Quote (ofthevoid @ Dec 13 2020 11:14am)
Deterrence is only one of the things that our criminal justice system hopes to accomplish. While the death penalty doesn't hit on 3/4 I'd say it certainly checks the retribution box.
People dont understand that life is the cost measured in all punishments. When you tax someone 50% of their income, you are removing all the time that they worked for that income from their life.
Why would you draw an arbitrary line at capital punishment? All punishments are irreversible.
The critics only care about their own emotional comfort, living in a modern sheltered world in which death doesnt exist.