Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished

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countries. Other methods of execution, like the electric chair and
hanging, are also quite cruel to the convicted. That is one of the reasons
the death penalty should be abolished.

Does the death penalty really deter criminals?

There is very little valid evidence to suggest that capital
punishment deters criminals. The most recent study of research findings on
the relationship between the death penalty and homicide rates, conducted
for the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, in 1988,
has concluded that:"this research has failed to provide scientific proof
that executions have a greater deterrent effect than life imprisonment."1.
Many murders are committed under the influence of alcohol and drugs, some
murderers might be mentally ill. If one of these factors influenced a
person, how could he/she control and asses what he/she is doing or be
deterred from committing the crime? It would be impossible, and after the
incident he/she might not remember it. A ...

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