Death Penalty Deters Murders, Studies Say

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I didn't know anyone lived in North Dakota in the first place.

I believe they were the first state to implement anarcho-primitivism.

As for the study, I think it mkaes sense logically and believe that we should use the death penalty, so long as it is certain that the defendant is guilty.

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Dont buy it. Murders happen more in countries with the death penalty. That's just common knowledge. Plus, since when did Libertarians advocate for capital punishment?

That is not true. Just look at the study. And, I tend to stray from the Libertarian platform on some social issues, such as gay marriage, illegal immigration, and capital punishment.

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Not buying it. There's about 5 homicides in North Dakota a year. Does that mean if ND had the death penalty, it would have no homicides ever year it executed someone? Also by this standard we could have a murder-free year in Minnesota with about 10 executions.

The article says this

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The article makes no mention of timeframes, so your counter-argument is invalid. But it's not as bad as this guy's:

Dont buy it. Murders happen more in countries with the death penalty. That's just common knowledge. Plus, since when did Libertarians advocate for capital punishment?

Yeah well, there's also a correlation between shoe size and spelling ability. In fact, based on this result I'm going to have my little girl's feet surgically altered to be bigger, so that she can spell better.

See where not understanding statistics gets you?

Good analysis.