11-20-2013, 12:18 PM
(11-20-2013, 11:31 AM)Maggot Wrote: Executions should be televised. How can it be a deterent if nobody sees the result of societies verdict for unacceptable behavior in the murder of a fellow human?
I don't think public television would make the death penalty any more (or less) of a deterrent. IMO, the death penalty will never be much of a deterrent - just the ultimate punishment for those who have already chosen to commit the worst crimes against a fellow human.
Those violent/murdering criminals with functional intelligence (who aren't untreated schizophrenics) don't give enough of a shit about the public, the impacts of their crimes on their own families, or the death penalty to be deterred from killing others in the first place. Doubt they'd have any foresight or concern about the possibility of a bunch of strangers watching them be injected and peacefully passing away years and years after the crime; though some might be enticed by the increased notoriety/attention.
Members of society with a vested interest in the case can watch live from the prison anyway, if they want.