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The argument has been made that the dath penalty may not be a deterrent, and there are also multiple studies that show most people who commit a murder will never commit another. Consider those like Jefferey Dahmer, could he ever have been a productive member of society again? Or all the serial sexual offenders who are released "despite reservations from prison officials" (I'd like to puke every time I see that in a story about a violent crime). I firmly beleive that some people cannot be rehabilitated, and don't see the point in allowing them to live.
If there is clear and convincing evidence, supported by criminal intent and a violent personal history, I beleive this is why we have a judicial system in place.
I find it very curious that those who oppose the death penalty for premeditated crimes, support the killing of unborn, who do not yet have rational or criminal thought. More than this, I can accept the legality of abortion, but then how can people be charged for the murder of an unborn child as in the recent Scott Peterson case?
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