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   Are alternative sentences better than capital punishment?

   • Alternative sentences, such as life without parole, avoid some of the key problems with capital punishment, including the high cost of the death penalty and the risk of executing an innocent person.

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   Could the death penalty be replaced with alternative sentences?

   • Hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of hours of court time would be saved by replacing the death penalty with alternative sentences. The money saved could be devoted to crime prevention measures which really do reduce crime and violence and thus are the true alternatives to the death penalty.

   Sentencing for Life: Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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   Is life without parole a good alternative to the death penalty?

   • Life without parole is a sensible alternative to the death penalty. A sentence of life without parole means exactly what it says—those convicted of crimes are locked away in prison until they die. However, unlike the death penalty, a sentence of life without parole allows mistakes to be corrected or new evidence to come to light.

   Should Life without Parole Replace the Death Penalty?

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   Is the death penalty a viable alternative?

   • Discussion around the death penalty has increasingly shifted away from a moral debate to a comparison of capital punishment and its viable alternatives. The choice today for prosecutors, jurors, legislators, and the courts is usually between the death penalty and a sentence of life without parole (LWOP).

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   Are there alternatives to capital punishment?

   • “Crime prevention through community policing and gun control, employment opportunities, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, early intervention for abused and mentally handicapped children are all alternatives to capital punishment in that they lower the risk of crime in the first place.”

   Sentencing for Life: Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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   Is life imprisonment better than the death penalty?

   • The 60% to 36% advantage for life imprisonment marks a shift from the past two decades, when Americans were mostly divided in their views of the better punishment for murder. During the 1980s and 1990s, consistent majorities thought the death penalty was the better option for convicted murderers.”

   Should Life without Parole Replace the Death Penalty?

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   Oct 4, 2024 · Alternative sentences, such as life without parole, avoid some of the key problems with capital punishment, including the high cost of the death penalty and the risk of executing an innocent person.

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   Sep 20, 2021 · A sentence of life without parole means exactly what it says—those convicted of crimes are locked away in prison until they die. However, unlike the death penalty, a sentence of life without parole allows mistakes to be corrected or new evidence to come to light. And life without parole is far less expensive.”.

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   Apr 1, 1993 · Crime prevention through community policing and gun control, employment opportunities, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, early intervention for abused and mentally handicapped children are all alternatives to capital punishment in that they lower the risk of crime in the first place.

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   Mar 12, 2021 · Looked at logically, staying alive, albeit in prison, just has to be a better outcome than being executed. But looked at more closely, is the lesser sentence really “better” than the harshest one?

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   This study found that “opposition to capital punishment has increased following the rise of retribution and closure justification for the death penalty, while media coverage of this family member opposition to capital punishment have been significantly lower in both scope and primacy during the same period.

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   Jul 6, 2021 · Malawi may become a model for countries seeking to avoid simply replacing capital punishment with life sentences.

9. www.penalreform.org › resource › alternatives-deathAlternatives to the death penalty Information Pack

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   A short guide to the fundamental issues and arguments linked to introduction of alternative sanctions (such as long-term and life imprisonment) following abolition of the death penalty.