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To those who believe that deterrence justifies the execution, they have a lot to prove. The overwhelming conclusion from years of deterrence studies is that the death penalty is, at best, no more of a deterrent than a sentence of life in prison. States in America that use the death penalty generally do not have lower murder rates than states that do. When comparing nation murder rates, Canada, America’s neighbour with no death penalty has a lower rate than the American average.
The death penalty is not a deterrent because most people who commit murders either do not expect to be caught or do not carefully weigh the differences between a possible execution and lif...