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Deterrence Studies at Odds

By Steve Hall

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Both studies have received earlier news coverage, noted here. I believe that the most accurate and succinct comment on the topic comes from Cass Sunstein and Justin Wolfers in their 2008 Washington Post OpEd, "A Death Penalty Puzzle," noted here:In short, the best reading of the accumulated data is that they do not establish a deterrent effect of the death penalty.AP's Michael Graczyk writes, "Study says Texas death penalty a deterrent," via the Houston Chronicle.As many as 60 people may be alive today in Texas because two dozen convicted killers were executed last year in the nation's most active capital punishment state, according to a study of death penalty deterrence by researchers from Sam Houston State University and Duke University...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).

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