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RE: THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CONTROVERSY - PART 1: THE EFFECT OF DETERRENCE
Capital punishment today gets way more publicity than ever before. With the internet today you can learn all about people who have been executed and know the dates on which people on death row are planned to be executed. Our sharing of news and information today is more than ever before in human history. If its the graphic details you are refering to, the main stream media may not show it, but they are really not that hard to find on the internet.
Regarding the "eye for an eye" mentality, that satisfies the human desire for revenge and not the need for rational thought. And yes killing someone may prevent that particular individual from committing murder again...but so does life without parole.
Life without parole only prevents the person from committing murder in the free society...they are still capable of committing murder inside the walls of the prison, and in some cases where gang leaders are involved, they can still command executions outside the walls of prison...so, while life without parole might look pretty on paper, it is an ineffective and inefficient method of addressing the problem.