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The Indian state of West Bengal passed a law seeking the death penalty for rapists in the wake of a doctor's brutal rape and murder.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/fT2qC

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Findian-state-passes-law-seeking-death-penalty-for-rapists%2F

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Furthermore, it hasn't shown to be more effective as a deterrent than a prison sentence.

Additionally, it encourages fugitive murderers to commit more murders in order to escape. After all, one can only get executed once, and trying to save one's life provides ample motivation for murder.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you are any familiar with Indian politics, you will know how rapists that served life sentence are garlanded after release. Death sentence is way better than seeing rapists get garlanded or even worse promoted in politics.

Also your first comment is wrong. If one isn't alive, there's 0 chance they repeat the crime. So there is a valid proof of it.