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Originally Posted by Fishteacher73
This is a bleed over(forgive the bad pun) from the zero-tolerance thread.
1) Does capital punishment reduce crime?
2) Is captital punishment moral?
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1: No! Capital punishment does not reduce crime.
People in the States have not stopped commiting crime, I would say just the opposite. Preventive action is so much better, and so much cheaper in the long run.
2: No! One innocent person excecuted is one two many.
My arguments are that as long as there is a even a question about wheter race and money plays a part in if the offender get capital punishment and people can give false evidence and testimoney something as drastic as take someones life is out of the question. I don't remember the case, but in the States there was a woman working with DNA giving false evidence and thereby sending innocent people to jail and the electric chair.
Also it will never give the offender a chance to better him or herself and be a productive member of socienty. It's a human right to be allowed to right your mistakes.
I sometimes thinks people in Norway get low sentences, but I rather that than the opposite.
Yvonne
