... The death penalty is contradictory to everything the justice system stands for; it is inhumane, unfair, and even barbaric. There are many reasons that the death penalty should be abolished, but the major reasons are: that the death penalty does not act as a deterrent, it supports revenge and violence, it does not give the opportunity for the inmate to make amends, and feel remorseful for the crimes committed, and the death penalty is unreliable and unfair.
If one believes that deterrence justifies the execution of certain offenders, they bear the burden of proving that the death penalty is a deterrent. There is no proof that the death penalty is more of a deterrent than a serious life sentence in prison. More than a deterrent, the death penalty acts as an influence for more murder because of the violence and brutality that is involved. Even those in support of the death penalty would not argue deterrence as a serious justification for its continued use. ... that do not employ the death penalty have lower murder rates than those that do use the death penalty. ... that do not employ the death penalty. For example, Europe and Canada both do not use the death penalty and both have lower murder rates than the U.
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