The threat of death does not deter individuals from committing crimes.
C.P. certainly would have some rational backing to it, if it effectively discouraged people from committing heinous crimes. However, it's existence does not prevent crimes, reducing its value from little to none.
According to a survey of the former and present presidents of the country's  top  academic  criminological societies,  88%  of  these experts  rejected  the  notion  that  the  death  penalty  acts  as  a deterrent to murder.

Also:
Consistent  with  previous  years,  the  2008  FBI  Uniform  Crime Report showed that the South had the highest murder rate. The South  accounts  for  over  80%  of  executions. The  Northeast, which  has  less than  1%  of  all  executions,  again  had  the  lowest murder rate.

Despite the South's great effort to deter individuals from committing such awful acts, it still has the highest murder rate in the nation. Doesn't seem to be working.
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Capital Punishment »Capital Punishment
Good // Bad »Good // Bad
Convicted criminals should not be executed. »Convicted criminals should not be executed.
The threat of death does not deter individuals from committing crimes.
Deterring even one criminal justifies CP »Deterring even one criminal justifies CP
It's OK to use capital punishment in plea bargaining. »It's OK to use capital punishment in plea bargaining.
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