Matters of the Court, Life Sentence.

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Originally Posted by Dirtycommy

You see the reason that Death Penalty isn't a deterrent is because in a lot of ways it's similar to a life sentence, you get 10,000 appeals in which, the lawyers, the judge, even the bailiff are all paid out of our pockets. Seriously I garruntee that if we gave people only a couple of appeals and had them properly executed in a matter of weeks after being sentenced I bet you'd see a drop in serious crimes after the first 500 are killed. The only thing wrong with this is the question "Wat if we kill someone who's not guilty?" Well hardly ever do we convict someone of murder who is not guilty and even if it was me who was that 1 in a billion guy wrongly accused sentenced to death, I wouldn't care if it meant that thousands of terrible people get whats coming to them

Studies have shown the deterence derives from the certainty of punishment, not the severity. Accordingly, if you were certain you'd be caught for a murder you committed, a sentence of 20 years, life, or death would have the same effect.