Deterrence is one of the pros for the use of capital punishment. By putting the fear in people that they will be put to death if they commit such a high crime there is hopes that this will lower the crime rate. However, 88% of criminologists do not believe that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide (Study). I mean how many people right before committing a crime think of the consequences of doing so or even if they do think of the consequences they think that there is no way they will be caught. It’s like when you were a child and your parents told you not to do something. You thought of what the consequences would be, but you also thought how you would still be able to do it without being caught and having to suffer those
Deterrence is one of the pros for the use of capital punishment. By putting the fear in people that they will be put to death if they commit such a high crime there is hopes that this will lower the crime rate. However, 88% of criminologists do not believe that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide (Study). I mean how many people right before committing a crime think of the consequences of doing so or even if they do think of the consequences they think that there is no way they will be caught. It’s like when you were a child and your parents told you not to do something. You thought of what the consequences would be, but you also thought how you would still be able to do it without being caught and having to suffer those