No appreciable drop in crime, including Murder in areas w/death penalty, most people commit murdur and rarely ever say "hey, I ought not do this, I might get executed".
Ted Bundy specifically went to Florida as they at the time had death penalty and were quick to use it in order to stop himself. He then comitted several murders, the last a 12 yr old so as to outrage and all but incur the DP.....there is some evdience that he knew, deep down, he was evil and due to his narcisistic traits, could not stop himself, so wnted otehrs to stop him.
None the less, several more died after he went to Florida....
Killing him did eventually stop him, but the other lives still lost nad many, many murders in Florida since he wsa locked up, since being executed and to this day...often crimes of passion, greed and people zonked out on drugs/booze and not clearly thinking to begin with...
So, death penality does not appreciably stop most in society that are and will kill, but it stops those particular individuals....a difference with distinction....
in NC we have the death penalty, have you heard of Zahra Baker? if her parents are executed, they will nto kill again-they are deterred, though no proof exists they would kill again, she was a specific target....but since her death, we have had other murders, likely by people that heard the story and are aware of the DP in our state........
Saying the DP stops people for killing in general is false, saying it stops thos ethat kill for killing again would have merit-unless said people killed in prison........again, Bundy is not going to kill anyone ever again.....
I do agree w/you there is something very off w/Rosco mentally, hence he resorts to continuing to label us all Jansenists and keep using it, like he is in school again or something.....reminds me of nerds in school that tried to make fun of people, the words fell flat and made them :roll-laugh1: of others, rather sad, really...few here take Rsocoe seriously most of the time....same was wit hRaoul in beginning, though over time he mellowed out and bacome more understandable.....well, until he went off deep end and was banned.....
using :smoke-pot: does cloud senses and over time, can have lasting damage-ever see those zoned out :smoke-pot:? they are sorta glassy eyed and out of it.......prayer for him is needed!
in meantime, it is annoying to keep being labelled,sp as it does not fit at all and is falling flat....like a yappy dog you paddle with a newspaper :pop: