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Originally Posted by guy44
liquidlight, I just...the last thing we need to do is put more people to death. Expediting the process is about the worst idea I could possibly think of. If the state is going to engage in murder, the last thing it should be doing is removing any safeguards. Lastly, murdering more people will have a negligable overall effect on the money/space problems facing our penal system.
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I'm not advocating removing the safeguards, I'm saying change what qualifies most people for capital punishment. The punishment is intended to be a deterrent to violent crimes, yet over and over we've demonstrated that it has no effect because the possibility of using it is almost non-existant.
My unfortunate experience with incarceration demonstrated to me that many of these people are actually benefitting from having us waste our tax dollars on them, that being wards of the state is much more desirable than actually leading beneficial lives, so why not add that incentive back?