Moreno proposed executing them as a deterrent, accusing them of working with the Montevideo Cabildo, the enemy of the Junta.
Moreno proposed executing them as a deterrent, and Saavedra replied that the government should promote leniency, and rejected the use of the Regiment of Patricians to carry out such executions.
The group argues as similar organizations do in other countries that a death sentence is cruel and unusual punishment, that innocent people are sometimes executed and that the death penalty does not serve as a deterrent.
The executed slaves' bodies were displayed in public for months afterwards as a deterrent to others.
If it is inequitably implemented, is riddled with error, ineffective as a deterrent and does little to improve the justice system, why do we still execute people?
Marilyn Ozer Chapel Hill, N.C., Nov. 18, 2007 To the Editor: The possibility that the death penalty does in fact serve as a deterrent brings up an important, if unsettling, question: If we are going to execute criminals because doing so will prevent other crimes and save lives, shouldn't we do everything possible to maximize that deterrence with as much publicity as possible?
According to Sevag Kechichian, Amnesty's Saudi Arabia researcher, the decision on when to execute a prisoner is made "arbitrarily", based on whether a local governor feels the death rate in their area should be increased, or as a deterrent if there has been a spike in a certain type of offence such as drug smuggling.
It is pretty important as a deterrent".
"They act as a deterrent," Bruch said.
"Capital punishment as a deterrent.
