§ .Capital punishment does not deter crime.
Scientific studies have consistently failed to demonstrate that executions deter people from committing crime. Around the U.S, states without the death penalty have a lower murder rate than neighboring states with the death penalty.
Scientific studies have consistently failed to demonstrate that executions deter people from committing crime. Around the U.S, states without the death penalty have a lower murder rate than neighboring states with the death penalty.
.The Death Penalty actually cost more money!According to the Oregonian, in 1995 the trials for three Washington County murder cases cost more than $1.5 million. One was sentenced to death. The two others, one of whom was found guilty of four murders, are not on death row. In 2000 a fiscal impact summary from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services stated that the Oregon Judicial Department alone would save $2.3 million annually if the death penalty were eliminated. It is estimated that total prosecution and defense costs to the state and counties equal $9 million per year.