We have decades of evidence that prison sentences being long or short has no effect (or nearly so) on deterring crime. Likely the murder rate differences in the

We have decades of evidence that prison sentences being long or short has no effect (or nearly so) on deterring crime. Likely the murder rate differences in these red vs blue areas has more to do with the economic well being of these areas that police sentiment or how tough on crime the police and DA are. Someone here should be able to whip up a script to correlate that in like an hour.