Is the death penalty effective?

Huwebes, Oktubre 3, 2013

Epektibo ba ang death penalty?

Sa aking opinyon, oo epektibo and death penalty lalo na sa mga taong humihingi ng karampatang hustisya para sa mga kapamilya nilang namatay dahil sa mga kriminal na karapat dapat na hatulan ng death penalty. Kung kaya't bilang isang Pilipino, hinahangad ko na mapatupad ang batas na ito sa aming bansa upang mabigyan na rin ng karampatang hustisya ang pagkamatay ng isa kong kapamilya.

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Huwebes, Setyembre 26, 2013

"You can release an innocent man from prison, but you can't release him from the grave."

-Freddie Lee Pitts, Florida death row survivor.

Deterrence

Death penalty advocates argue that the execution of convicted murderers deter others from committing murder for fear that they will also be executed, and also that murderers will be incapacitated: once dead, they will have no opportunity to commit additional murders. Death penalty opponents dispute the deterrent effect of capital punishment, arguing that few murderers rationally weigh the possibility that they might face the death penalty before committing a murder. Also, some research suggests that the death penalty increases the number of homicides through a "brutalization" effect. Finally, death penalty opponents do not dispute that execution incapacitates executed murders, but argue that life imprisonment without possibility of parole is equally incapacitating.

Is the death penalty effective?