Stop jumping up and down. Same thing.
Why do you think you deserve the death penalty?
The wages of sin is death. Absent grace we're all just fighting over a grave.
I'm not talking about eternal judgement of God.
Why should I care about how you qualify a thing to get another answer?
Murder is a crime of passion in many cases.
Sure. Same in Missouri, Texas, or New Hampshire. And?
The death penalty will have little effect on an emotional irrational person.
Then the DP isn't a deterrent in those cases which means that in those cases it can't be a meaningful consideration. Doesn't help you if you're advocating for it. Crimes of passion tend to be the sort that can be pleaded down to 2nd degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.
Look at other crime statistics in those states. It's also possible that other factors are responsible for the lower murder rates in those states.
Haven't seen a study to suggest it using empirical data. Looking at close neighbors I'm not seeing any statistical advantage to the DP.
Virginia, in 2015, had 4.6 homicides per 100k people. Virginia has the DP.
W. Virg., in 2015, had 3.8 homicides per 100k people. West Virginia banned the DP in 1965.
West Virginia is poorer, with the median income more than 20k below its adjoined big brother, and the population has about half the college graduates as a percentage of the population. West Virginia has right at 18% of its population living below the poverty line. Virginia has 11%.
Illinois, in 2015 had 5.8 homicides per 100k people. Illinois banned the DP.
Indiana, in 2015, had 5.6 homicides per 100k people. Indiana has the DP.
Illinois has a significantly larger population of college educated people and 11k more median income. They're about the same in terms of poverty and populace, with Illinois at 14.1 and Indiana at 15.4%
And, again, a
s of 2015, reaching back to 1990, "The murder rate in non-death penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in states with the death penalty, and the gap has grown since 1990." (link)
Sources:
Mundi index for population and income information.
Disaster Center for by year statistical data on homicides.