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Ms.Lain is dead wrong Ms.Lain is dead wrong within her op/ed "The new case against the death penalty" (Corinna Barrett Lain, CSM, May 11, 2009) The cost of the death penalty played no role in either the New Jersey or New Mexico repeal. In New Jersey, the cost Ms. Lain used was...

Jillio's willful errors Jillio: Of course it is a scam. The innocence issue is specific to "actual innocents" and the probability of executing an actual innocent. That is the whole innocence debate. And deterrence is not measured by a blind look at only murder rates and the death penalty...

Jillio's errors: Deterrence is not measured by a look at murder rates and executions. I thought you might make that error, that is why I posted: Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let's be clear Please read it. The 102 "innocents" released from death row is a scam, easily...

Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let's be clear Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let's be clear by Dudley Sharp, Justice Matters, 0309 There is a constant within all jurisdictions -- negative consequences will always deter some - it is a truism. Therefore, the question is...

death penalty deterrence - 16 recent studies contd Vl. The individual deterrent effect The individual deterrent effect is represented by those who state that they were deterred from committing a murder only because of the prospects of a death sentence. Individual cases support the...

Death Penalty Deterrence 16 recent studies For some of the recent 16 deterrence studies, go to: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (CJLF) Homepage US Senate testimony http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1745&wit_id=4991 The Death Penalty as a Deterrent -*16 Recent Studies...

Jillio: It is fairly well estalished that executed murderers do not murder, again. I have found no one that has contradicted that, yet. The Death Penalty: More Protection for Innocents Dudley Sharp, Justice Matters, contact info below Often, the death penalty dialogue gravitates to...

The New Mexico example Cost was a big issue at the beginning of the New Mexico session, but soon vanished as a topic, when it was discovered it was just a scam. "Rebuttal to Governor Richardson - Repeal of the Death Penalty in New Mexico" Death Penalty Articles "Why did Gov...

Cost Savings: The Death Penalty Cost has nothing to do with the current discussion. It is just another anti death penalty push, which involves a change in strategy every few years, when their past "new topic" strategy fails and they must find another one. Cost Savings: The Death Penalty...