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Is there data to suggest any of this?

• drekipus 5y ago
  Data to suggest that the law is meant as a deterrent or data to suggest my suspicions? (Edit: because I don't think "data" can help you in either of these situations)
  • AnimalMuppet 5y ago
    Either way. Data. (It's not data only if it supports one side. Either it's data no matter which side it supports, or it's not data.)
    • vb6sp6 5y ago
      Data suggests that murders aren't affected by deterrents like the death penalty: https://www.amnestyusa.org/a-clear-scientific-consensus-that-the-death-penalty-does-not-deter/ https://www.amnestyusa.org/a-clear-scientific-consensus-that... To claim that murders are up because people don't "respect" police seems absurd to me.
      • Zababa 5y ago
        Is this commonly accepted that the death penalty is a deterrant? I always saw it mostly as a way to permanently remove some poeple from society. A dead person can hardly kill/hurt anyone.
        • vb6sp6 5y ago
          It's a common talking point, yes.