Sentences with phrase «effect on capital punishment»
Still, as with Buck, a victory for Tharpe would not have a broad effect on capital punishment as a whole.
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However, the evidence on the deterring effect of capital punishment is not very persuasive, nor is it implausible to suppose that an innocent person could be convicted and executed, despite our extensive appeal system.
So for the means of capital punishment which could actually be used, we probably could not count on a deterrent effect.
For many reasons — among them the example which capital punishment sets, its effect on those who must carry out death sentences and, above all, its violation of a basic moral principle — the state ought not to kill people.
«Medical ethicists challenge court ruling on lethal injection in Alabama case: Ruling in death penalty case would have a chilling effect on physicians» willingness to serve as experts in capital punishment trials.»
Countless comparative studies have been done demonstrating that capital punishment has no discernible effect on general deterrence in conventional criminal cases.