re: #650 Obdicut

So, according to you, without the death penalty in place these states would be seeing much higher murder rates— because it is a deterrent?

Can you back that up at all?

If I did a shot every time you made an unbacked assertion in the cause of an argument, I’d die of liver failure.

What is the aversion you have to actually supporting your argument?

It’s tiresome to prove that the sun rises in the East. The death penalty is an instance of punishment. If you grant that tickets deter speeding, then why argue that other penalties don’t deter other crimes?