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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
I've read that as well. I find that fact amazing.
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
You'd think, but the "It'll never happen to me" mentality is incredibly pervasive among humans. For pretty much everything. I'd not be surprised if most criminals feel that they won't be caught, and if they are, they won't get the death penalty.
Has occasionally made me wonder if a random spin on the "Wheel of Justice" would be more of a deterrent to crime overall, as you don't know what the consequence of your crime (whatever it may be) would be.
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It's because a lot of these crimes are committed with people in a "heated state" or they're crimes of passion. People just aren't thinking about consequences at all in those states, so the penalty is irrelevant.