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troutmasta
Go ask canada.Here's some food for thought:
What would the crime rates be...without capital punishment???
Here's some food for thought:
What would the crime rates be...without capital punishment???
Go ask canada.
In Canada, there were 542 homicides in 2000 resulting in a national rate of 1.8 homicides per
100,000 population. By comparison, there were 15,517 homicides in the U.S., resulting in a rate
(5.5) three times higher than Canada’s.
In examining arrest/charge data, the U.S. had much higher rates for drug offences, impaired driving and prostitution.
lookin at the nine largest metropolitan areas in each country
With the exception of Boston, the remaining eight large American metropolitan areas had homicide
rates much higher than any of the nine largest Canadian metropolitan areas.
-canadian center for justice 2009-
They have no capital punishment.
That is food for thought.
Here's some food for thought:
What would the crime rates be...without capital punishment???
so if Texas gets rid of the death penalty, crime rates will go down?:think:
I challenge you to find statistics that say otherwise. I abolutley love a good debate, and am in no way personally against you. It makes a very productive dialog, and in turn a great country. Im friends with any one who makes a respectfull counter to any of my arguments.If I were to dig deep, I could probably find statistics from another country that are in direct contrast.
America in general is too lax on perpetrator's of crime. Just ask anyone who has had a crime committed against them, or a member of their family. All that usually happens is a slap on the wrist, and the perps are back out on the streets doing the same thing again (maybe to YOU the next time, or to someone you love). [God forbid of course].
And please don't feel like I'm personally beating you up with my opinion. I respect your stance, and your right to voice your opinion. That is what makes for useful dialog. And that is what makes this a great country. We are apparently on opposite sides of the fence. But, that doens't mean that I'm not your friend or wouldn't choose to go fishing with you.
The gun thing is huge. No handguns. Thats the big difference. They also have socialist medicine as you pointed out. Maybe if we did all three of these things there would be significant change in americas crime rates.Troutmasta I'm sorry but not going to be able to agree or see eye to eye with you on this one. There has to be something more to the crime rate being lower in Canada then the fact that they don't have capital punishment. I would think that it partly has to do with the fact that Canada provides more for the people that live there. Everyone is provided with medical and dental helth care, they provide more for food and money fundings and do more to help the people. NO I'm not saying that is the only reason crime is lower there but for sure feel it has a good amount to do with it. Also (and I know this is going to turn this set a few people off) they also have more stricked gun control laws. I'm not to sure what eles there is that they do that keeps the crime rate down but they must be doing something. But for sure the no capital punishment is not the reason for a lower crime rate.
CJ
Capital punishment doesn't work this is why:comparing canada to the united states is like comparing apples to oranges, theres no way that loosening punishment will lower crime rates. I bet theres plenty of places with capital punishment that have a lower crime rate than canada, that means nothing.
I'm sorry but with what you just said I would have to say the website you got your info from is wrong. There is no way anyone can say it is cheaper to keep someone alive in prison for life then it is to kill them. Think about it you think it is cheaper to feed, house, provide medical, clothing and everything else for there whole life then to just kill them. Just because you read something online don't make it true, fact or accurate. I can spend $7 right now build a website be it end with .com .org .net or what ever and say anything I want on it but don't mean it is true or a fact. Mathematically it does not, will not and can not add up to be cheaper to keeping someone in prison for life as a posse to killing them.
CJ
And the stoelen boat???? Cough cough.. hope they get the rest of the goods..!