This is Why I Support the Death Penalty

[August]

A couple points Haplo.

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

The death penalty is not - and never has been - a punishment that is successful to dissuade a criminal from committing his capital crime.

Yes there are people that have ignored the potential consequences of their actions, usually because they don't think they will be caught and sure there are those that don't care either way, but one thing is undeniable. The murderer that has been put to death will never murder again. What other criminal punishment can produce these results?

Yet the DOJ's data says recidivism for violent felons was last closely tracked at 67.5%. So basically you let 100 murderers go to spare one innocent man - and guess what - you just killed 67 or 68 more people.....

You are stretching those statistics way beyond accuracy. First off "violent felons" includes a lot more crimes than just murder and nobody is advocating executing muggers, and recidivism among violent felons does not automatically mean they got out and committed murder so your "guess what" example does not hold water.