>The effects can't be attributed solely on the death penalty when trafficking Sure, everything is multimodal. But likelihood of getting caught (consistency of

>The effects can't be attributed solely on the death penalty when trafficking Sure, everything is multimodal. But likelihood of getting caught (consistency of enforcement) and penalty size can both mediate the incentive. I'm not sure why everyone likes to boil it down to "PENALTIES DON'T WORK ONLY SOCIAL PROGRAMS".