I understand the intuition; I will not kill someone because I will be killed for it, etc. But I've found that the idea of deterrence isn't borne out in fact. Reports and statistical analysis from criminologists show that there is no discernible deterrent effect, and many of the studies that did show one used flawed methods. This is all in the link I posted.
not rocket science at all :hmm:
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