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威慑
) theory, which argues that the
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murderers would think twice before committing the act if they knew that they might die if they were
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.
The other two arguments are more suspect. The idea of retribution (
报应
) demands that
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should get what they deserve: if a murderer intentionally set out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences.
The arguments against the death penalty
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largely humanitarian. But there are also statistical reasons for opposing it: the deterrence figures do not add up. In Britain, 1903 was the record year for executions and yet in 1904 the number of murders
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rose. It was the similar
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with 1946 and 1947. If the deterrence theory were correct, the number should have
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.
The other reasons to argue
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the death penalty are largely a
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of individual conscience and belief.
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