mit a crime? Many criminals are not thinking beyond the moment of their crime. In addition to that, those who commit pre-meditated murder always feel that they are invincible and that they are too smart and the police too stupid for them to be caught. He further says that he has crafted the death penalty in the state to where only the most inhuman murderers are eligible and included in the numbers to be put on death row. While we are all human, what is inhumane to one may not be inhumane to another. Governor Pataki himself does not decide whether or not a criminal goes on death row. Yet, who is to make that decision? Is the death penalty just good publicity for Pataki and other politicians in Albany? Overall, I feel that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent in this country. The murder rate has not decreased but has done the opposite and increased. There is a direct relationship between the number of death row convictions and the murder rate. This further illustrates that it is not a deterrent. In addition to that, it costs a lot of money (our taxes are paying for this). We should find a better way to decrease the murder rate in this country and altogether eliminate the death penalty....
