Martial Law

[Bailey Guns]

People have been killing other people since the beginning of peoplehood. And they've done it in places where the punishment of death was oftentimes immediate and not pretty. But yet people continued to kill, and still do to this day. When someone is sentenced to death and spends 20+ years on death row, I don't see that as much of a deterrent most criminals are going to ponder.

Just to be clear, I'm a strong supporter of capital punishment because it's punishment that fits the crime...not because it's a deterrent.

The death penalty is an entirely different discussion, though.

[Dave_L]

People have been killing other people since the beginning of peoplehood. And they've done it in places where the punishment of death was oftentimes immediate and not pretty. But yet people continued to kill, and still do to this day. When someone is sentenced to death and spends 20+ years on death row, I don't see that as much of a deterrent most criminals are going to ponder.

Just to be clear, I'm a strong supporter of capital punishment because it's punishment that fits the crime...not because it's a deterrent.

The death penalty is an entirely different discussion, though.

The only thing that stops criminals is making the reward not worth the consequences. For some, you'll never be able to do that. People can be evil and twisted. "Some people just want to watch the world burn."