was reading a thread on death penalty for drug traffickers and comments expanded to why it should/should not be extended to sexual crimes like rape

chanced upon this comment on how its proven to be counter-intuitive so i decided to read up a little more

reads:
Why the Death Penalty Won’t Stop Sexual Violence Against Women in South Asia—And Might Make It Worse

Why is the Death Penalty not the answer to Rape?

The case against capital punishment for child sex abuse

tldr;
• a step back for women's rights because it signals that a women's chastity is all they are which is wrong
• most rape perpetrators are someone close to the victims, making it harder for them to report the crime which might lead to execution of a closed one
• voicing out and causing the death of someone might also cause victims to hesitate speaking up in an already low reporting crime
• death penalty has not proven to be effective in deterrence in practicing states