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Deterrent effect of death penalty

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Deterrent effect of death penalty

One of our IGERT fellows (Aaron Chalfin) and the grant PI have coauthored an extensive review of the empirical research purporting to find a deterrent effect of the death penalty. The review had been solicited by a National Academy of Sciences panel investigating whether the death penalty deters murder and will be presented in late April before the full panel.

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