Re: Mitt Romney - Michael Dukakis redux
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Their findings over a 25 year period or so was that 1 publicized execution resulted in 74 fewer murders.
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This doesn't pass the sniff test.
Are we really supposed to believe that the 405 executions in Texas since the 70's resulted in 29,970 fewer murders (in a state that has around 1200 murders per year)?
I'd guess it was far more likely that 74 publicized executions resulted in 1 fewer murder than the reverse.
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