(in support of)
According to Wesley Lowe capital punishment is a perfectly valid solution to dispose of deadly criminals. He argues that the fewer executions there are, the more murders there are.
During the temporary suspension on capital punishment from 1972-1976, researchers gathered murder statistics across the country. In 1960, there were 56 executions in the USA and 9,140 murders. By 1964, when there were only 15 executions, the number of murders had risen to 9,250. In 1969, there were no executions and 14,590 murders, and 1975, after six more years without executions, 20,510 murders occurred rising to 23,040 in 1980 after only two executions since 1976. In summary, between 1965 and 1980, the number of annual murders in the United States skyrocketed from 9,960 to 23,040, a 131 percent increase. He also makes the point that a life sentence in jail is just not good enough anymore because of escapes, and different laws in states. Lowe believes that a
s long as the murderer lives, there is always a chance, no matter how small, that he will strike again. He also argues that race doesn't play a part in capital punishment because "m
urder has no color, class, or IQ. A murderer is a murderer." He finishes off by saying confidently, "
While I believe that prompt and consistent executions would have a deterrent effect, there remains one great virtue, even for infrequent executions. The recidivism rate for capital punishment is zero. No executed murderer has ever killed again. You can't say that about those sentenced to prison, even if you are an abolitionist." |
| The graph above drawn by the Bureau of Criminal Justice gives a general overview of the murder rate compared to the number of executions that had taken place in the US up to the year 2000 Information found at: www.wesleylowe.com |
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