Oct 11, 2018 ... Lt. gov. hopeful Jeff Bartos says the death penalty is a deterrent. ... certain of is a  specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes — what we see ...
“I ... know that in practice, [the death penalty] does more harm than good. ... do  not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new  ...
Aquinas is saying that certain contexts change a bad act (killing) into a good act  ... The most common and most cogent argument against capital punishment is  that ... penalty doesn't seem to deter people from committing serious violent  crimes.
Both views may have some merit, as the deterrent effect of the death penalty may  vary ... It might also depend on such factors as the publicity given to executions,  which .... More recent theorizing about criminal decision making also  incorporates ... by making clear that these types of murder are deemed  particularly heinous.
The expense of the death penalty has lawmakers reconsidering an old debate. ...  see it as an appropriate deterrent and punishment for the most heinous crimes. ...  at the same time as the trials for one of the most horrific crimes in the state's  history, ... “There are certain heinous crimes that rise to the level of warranting the  ...
Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."