It keeps the other prisoners and the prison wardens that they share living space with safe. It keeps their past and possible future victims safe from the prisoners being released on parole for "good behaviour".
It'd rarely keep people safe as very few people get executed (and few people get executed due to the lengthy appeals process, cases are subject to more thorough reviews as lawyers and anti-death penalty groups, file petitions to stay executions or review evidence).
There are sex offenders who stop reoffending after rehabilitation. They don't get a chance of rehabilitation if they're executed.
From the Talkleft website: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2005/02/20/115/08784
"For those that refuse (rehabilitation) treatment, parole boards likely will keep them in jail. Many states allow for civil commitment of sex offenders after their prison terms are up".
Considering the above, I think these following solutions would be a lot more effective in reducing rape compared to the death penalty:
-improving police depts and training, -spending more money on policing, and rehabilitation, -campaigns against rape culture, teaching society to value women,
-teach boys and men that rape is inexcusable and a crime no matter what. laying blame on the rapist, not the victim - teaching people that victim blaming is inexcusable -addressing factors that make rapists more likely to rape people - such as sexism, poverty, violence, laws with poor defnitions of rape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factors_increasing_men's_risk_of_committing_rape
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Date: 2010-07-19 12:13 pm (UTC)It'd rarely keep people safe as very few people get executed (and few people get executed due to the lengthy appeals process, cases are subject to more thorough reviews as lawyers and anti-death penalty groups, file petitions to stay executions or review evidence).
There are sex offenders who stop reoffending after rehabilitation. They don't get a chance of rehabilitation if they're executed.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/46434.php
http://www.ccoso.org/newsletter/worthit.html
From the Talkleft website: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2005/02/20/115/08784
"For those that refuse (rehabilitation) treatment, parole boards likely will keep them in jail. Many states allow for civil commitment of sex offenders after their prison terms are up".
Considering the above, I think these following solutions would be a lot more effective in reducing rape compared to the death penalty:
-improving police depts and training,
-spending more money on policing, and rehabilitation,
-campaigns against rape culture, teaching society to value women,
-teach boys and men that rape is inexcusable and a crime no matter what. laying blame on the rapist, not the victim
- teaching people that victim blaming is inexcusable
-addressing factors that make rapists more likely to rape people - such as sexism, poverty, violence, laws with poor defnitions of rape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factors_increasing_men's_risk_of_committing_rape