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Of course not. Has anyone claimed that it is? You maintain that the death penalty prevents and deters crime, yet the evidence does not support your claim. Which means that your belief is irrational. ''Capital punishment was halted in the U.S. in 1972 but reinstated in 1976, and since then...

Retribution is when you get satisfaction from having people executed when it serves no purpose in terms of prevention, deterrence, justice or morality. Your satisfaction is not a matter of justice. Execution is not the act of a civilised society.

Maybe it would suit you? Though, I doubt it. Your flippant reply is not a rebuttal, just a sign of defeat. The evidence is against you, you lack understanding of the moral implications of capital punishment, so resort to emojis. ''Proponents of capital punishment argue that the only just...

Selection of judges is not the issue. Who makes the laws? Who decides what is good or moral? As the research shows that the death penalty does not deter offenders, which may be crimes of passion, hardened criminals, deranged minds, sociopaths, etc, the reason why you support the death...

There is no case to be made for capital punishment; Brutalization Effect Studies: Research published in legal and criminological journals (such as work examining state-by-state impacts) suggests that executions may actually increase murder rates in certain states through a "brutalization...

You see no moral problems associated with executing prisoners?

Never mind those wrongly convicted, or the moral implications of execution. Expediency and cost takes precedence. Stalin, eat your heart out.

It's dangerous to enter sealed void spaces in steel ships because oxidation/rust removes oxygen from the air. The hatch must be opened and have fans blowing fresh air into the compartment before workers go in.

The point here is the morality of execution. The prisoner has been tried, found guilty, locked away, no longer a threat to public safety. Then after having spent decades on death row they are taken to a place of execution and killed.

For short to medium term economics maybe, but considering long term ecological sustainability, do the numbers ultimately win? What sort of population can India sustain in the long term?

Status over sustainability?

Growing the population is some sort of competition?

Given that we are told that it is wrong to kill for any reason other than self defence, both legally and morally, the issue is the morality of the act of execution regardless of a government permitting itself to impose the death penalty. Sometimes governments do things without moral...

If our society, government and judicial system deems it to be illegal and immoral to kill someone for any reason other than self defence, then the same standards apply to the government that sets these moral and legal standards......which, if it is to applied without hypocrisy, does not permit...

Dealing with the law, public safety, etc, the judicial system is a part of society and its governance even if the elected government plays no part in the court. Parliament does pass laws and regulations, including legalising the death penalty. The point of contention was the moral...