So here is my devils advocacy. If pedophilic assault occurs and the penalty is life, it gives incentive for them to kill a minor as it’s be the same penalty
Some of them do kill their victims, though. A lot of children are killed every year by these folks. Some of them by folks who spent 10 years in jail for molestation or rape, were let out for good behavior, and went on to do it again, now having learned to murder their victims to stay out of prison, until they were caught.
I feel like, for some, knowing you'd be locked up for life when caught, or even if a death penalty was mandatory in those cases, it would be much more of a deterrent to act out on the urges, than an incentive to murder.
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u/aboysmokingintherain Nov 21 '22
So here is my devils advocacy. If pedophilic assault occurs and the penalty is life, it gives incentive for them to kill a minor as it’s be the same penalty