[quote=@pugbutter]In theory. But when it happens behind closed doors, often ten or fifteen years after sentencing, any sociological effects it may have as a crime deterrent are lost.[/quote]For me I don't really care about the deterrent part, I care about the getting rid of scumbags part. I actually don't want it to deter people I want more people who deserve the death penalty to actually get it. Make it mandatory even if they make a plea deal. Heck even broaden the types of crimes that get the death penalty.

[quote=@pugbutter]If you want capital punishment to actually [i]work[/i] in deterring other would-be criminals, three qualities are necessary in the methodology: severe, immediate, and public.[/quote]I would pay money to watch that. Hell I throw the switch for free. Hell I would pay them money to let me throw the switch.

[quote=@pugbutter]People have to see for themselves, with their own eyes, what will happen to them if they get caught after raping the charred corpse of the woman they killed.[/quote]That is awfully specific and disturbing example. Where did you get that example.

[quote=@Didgeridont]
The main flaw in catchamber's reasoning is the assumption that humanity can work together in order to achieve as complicated of a plan such as that. A much simpler solution would be to simply limit the strain on Earth's resources by preventing and reversing population growth to a more sustainable level.
[/quote]Like China limit births. Like one kid per woman and any woman who violates it has to give the second kid up for adoption and then have her ovaries removed.

As for reversing population growth there are a few ways I favor:
1. Random lottery if you win your family gets money while you die.
2. Those who refuse to be productive members of society are given one month to stop being leeches, failure means death.
3. Constant war.