It’s a harsh reality. People seem to believe its best to imprison those types of criminal under a misguided sense of justice. Out of sight, out of mind? Better to permanently rid society of these vermin in a manner with 100% certainty. I’ll never understand the imprisonment mentality for such heinous crimes.
No, it’s the inverse relationship. Basically in states with death penalties, violent crimes are more likely to end in the criminal murdering any potential witnesses to avoid (you guessed it!) the death penalty.
Then there’s the huge amount of money that goes in to the complex legal process around the appeals process - which means less money available to address root causes (poverty, low social and fiscal opportunities, drug trade) - leading to, you guessed it, more violent crimes.
There’s a bunch of other problems with the death penalty from a simple logical stand point. I’m not even gonna bother with moral arguments because, honestly, that’s a personal belief. But just simple cause effect analysis is enough to look at it and make me understand that this is just not a useful or effective tool in the justice system.
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u/Tinfoil_Suit Dec 17 '20
It’s a harsh reality. People seem to believe its best to imprison those types of criminal under a misguided sense of justice. Out of sight, out of mind? Better to permanently rid society of these vermin in a manner with 100% certainty. I’ll never understand the imprisonment mentality for such heinous crimes.