"Third - No one can prove that it deters crime, and we know the truth. Fear of the death penalty is not keeping people from committing crimes.
To sum up what i said in an earlier post, NO punishment for ANY crime has EVER been effective in stopping the crime from happening. (otherwise there would never be any crime)"
Another way to look at this is - what if there were no punishment for crime? Don't you think there would be a lot more of it? So, do you really think that strong punishment is not a deterrent? I believe it is. If everyone knew, beyond a shadow of doubt, that they would be executed on the spot, the minute they were found guilty, and would not be allowed a single appeal, don't you believe that they would think long and hard about committing that crime?