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... The death penalty acts as a deterrent effect. ... The death penalty saves lives- that is, that by executing murderers you prevent them from murdering again and do, in fact, save innocent lives. ... Some say that the death penalty makes no one safer, but they neglect the obvious, unchallenged logic that living murderers are infinitely more likely to harm
and murder again than are executed murderers. ... Washington DC and Detroit, two of the largest US jurisdictions without the death penalty, have been leaders in murders for the past 30 years. ... The highest murder rate in Houston, Texas occurred in 1981, with 701 murders, during a temporary suspension of the death penalty. ... Regarding the deterrent affect of the death penalty, poet Hyam Barshay made the following observation, “The death penalty is a warning, just like a lighthouse throwing beams out to sea. ... Some even compare the American death penalty with the Nazi holocaust. ... A death sentence may, in fact, be much more likely to bring about change than any other sentence.
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Approximate Pages = 3.1
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