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1. • • Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates.
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   Is the death penalty a deterrent to murder?

   • A 2009 survey of criminologists revealed that over 88% believed the death penalty was NOT a deterrent to murder. The murder rate in non-Death Penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in States with the Death Penalty.

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   Does a deterrence study deter the death penalty?

   • The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has collected many of the recent, controversial deterrence studies, including ones by Hashem Dezhbakhsh, Paul H. Rubin, Joanna M. Shepherd, H. Naci Mocan & R. Kaj Gittings and others claiming a deterrent effect to the death penalty. These studies may be found here.

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   Is capital punishment a deterrent?

   • The American South has the highest murder rate in the country and oversees 81% of the nation’s executions. In states without the death penalty, the murder rate is much lower. There are other factors at play, but the fact remains that no studies show that capital punishment is a deterrent.

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   Can the death penalty reduce the murder rate?

   • Other punishments such as life without parole might provide equal deterrence at far less costs and without the attendant risk of executing an innocent person. Whether the death penalty is a proven method of lowering the murder rate has been subjected to many studies over many decades.

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   Does abolishing the death penalty lead to higher crime rates?

   • Many people have argued that abolishing the death penalty leads to higher crime rates, but studies in the USA and Canada, for instance, do not back this up. In 2004 in the USA, the average murder rate for states that used the death penalty was 5.71 per 100,000 of the population as against 4.02 per 100,000 in states that did not use it.

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   Does deterrence justify the death penalty?

   • Despite the rhetorical prominence of deterrence in justifying the use of the death penalty, there has been a notable lack of empirical research evidence to support claims made about this theory.

   DETERRENCE AND THE DEATH PENALTY

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   Aug 8, 2024 · If the death penalty is not a proven deterrent to murder, is it worth the excessive costs, risks of error, uncertainty of completion, and other problems that are inherent to its practice?

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   When there are executions, violent crime decreases. But there have also been claims that executions “brutalize” society because government agencies diminish respect for life when the death penalty is applied. With brutalization comes an increase in violent crime, and especially homicides.

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   Dec 20, 2019 · “One argument for the death penalty is that it is a strong deterrent to murder and other violent crimes. In fact, evidence shows just the opposite. The homicide rate is at least five times greater in the United States than in any Western European country, all without the death penalty.

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   Jun 26, 2023 · A 2009 survey of criminologists revealed that over 88% believed the death penalty was NOT a deterrent to murder. The murder rate in non-Death Penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in States with the Death Penalty.

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   If the death penalty did deter, we would expect murder rates to rise once the deterrent was removed (notwithstanding the fact that murder rates are affected by many factors beyond the criminal justice process).

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   Evidence from around the world has shown that the death penalty has no unique deterrent effect on crime. Many people have argued that abolishing the death penalty leads to higher crime rates, but studies in the USA and Canada, for instance, do not back this up.

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    The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has collected many of the recent, controversial deterrence studies, including ones by Hashem Dezhbakhsh, Paul H. Rubin, Joanna M. Shepherd, H. Naci Mocan & R. Kaj Gittings and others claiming a deterrent effect to the death penalty.