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Capital punishment should not be reintroduced (Basis arguments (Against…
Capital punishment should not be reintroduced
Basis arguments
Against basic human right
"Right to life"
Lethal injection
Electrocution
Painful death
No proof capital punishment works
Mistakes are made
Innocent people die
USA
No proof capital punishment works
"death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder"
88% of experts reject
South highest murder rates
South 80% of executions
Northeast lowest murder rates
< 1% of executions
Mistakes are made
Since 1973: 160/1490 found innocent
Average of 5 exonerations / year
Finances
Texas: $2.3 million / deathpenalty
= 3 x 40 years prison + highest security level
Worldwide 2017
55/993 found innocent