The WSWS
also notes the 1,000th execution in the United States early yesterday.
And has this contributed to a significant downturn in crime? Nope. Has everybody on death row been proven guilty being all doubt? Nope. Has this saved money? Nope.
But the death penalty is always a good wedge issue for politicians and prosecutors to prove they are "tough on crime" by appealing to the revenge mentality of the electorate.
If those convicted of murder were actually required to serve longer sentences or actually serve life without the possibility of parole, I think public opinion for the death penalty would continue to decline.
Since 1994, notes the article, public support has dipped from a high of 80 percent to 64 percent now and only 50 percent when there is the alternative of mandatory life imprisonment.
The Republicans, though, want to expand the death penalty further.
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