Quote Originally Posted by Chimensch View Post
Thanks for noticing. The bottom line is that the death penalty satisfies people's desire for revenge but is not a deterrent. There are many documented cases of murderers who had an opportunity to kill their victim in a jurisdiction where there was no death penalty and eventually killed in a jurisdiction where there was a death penalty. This is because murderers are basically not rational when they kill.

There are a lot of arguments against the death penalty and more countries in the world have decided to abolish it than maintain it.
Alright; you've made a hell of a good point here! What then do we do with all the scum of our societies?