A Number of Studies Have Been Done to Assess the Deterrent

question 20

Multiple Choice

A number of studies have been done to assess the deterrent effects of the death penalty.Whether researchers have compared states with or without the death penalty,or have compared murder rates in states before and after the death penalty was adopted,researchers have found that

• A) the death penalty deters premeditated murder, but not crimes of passion.
• B) multiple appeals from prisoners on death row lower the deterrent effects of the death penalty.
• C) there is no evidence of the deterrence value of the death penalty.
• D) the death penalty is a deterrent only when punishment is certain.
• E) the death penalty is a deterrent only when punishment is swift.

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