There are no statistics showing the deterrence of crimes in the states in which the death penalty is legal. More statistics show that keeping a prisoner in prison for life without the possibility of parole has a greater effect on society. Ernest ven den Haag wrote, "Despite much recent work, there has been no conclusive statistical demonstration that the death penalty is a better deterrent than are alternative punishments" (Haag). . “According to statistics from the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report, regions of the country that use the death penalty the least are the safest for police officers. Police are most in danger in the south, which accounts for 80% of all executions (Death).
Due to the inconsistency is the legal system the death penalty fails as an effective punishment in the deterrence of future crimes. Only about 1 in 33 people who are convicted on a charge of criminal homicide are eventually get sentenced to death (American). According to the American Civil Liberties Union death-penalty states as a group do not have lower rates of criminal
homicide than non-death-penalty states. In addition, death-penalty states could potentially increase the subsequent rate of murder because it “a return to the exercise of the death penalty weakens socially based inhibitions against the use of lethal force to settle disputes” (American).
Due to the inconsistency is the legal system the death penalty fails as an effective punishment in the deterrence of future crimes. Only about 1 in 33 people who are convicted on a charge of criminal homicide are eventually get sentenced to death (American). According to the American Civil Liberties Union death-penalty states as a group do not have lower rates of criminal
homicide than non-death-penalty states. In addition, death-penalty states could potentially increase the subsequent rate of murder because it “a return to the exercise of the death penalty weakens socially based inhibitions against the use of lethal force to settle disputes” (American).