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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer
The death penalty is a crime deterrent and has saved lives.
For instance, there are people still alive today simply because I grew up in Texas and they hand out the death penalty pretty easily there.
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It isn't a deterrent.
Check this out. The yellow highlighted states are the ones without the death penalty. The murder rate in Texas is right about the middle of the list, 13 of the 20 states with the lowest murder rates don't have the death penalty.