Death penalty

Can the death penalty be considered an effective way to prevent crime?

1. Is the tax of crime higher in countries where death penalty is not legal?

2. Can executions influence other people's behaviour?

3. Are we sure of a prisoner's guilt?

4. Can a government be considered a murderer itself?

Important issues

1. Is the tax of crimes higher in countries where death penalty is not legal?

* The murder rate in non-death penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in states with the death penalty, and the gap has grown since 1990.

* When comparisons are made between states with the death penalty and states without, the majority of death penalty states show murder rates higher than non-death penalty states. The average of murder rates per 100,000 population in 1999 among death penalty states was 5.5, whereas the average of murder rates among non-death penalty states was only 3.6.

Murder Rates in Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States

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