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Thanks for that MTR. Skimming through it, the salient points appeared to be... The paper investigated 75 studies from the past 60 years mostly from USA. Approx 1/3rd of the studies found an inverse correlation between executions & murder rates. ie more executions deters subsequent murders...

The article you linked to is about people beliefs, rather than facts. (There's a significant %age of people that believe the earth is flat). That's really what I'm getting at..... There is a handful of people committing those crimes, and many millions (billions even) who are not. So what...

Does anyone have links to research on the 'death penalty is not a deterrent' question ? And would the threat of rehabilitation be considered much of a deterrent ?