stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoProsecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarketlockapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1565arrow-down1external-linkProsecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarketlockapnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.
minus-square???@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·11 months agoBut do you have any research that shows it reduces or deters crime?
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·11 months agoThat is not and never has been the reason for capital punishment. The kind of people who should be executed are not doing the kind of crimes that are deterred. The point is to remove the individual who is not compatible with society.
But do you have any research that shows it reduces or deters crime?
That is not and never has been the reason for capital punishment. The kind of people who should be executed are not doing the kind of crimes that are deterred. The point is to remove the individual who is not compatible with society.