Originally Posted by smooth

excellent point--and the data backs you up. Murderers have one of the lowest (if not the lowest) recidivism rates. One main reason being that they are simply too old once released (increased age and reduced recidivism link documented for over 200 years now). Another being that most murders are pretty spontaneous--not like the general picture I think people form: that there are murderers and non-murderers walking around the cities just waiting to be discovered.

Originally Posted by bling

Yeah. Exactly. Most states do not have the death penalty - therefore it is illegal in most states.

Originally Posted by daswig

This statement of yours pretty much sums up your entire position.

Originally Posted by daswig

people who spontaneously commit acts of murder are almost never sentenced to death for it, unless it happened during the commission of another felony.

Originally Posted by bling

No it doesn't. But you're more than welcome to deflect from the crux of my position that I have repeated numerous times.

Originally Posted by smooth

You should be aware that I'm in my second year of a Ph.D. in criminology

Originally Posted by daswig

How does 12 out of 50 = "most"?

Would you care to provide a link to back up your assertion that "Most states do not have the death penalty - therefore it is illegal in most states."?

Your BASIC assumptions are wrong, and it's easily demonstrable. That bodes poorly for the rest of your argument.

Originally Posted by FoolThemAll

Opposed completely. Even if guilt is certain. I consider it murder.

But there are certainly circumstances where one DOES have the right to take the life of another (self-defense, just war). I simply don't believe that those circumstances EVER exist with capital punishment.

Originally Posted by Kalibah

Amany murders occur inside prisons to other inmates OR to guards/ correctional officers

When your already sentenced to life w/o parol- prison is your playground