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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
studies have shown that it costs a lot more money to kill someone than it does to lock them up for life. links have been posted previously in the thread (if they haven't, i'll do it later, but don't have the time right now).
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We are talking about the morality of the death penalty, not about the cost the that it currently translates into. In theory it should be much cheaper to kill someone rather than feed and house them for their natural life, but there is a lot of extra care and second chances put into the death penalty process. Just because it costs more at the moment should not make it immoral.
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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
studies have shown that the death penatly is a) not a deterrent,
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These studies are by no means unanimous, but we can intuitively predict some problems with a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Someone imprisoned for life still has the possibility of escape, or can quite often attack fellow prisoners or jailers as there is nothing worse to be done to them.
For instance, if both kidnapping and murder have the penalty of life imprisonment then what reason is there for a kidnapper to ever let a victim go?
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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
and how is revenge something that the justice system is supposed to deliver?
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I am not saying that
I think revenge is a good motive, but it is something that many people feel the need for. It has been noted as a reason before, so I mentioned it.