criminologists in the country from found that the overwhelming majority did not believe that the death penalty is a proven deterrent to homicide. Eighty-eight percent of the countrys top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and authored by Professor Michael Radelet, Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Traci Lacock, also at Boulder.
Similarly, 87% of the expert criminologists believe that abolition of the death penalty would not have any significant effect on murder rates. In addition, 75% of the respondents agree that debates about the death penalty distract Congress and state legislatures from focusing on real solutions to crime problems.
The survey relied on questionnaires completed by the most pre-eminent criminologists in the country, including Fellows in the American Society of Criminology; winners of the American Society of Criminologys prestigious Southerland Award; and recent presidents of the American Society of Criminology. Respondents were not asked for their personal opinion about the death penalty, but instead to answer on the basis of their understandings of the empirical research."
Youre right, that's why all the criminals choose the death penalty over jail and waive their appeals to have the death penaly executed....OH WAIT THEY DONT, WHY????? Because they dont want to DIE!!!!!!!
Are there any adults (at home, there) who could fill-in, for you, regarding the subject-at-hand....you know....someone who's (actually) gotten "pubed"???