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Experts Can't Figure Out If Death Penalty Deters Murder

Existing studies are flawed, and shouldn't be considered: committee

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 19, 2012 7:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ohio executed one death-row inmate yesterday and has 11 executions on the books over the next 20 months. The AP notes that could once again make the state one of the country's busiest executioners. So is all that capital punishment deterring murders there? Who...   Read full story »

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