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On the one hand.....when the death penalty exist....or any extreme punishment....it drives the perps to extremes. They know that in all likelyhood they will be caught...and extreme crimes pump the blood up and adrenaline, which gives them a hyper freaked paranoid edge. Life speeds up....decisions speed up. Shortly they come to the conclusion that they will be caught and caught soon so they might as well go all out.
Also, perps in action might think at the time that they would rather die than serve out a long life-sentence.....again, increasing the extreme actions.
This scenario also creates the need-desire for them to try and destroy all evidence-witnesses. Once again increasing extreme actions.
I'm not so sure death is a deterrent. Hyped perps don't care. Many criminals have oversized egos and think they can outsmart law.
In a utopian world I might be against death....but until then....fry the bastards....they know the punishment beforehand. They gamble they lose.
I only believe in it with clear solid evidence such as DNA backing up the evidence.
I think the appeals system is too lenient. Too much time on death row when fully guilty.
They can find thier forgiveness beyond.
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