The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.
Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.
Violence does not contribute to anything.
It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.
Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.
Criminals don't care what the law is.
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens.