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It's OK to use capital punishment in plea bargaining.

Supporters of the death penalty, especially those who do not believe in the deterrent effect of the death penalty, say the threat of the death penalty could be used to urge capital defendants to plead guilty, testify against accomplices, or disclose the location of the victim's body. Norman Frink, a senior deputy district attorney in the state of Oregon, considers capital punishment a valuable tool for prosecutors. The threat of death leads defendants to enter plea deals for life without parole or life with a minimum of 30 years—-the two other penalties, besides death, that Oregon allows for aggravated murder.[17] In a plea agreement reached with Washington state prosecutors, Gary Ridgway, a Seattle-area man who admitted to 48 murders since 1982 accepted a sentence of life in prison without parole. Prosecutors spared Ridgway from execution in exchange for his cooperation in leading police to the remains of still-missing victims.
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Capital Punishment
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Good // Bad
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Convicted criminals should not be executed.
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It's OK to use capital punishment in plea bargaining.
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Plea Bargaining =/= Preventing the crime from occurring
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C.P. is not administered for the sake of justice.
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The threat of death does not deter individuals from committing crimes.
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Blackstone's formulation.
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C.P. is more costly.
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C.P. is not administered for the sake of justice.
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The threat of death does not deter individuals from committing crimes.
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