Capital punishment is a deterrent.
Most crimes are committed by repeat offenders. If they're dead they can't harm anyone else. Stories of escaped convicts running amok and murdering and raping would be nonexistant.
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Most crimes are committed by repeat offenders. If they're dead they can't harm anyone else. Stories of escaped convicts running amok and murdering and raping would be nonexistant.