• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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    20 hours ago

    Executions fail as a strong deterrent as when the execution is finally performed, it decades after the crime, long after it has left the public’s consciousness.

    I don’t know if there has been a strong correlation that shows it’s a deterrent at all.

    Even in the United States, capital punishment has been on the wane, meanwhile, violent crime has been trending down overall for decades, as well.

    • deeprlyeh@lemmus.org
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      19 hours ago

      Never in history has it been a deterrent. No matter how extreme the measure is taken. In North Korea they will execute your entire family and it doesn’t work.

      It will embolden terrorism, they want to die for their cause. Which is probably really the play.

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        14 hours ago

        these are the same people who beat their kids. when the kids eventually cut contact the parents are shocked and can’t understand how this happened and think maybe if they beat them more it would have stopped this

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        18 hours ago

        No I think the play was that they actually thought it was a good idea and would actually be a deterrent a good show of their power. These people are hateful and selfish idiots, it all tracks.

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          14 hours ago

          Fascism needs people to be desperate and scared. Thats my thought process.

          Its why making fun of it, works wonders.