National Research Council

Study says no evidence that death penalty deters crime
By Kevin Johnson — April 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS)  In the more than three decades since the national moratorium on the death penalty was lifted, there is no reliable research to determine whether capital punishment has served as a deterrent, according to a review by the National Research Council. By Kevin Johnson / USA Today.

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