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coffeesp00ns  ·  2683 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should death Penalty be abolished?

But at least there has to be some sort of punishment, say not for revenge but to prevent further demeaning crimes from happening? For deterrence?

well sure there should be punishment. In my view, the punishment we are giving people is a restriction from living a free life. realistically, punishing people for crimes does not tend to prevent those crimes from being committed again by other people, but we can prevent people who have been convicted of a crime from being able to commit that crime again.