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@ Willravel:
While I find Crompsin's statement far fetched, when taken down a notch it has truth. Can you honestly say that you haven't contemplated murdering someone at some point in your life? If you haven't... wow...

The potential for heinous crimes is always there as at some point the thoughts of heinous crimes will appear. The difference always is what is innate to us (how the brain is wired), and what was imprinted to us (experiences that shaped our thinking). You being a psych major know that one is intricately connected to the other, however you cannot argue with me that sometimes there is just something wrong with one's brain that lets these heinous thoughts become actions.

The questions is: how do we work at that level to prevent crime? Describe other levels of crime prevention? More cops? More awareness? What?

Again, I am against the death penalty. However, what are countries with the death penalty (and have very high murder rates, like the USA) doing wrong compared to countries without the death penalty?

EDITS: let me amend this thought. We are arguing whether death penalty works as a deterrent. What other methods of deterrence are their? Do we have more cops? Institute some kind of social awareness? Bring in the Salvation Army? What? Countries with the death penalty have it because they feel that there is nothing left for them to try to stop the murder rate. What are these countries with the death penalty not trying?

CLARIFICATION: How many people have honestly not wanted the premature death of another person? Whether it was imagined at one's own hand or by that of a bus? In your mind you still wanted that person dead; part of being human. The potential to follow through such acts is based on then life experiences and the innate and uncontrollable wiring of one's brain. If someone has honestly never once thought, "I wish that person was dead," ... give that someone a medal.

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