Death By Firing Squad...

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Your mom or dad telling you to be a good boy is a deterrent for some.

Saying the death penalty is a deterrent over prison for life does not seem to be much of one.

That is what I am talking about.

I don't think that the logic behind someone saying the death penalty is a bigger deterrent opposed to states that don't have it works.

People kill, people commit crimes whether the penalty is life in prison, standard gas chamber death penalty or if they brought back death by ancient tortures.

A compulsion to kill is a compulsion to kill, but I think human behavior is all too different to apply one standard of behavior. Some do have enough balance to act in self preservation.

Though a quick look does give your view more credence.

States Without Death Penalty Have Lower Murder Rates