Which of the Following Was Not a Finding of Professor

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a finding of Professor Land and his colleagues' death penalty deterrence study of homicides in Texas from January 1994 through December 2005?

• A) there is a modest, short-term deterrent effect on homicides in Texas in the months of or after executions
• B) for executions to have any deterrent effect a large number of executions must be conducted-more executions than any other executing state but Texas
• C) most of any deterrent effect of executions on homicides occurs soon after the execution is announced
• D) based on ten to twenty executions a year and using the .5 homicides per month deterred, five to ten homicides would be deterred per year
• E) all of the above were findings

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