Is the death penalty a deterrent to murder? One way to answer is to compare homicide rates in U.S. states that have the death penalty to rates in similar states that don’t have the death penalty (during the same time period). What do studies of this type show? no effect a small deterrent effect a medium-sized deterrent effect a backfire effect

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Is the death penalty a deterrent to murder? One way to answer is to compare homicide rates in U.S. states that have the death penalty to rates in similar states that don’t have the death penalty (during the same time period). What do studies of this type show?

  1. no effect
  2. a small deterrent effect
  3. a medium-sized deterrent effect
  4. a backfire effect 
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