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Why is the Death Penalty

is Not an Effective
Deterrent to Crime?

1st article
Does the Death Penalty Deter
Killers?
URL :
http://europe.newsweek.com/does-death-pena
lty-deter-killers-331774?rm=eu
How often the site updated : Daily
Author : John Donohue; professor of Law at
Stanford University
References : theNationalAcademyofSciences

2nd article
No credible evidence on whether
death penalty deters, experts say
URL :
http://www.denverpost.com/2013/06/02/no-cre
dible-evidence-on-whether-death-penalty-det
ers-experts-say/
How often the site updated : Daily
Author : Michael Booth; care & health policy
writer at The Denver Post and was part of two
Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for breaking
news coverage.
References : NationalAcademyofSciences-
NationalResearchCouncil

References :
National Academy of Sciences National Research Council
Death Penalty Information Center
Emory University researchers
The New York Times

3rd article
Theres still no evidence that
executions deter criminals
URL:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/w
p/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that
-executions-deter-criminals/?utm_term=.545
9ed73f587
How often the site updated : Daily
Author : Max Ehrenfreund; writes for Wonkblog
and compiles Wonkbook, a daily policy
newsletter. Ehrenfreund wrote for the
Washington Monthly and The Sacramento
Bee.

References :

4th article
Fact check: No proof the death
penalty prevents crime
URL :
http://abc.net.au/news/2015-02-26/fact-check
3a-does-the-death-penalty-deter3f/6116030
How often the site updated : Daily
Author : Not Stated
References :

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