10 States with Highest Murder Rates Despite Death Penalty

Did you know about the states with highest number of murders despite having death punishment? Insidermonkey has compiled a list of 10 states in which people commit this crime without having fear of death penalty. Take a look yourself and find out if your state is here in the list or not.

As everyone understands it – the main goal of the death penalty is not only in retribution, but also to deter further crimes, especially murders. The idea is: potential murderers and other criminals should be intimidated by the idea of paying for their crimes with the death penalty, and because of that they should stop themselves before committing some heinous act.

We feel that it is only natural to ask the question – if someone is “sane enough” to commit an atrocity in the first place, would capital punishment really stop them? Do you really think that murderers would stop for a minute and value their intended deeds? All this doesn’t seem that plausible.

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