"The death penalty does not seem to deter people from committing murder. States in the South have the highest murder rate, and they account for more than 80% of executions. The Northeast, with less than 1% of executions, also has the lowest murder rate."
This is falacious. The south also has much higher poverty rates, much worse public education stats, and greater amounts of other crime-provking factors, such as racial tensions. To show there is no deterant effect you need to do a lot more than simply show geographical correlations.
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Date: 2005-12-13 08:11 pm (UTC)This is falacious. The south also has much higher poverty rates, much worse public education stats, and greater amounts of other crime-provking factors, such as racial tensions. To show there is no deterant effect you need to do a lot more than simply show geographical correlations.