LIVES SAVED In 1973 Isaac Ehrich employed a new kind of analysis which produced results showing that for every inmate who was executed, 7 lives were spared because others were deterred from committing murder. Similar results have enn produced by disciples of Ehrilich in follow up studies.
There have been many instances when a prisoner who was declared “rehabilitated” upon his/her release from prison has repeated their offences once reintroduced into society. The seriousness of the first crimes that they committed were qualification for the death penalty; however, they were given a lesser sentence and when released acted in criminal behavior once again. For example:
4/11/00 - Arkansas
7 months after parole, another murder”A man who was wanted for shooting a pregnant woman and killing her boyfriend was captured April 10, 2000 in Dallas, Texas. Algernon Doby, who was wanted in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on murder and attempted murder charges was arrested after he tried to flee Dallas Police in a stolen Ford Escort. Police say when they searched the vehicle they also found ten rocks of crack cocaine. Doby's arrest is a direct result of his profile on the television show America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back. Doby is the show's 605 capture to date. FBI agents in Arkansas had been looking for Doby since the 1999 murder of a Pine Bluff man and the attempted murder of his pregnant girlfriend. According to agents, on July 7, 1999, Doby and an accomplice drove up to the residence of Raymond Johnson. Doby's accomplice says the motive was robbery. When they arrived at Johnson's house, they were met by Raymond's 19-year old girlfriend Tamica Tyler, who was nine months pregnant. Doby pulled a gun and began firing at Raymond and Tamica. She was shot in the stomach and Raymond was hit as well. Doby stole $400 from the house and fled. Raymond later died of the gunshot wounds but amazingly, both Tamica and her child survived. This incident came just seven months after Doby was paroled for a previous murder conviction and just five months after Doby was released on bond after being arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm. America's Most Wanted aired a segment about Doby on March 3, 2000. A viewer who was watching the show recognized Doby as a man who may have been residing in an apartment in Dallas. The viewer informed the FBI, who then informed the Dallas Police Department's Fugitive Task Force. Detectives set up surveillance for a week but they did not see Doby near the residence. Yesterday, an undercover police office was patrolling the neighborhood when she noticed a vehicle parked outside the residence. A license place check showed the vehicle was stolen. Moments later Doby exited the residence and drove away in the vehicle. The officer pursued Doby and called for backup. When backup arrived Doby was pulled over and apprehended. In addition to the charges of murder and attempted murder in Pine Bluff, Doby now faces charges of grand theft auto and drug possession in Dallas.”
When the case of murder or other serious crimes are at hand it is best
to punish the accused with the death penalty. By enforcing the death
penalty in these circumstances the justice system is saving lives.
They are preventing a murderer from walking the streets picking out his
next victim. By taking a life of a murderer, the lives of innocent civilians
are ultimately saved.