Yes

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  by T. M. Beeker

  Created on: September 09, 2007

  If you kill someone who commits a crime you 100% deter their future crimes. It is truly that simple

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  by Larry Head

  Created on: April 14, 2008

  Is the Death Penalty and effective deterrent to crime? Indeed it is. "How so", do you ask. "How does

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  by Dallas Brown

  Created on: June 12, 2009   Last Updated: June 15, 2009

  The Death Penalty, if properly administered, definitely would be a deterrent to crime. But we have

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  by Trisha Orlando

  Created on: April 26, 2008

  No, it is not a deterrent or we would not have prisons full of killers. Should we abolish the death

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  by Sebastian Talon

  Created on: December 27, 2009   Last Updated: December 30, 2009

  I do not have any idea why I decided to tackle the topic: Is the Death Penalty an effective crime deterrent?

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  by K. Russell

  Created on: November 12, 2011   Last Updated: November 13, 2011

  Most of us are not capable of murder except in the extreme conditions of protecting ourselves or our

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  by Mark Hopkins

  Created on: September 15, 2007   Last Updated: May 03, 2011

  There does seem to be evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to some people and for that

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  by Bob D. Caterino

  Created on: October 25, 2007   Last Updated: July 27, 2011

  The only people that do not think the death penalty is a deterrent are people that also think we are

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  by Karen Moore

  Created on: March 17, 2008

  Is the threat of any punishment an effective crime deterrent? With the rising crime rate one would argue

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  by Daniel Wright

  Created on: April 03, 2008

  When did the West forget how to kill people? Maybe two major wars, which resulted in the firebombing

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  by Jonathan Jeffers

  Created on: March 03, 2010

  What really deters crime? Is it police officers riding down the road in marked patrol vehicles? Is it

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  by Nadia Ghanny

  Created on: December 15, 2007

  The argument has often been sited that the death penalty has never been a deterrent for crime. I personally

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  by Leroy Fodor

  Created on: February 24, 2008

  The death penalty is a perfect deterrent. In order for any rehabilitation program to be effective you

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  by Wendy Brooks

  Created on: October 25, 2007

  The news is filled everyday with stories of violence. Crime is on the rise and there are no signs of

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  by Alida B

  Created on: November 12, 2007

  My dad was in law enforcement for 32 years, and one thing he always told me is criminals fear two things,

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  by Barbara Stanley

  Created on: May 28, 2009

  Our earliest judicial system, based on the laws given to man by God, requires the punishment to fit

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  by Victoria Rose Perkins

  Created on: October 26, 2007

  Gee whiz, good people! Think about this for just a moment, please. If I committed a deadly crime and

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  by Lou Vailant

  Created on: February 10, 2008

  The death penalty is no doubt a touchy subject, but it does have its pros and cons. Every person judges

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  by Ted Sherman

  Created on: December 10, 2007

  One thing's for sure. Once the murderer is put to death, you can be absolutely sure he won't go out

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  by Paulette Redemske

  Created on: October 02, 2007

  Is the death penalty a effective crime deterrent? Probably not. Confusing answer but true. It would