07-03-2018, 04:51 PM
(07-03-2018, 04:44 PM)michaelsean Wrote: How do we know the death penalty isn't a deterrent? How do you determine how many people haven't murdered because they didn't want the death penalty? It seems to be an accepted conclusion, but I've never understood how they've determined this.
There has been substantial research done on the topic, though there are discussions about just how reliable the evidence is. Now, Those links may not open the reports for you because I am on a university server and therefore research is at my fingertips, but here is a website that talks a little about it. It's not the best site, and they have an obvious objective in their presentation of the information, but it is difficult because I can't share a lot of the stuff I have read.
Now if only I could share stuff from our library database. Then I would be overwhelming you with academic research.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
