Murder, Capital Punishment, and Deterrence: A Review of the Evidence and an Examination of Police Killings
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Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder?
Ethical, philosophical and religious values are central to the continuing controversy over capital punishment. Nevertheless, factual evidence can and should inform policy making. The evidence for capital punishment as an uniquely effective deterrent to murder is especially important, since deterrence is the only major pragmatic argument on the pro-death penalty side.1 The purpose of this paper ...
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