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Originally Posted by Cory
Forgive me Ken, I missed when the debate switched from whether or not capital punishment is an effective deterrent in the US, to whether or not it's an effective deterrent in Iraq or China.
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on the top of page 2
There's absolutely no evidence that the death penalty is an effective deterrent. We are one of the few civilized nations that actually puts people to death, and we still have an absurdly high rate of violent crimes compared to many of these countries that don't use the death penalty.
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where did you limit the discussion of the death penalty to the US only?
oops! you were the one who brought up the crime rates in other nations to compare to the US.
Why do you get to choose which nations the US can be compared to, and which ones are not relavant to this discussion?!