Debatepoint: death penalty

'death penalty'

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by metric on 2005-01-03 03:27:05

the death penalty does not deter murder because most murders are either "crimes of passion" or are planned by people who don't think they'll get caught.

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by princevince on 2005-04-23 13:48:55

Studies claiming a positive relationship between death penalty and deterrence are highly controversial. In fact there seems to be strong concensus among criminologists that there is no such relation:

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