There's No Evidence The Death Penalty Deters Crime

The death penalty is very popular for most Americans. Perhaps, to some extent, it fulfills the need for natural human revenge. The death penalty is also very politically popular, and politicians provide a way to show that they are fighting crime. There are death penalty provisions in 38 states, and in some other states legislation to enact the death penalty law is being considered. However, the death penalty is certainly effective, it will deter crimes. I'm afraid not. Public opinion polls show that most Americans support the death penalty and regard it as a deterrent of crime.

A: No, there is no reliable evidence that the death penalty is more effective in preventing crime than long-term prison. The crime rate or the murder rate of the country to which the death penalty law is applied is not lower than that of a country where such law is not applied. In the state where the death penalty was abolished, there was no big change in crime rate or homicide rate. The death penalty has no deterrent. The assertion that each execution prevented a certain number of murders has not been completely trusted by social science research. People are mostly committing murder for the effects of alcohol and drugs or because they are suffering from psychosis, they have little or no consideration of the possible effects of their behavior. Several murderers planning crimes in advance, such as occupational enforcement officials, are intending and are expected to be completely punished by being uncaught. Some self-destructive people may even want to capture them and execute them.

It is not based on research. There is no reliable evidence that the death penalty is more effective in stopping the crime than sentenced. In fact, the number of offenses for countries already banning the death penalty has not increased. In some cases, they actually failed. In Canada, the murder rate in 2008 was less than half of the death penalty in 1976. The government often appeals to the death penalty after a violent attack in order to prove that it is taking steps to "protect" national security. However, it is unlikely that the threat of execution prevents men and women from preparing to die for their beliefs - for example suicide bombing. Execution execution can also create a martyr whose memory is the point of organization's assembly.