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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
and after that display, you weren't likely to steal anything

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Originally posted by synthplayer:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
The leftists say that the death penalty is not a deterrent.

I have asked Leftists how they can possibly know this is true. They say it with such authority. There's never been a satisfacory response - usually there's no response.

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:

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Originally posted by synthplayer:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
The leftists say that the death penalty is not a deterrent.

I have asked Leftists how they can possibly know this is true. They say it with such authority. There's never been a satisfacory response - usually there's no response.

It’s because the left out factor is the time frame involved.

Because of our system and the right to appeal, the fear of the death penalty is more abstract. Denial works it’s way into the equation, as in: “It won’t ever happen to me”

There is very little crime in Japan because of the known inevitability of punishment…because almost all criminals are caught and convicted. If we caught most criminals in this country, far fewer would commit crimes