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this subthread was about how if rape has the death penalty then s rapist may decide to commit murder to lessen the chance of being identified.


Right, and my point was that if rape doesn't have the death penalty, then murder is less likely.


agreed, which was also my point, but you seemed to think I was making the mistake, common on this site, that American rules pertain all over the world, which was not even what the discussion was about!

on edit: got confused as to who was whom in the nesting.

on second edit: I also don't know if there is anywhere that has execution for rape, it was a hypothetical as I read it.




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