--The New York Times
November 18, 2007 Sunday
Late Edition - Final
Section 1; Column 0; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 2
The question of whether the death penalty deters murders has captured the attention of scholars in law and economics, setting off an intense new debate about one of the central justifications for capital punishment. According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented.
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