Comments on: A failed deterrent https://www.policyforum.net/a-failed-deterrent/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Shot through the heart https://www.policyforum.net/a-failed-deterrent/#comment-57 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:10:05 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=2832#comment-57 […] about the futility of the death penalty as a deterrent. As Australian lawyer Greg Barns, writing in Policy Forum, […]

]]> By: Dealing in death: Indonesia’s drug executions https://www.policyforum.net/a-failed-deterrent/#comment-56 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 05:55:15 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=2832#comment-56 […] A failed deterrent: tackling the death penalty in Asia Greg Barns, Policy Forum […]

]]> By: legalimmigrant8 https://www.policyforum.net/a-failed-deterrent/#comment-37 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=2832#comment-37 PS. By the way, it was a smart move by the police to leave the drug trafficker leave Australia first so this fine country wouldn’t be burdened with the trial and execution cost.

]]> By: legalimmigrant8 https://www.policyforum.net/a-failed-deterrent/#comment-36 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:29:11 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=2832#comment-36 As a father, law abiding and hard working productive member of society I applaud counties like Indonesia, China and America to be the true leaders and have the death penalty, although my opinion on how and when to execute may differ from the slow moving process in the USA.
It escapes my logic that the old, worn out argument about deterrence never dies.
The death penalty has never been, nor will it ever be used as a deterrent BUT as a punishment for a crime committed.
If, as an additional bonus, another person will NOT commit a crime because he/she is realizing the consequences, this is just fine with me.

And there are fail-proof methods to avoid the execution of an innocent person, but this is a to be explained another time.

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