I'm a moderately pro-life libertarian. I don't really know much about the death penalty yet, and haven't formulated a position on it yet. My initial inclination is to be against it, but I'm not sure yet. If anyone has some strong views on this from a libertarian perspective, and would like to influence me, speak up, now is the time.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 20:09
>>11 So, the idea that maybe people are punished for crimes to deter future criminals never crossed your mind?
Or maybe it crossed their mind but they decided to actually check the value of that argument before talking about it on the internets?
"Whatever the factors are that affect change in homicide rates, they don't seem to operate differently based on the presence or absence of the death penalty in a state."
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Yeah, DP costs more than incarceration. Very very much more.