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Does the death penalty deter violent crime?

April 26, 2017crime death deter penalty violent

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Does the death penalty deter violent crime?

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A. Probably not. Virtually every study of the death penalty has concluded that it does not deter crime. The October, 2001 FBI Unified Crime report shows that states that apply the death penalty have higher rates of homicide.