ital punishment. They found there to be no visible influence on the homicide rates" (Zimring). Looking at capital punishment as a deterrent can be dangerous for society because society is holding on to false hope. If they continue to implement capital punishment, people will have lost their lives, but the crime rate will still remain unchanged. They feel people should be spared their lives and separated from society by sentences of life imprisonment. They argue that capital punishment lacks consistency; some are sentenced to death while others, who commit the same crimes or worse, are se
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