“Charliehall brought up the old liberal canard (and statistics to back it up) that the death penalty does not deter crime.
He is wrong. The Torah says to execute criminals to scare others. It is common sense, also. What about the statistics? The answer is simple. In the states where the death penalty exists, it is applied very seldom and after a long wait — it is not enough to scare criminals.”
You have absolutely no data to indicate that would work to reduce the murder rate either.
I am currently visiting a country that abolished its death penalty in 1981. Its murder rate is about 70% lower than that in the United States.
“The Goyim should seek the death penalty in a case of circumstantial murder.”
The gemara and Rambam disagree.