all. But that’s only because those studies have been focused on inconsistent executions. Capital punishment, like allother applications, must be used consistently in the United States for decades,so abolitionists have been able to establish the delusion that it does not deterat all to rationalize their fallacious arguments. But the evidence shows thatwhenever capital punishment is applied consistently or against a small murderrate it has always been followed by a decrease in murder. There is not anexample on how the death penalty has failed to reduce the murder rate underthose conditions.So capital punishment is very capable of deterring murder if we allow itto, but our legal system is so slow and inefficient, criminals are able to stayseveral steps ahead of us and gain leeway through our lenience. Severalreforms must be made in our justice system so the death penalty can cause apositive effect.Abolitionists claim that there are alternatives to the death penalty. They say that life in prison without parole serves just as well. Certainly, ifyou ignore all the murders criminals commit within prison when they killprison guards and other inmates, and also when they kill decent citizens uponescape. According to the United States Department of Justice, the averageprison sentence served for murder is five years and eleven months. But justputting a murderer away for life is not good enough. Laws change, so doparole boards, and people forget the past. Those are things that cause lifeimprisonment to weather away. As long as the murderer lives, there isalways a chance, no matter how small, that he will strike again. This is why for people who truly value public safety, there is nosubstitute for the best in its defense which is capital punishment. It not onlyforever bars the murderer from killing again, it also prevents parole boardsand criminal rights activists from giving him the chance to repeat his crime.There are those that...
