"If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call."

John McAdams - Marquette University/Department of Political Science, on deterrence

The main reason we should bring the death penalty back is to prevent having more victims.  People with violent crimes such as aggravated robbery/ murder with deadly weapon usually receive life sentences. Not executing them caused more victims to die.

Martin Robles received only a 6 year sentence from Nueces County for 1 count of murder with a deadly weapon.  On November 12, 2002, he and his co-defendant J.Padron shot a 20 year old male and a 19 year male. He was then executed on 2003. If he was executed the first time, the two male victims may still be alive.

 Life sentence does not prevent them from committing more crimes either. Lee Andrew Taylor, received a life sentence for aggravated robbery on 1996. On January 4,1999, while serving his time at Telford Unit (Texas), he fatally stabbed an adult male offender and was then executed on 2000. Rogelio Cannady too received life sentence for robbery, murder with deadly weapon and murder. On October 10, 1993 he beat his cellmate with a steel lock attached to a belt and kicked repeatedly in the head with steel-toed boots. The victim died two days later and Rogelio Cannady was executed on 1997.

Prisons serve as a tool to isolate criminals to prevent them from committing more crimes, to punish criminals for committing crimes, to deter others from committing crimes and to rehabilitate criminals. Yet, if these murder offenders were not executed in their first offense, they are threats to other prisoners. It will be unfair for those other prisoners and should we also start to consider their safety and their rights?