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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Value of Human Life vs. Value of Property
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Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 19:59:11 EDT
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The argument has been made that capital punishment deters others from
performing the capital crime, but most statistics I have seen suggest
the reverse: the criminal may not do it again, but more than 1.0 others
will (as compared to the number that would have if the original criminal
had just been imprisoned). In other words, capital punishment encourages
capital crimes rather than deters them.

I know you will want references for this, but it comes up periodically
in various guises, and it's been a long time since the last time.
Anyone have real statistics out there?

Martin Taylor