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Subject: Death penalty
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Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 16:21:30 EDT
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    From: David Callahan <david@rice.edu>

    Can you reference any study which establishes that the death
    penaly deters crime (particularly murder)? This is an often stated
    defence of capital punishment which is seldom backup up with
    evidence.

  No I can't.
  I oppose the death penalty.  You were reading that comment of mine
out of context.
                                                              ...Keith
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