SPECIAL REPORT IN CRIME REPORT USA: Capital Punishment
By the Numbers: Does Capital Punishment Deter Murderers?
How do States and Countries with the Death Penalty Compare to Murder Rates in Jurisdictions Without Capital Punishment?
A Special Report by Derek Armstrong,
Crime Report USA Chief Crime Correspondent
More than half the countries in the world have the death penalty. Since most countries have tracked homicide rates and solve rates for decades (right from the time of the roaring 30s in most cases), correlating the “death penalty” deterrent to success in curbing capital crimes should be straight forward. Putting aside “wrongfully executed” arguments (in the U.S. 23 people between 1900 and 1995 according to Amnesty International), this investigation looks only at the deterrent value. Read full feature>>
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