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Criminal sanctions may have several legitimate aims, but the death penalty is not compatible with all of them. In this regard, I examine whether each punishment goal can be achieved by allowing the death penalty, or whether capital punishment serves the purpose of achieving those goals more effectively than other penalties.
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It should be noted that in cases of real-life imprisonment supported by some abolitionists (instead of capital punishment) the resocialization of the perpetrator is excluded as well.
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Hajnal László Gábor: Bitófa nélkül. Töprengések, monológok a halálbüntetésről (Without gallows. Reflections, monologues about the death penalty). In: Börtönügyi Szemle, 1997/3, p. 97.
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Between 1997–2011 the number of recidivists for homicide was between three and fourteen, of special recidivists was between one and eight, and of multiple recidivists was between four and twenty-three in Hungary. (For details about this issue see Chap. 2 on the deterrent effect.)
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For details about this issue see Chap. 2 on the deterrent effect.
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“For a punishment to be just (highlighted by me—T.J.Z.), it should be at a degree which is just necessary to deter people from committing crime …” Cesare Beccaria: An Essay On Crimes and Punishments [1764]. E-book. Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2011, p. 89.
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Ibid., p. 87.
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Ibid.,p. 88.
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József Földvári: Kriminálpolitika (Crime politics). KJK, Budapest, p. 131.
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Op. cit.
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Toth, Z.J. (2020). The Goal of Punishment. In: Changing Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47557-4_6
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