why the capital punishment is good?
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Those in support of capital punishment believe it deters crimes and, more often than not believe that certain crimes eliminate one's right to life. ... They also believe that the risk of executing an innocent person is too high.
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It does not deter crime. Countries who execute commonly cite the death penalty as a way to deter people from committing crime. This claim has been repeatedly discredited, and there is no evidence that the death penalty is any more effective in reducing crime than life imprisonment.
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A: No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than long terms of imprisonment. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws.
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Capital punishment should be legal in case of murder. ... For them, justice will never be served until the murderer is put to death. Objection There are a lot of people who would want the death penalty for a lot of other crimes, even (relatively) trivial crimes. Justice is not about just following the victims' wishes.
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Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper legal trial. ... The phrase 'capital punishment' comes from the Latin word for the head. A 'corporal' punishment, such as flogging, takes its name from the Latin word for the body.
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Capital punishment benefits society because it may deter violent crime. ... If the losses society imposes on criminals are less than those the criminals imposed on their innocent victims, society would be favoring criminals, allowing them to get away with bearing fewer costs than their victims had to bear.
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The death penalty is also unjust because it is sometimes inflicted on innocent people. Since 1900, 350 people have been wrongly convicted of homicide or capital rape. The death penalty makes it impossible to remedy any such mistakes.
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 There's no concrete evidence showing that the death penalty actually deters crime. Various studies comparing crime and murder rates in U.S. states that have the death penalty versus those that don't found very little difference between the two.
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Capital punishment for criminals can act as a deterrent. If the criminals are allowed in the society again, the security of citizens will be at stake. ... Values and morals must be protected by imposing maximum punishment for the criminals. The criminals, who are incapable of being reformed don't deserve to live.
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Capital punishment should be abolished. Evidence suggests that the death penalty does not deter people from committing crimes. It is a cruel and cold blooded form of punishment and there have been instances where innocent people were sentenced to death and later found to be innocent.
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Evidence from around the world has shown that the death penalty has no unique deterrent effect on crime. Many people have argued that abolishing the death penalty leads to higher crime rates, but studies in the USA and Canada, for instance, do not back this up.
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Some of those against capital punishment believe that human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their lives. They believe that the value of the offender's life cannot be destroyed by the offender's bad conduct - even if they have killed someone.
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Capital punishment also acts as a deterrent for recidivism (the rate at which previously convicted criminals return to committing crimes after being released); if the criminal is executed he has no opportunity to commit crimes again. ... The death penalty also carries out retribution justly.
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DETERRENCE The death penalty saves lives. Would-be murderers have a better reason to think twice if they know their life is on the line. Ultimately, only the most severe punishment possible will dissuade the most violent crimes.
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Reasons to abolish the death penalty Others have been executed despite serious doubts about their guilt. It does not deter crime. ... This claim has been repeatedly discredited, and there is no evidence that the death penalty is any more effective in reducing crime than life imprisonment.
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Hence drawing a conclusion that death penalty is not a good form of deterrence and cannot deter people from committing crimes. Many types of research have shown that the capital punishment as well life imprisonment have the same deterrence effect.
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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Ohio.