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Deterrence and the death penalty remain an open question

A new report - by one of the most important academic institutions in America - concludes that the

RECOMMENDED LINKS: California's Law Enforcement Talk A Blue Streak On The Death Penalty

Members of California’s law enforcement community have been filling pages of newsprint to talk about the death penalty.

Law enforcement see eye to eye on death penalty

A couple of weeks ago EJUSA co-sponsored an event at the National Press Club bringing together members of law enforcement from Europe and the U.S. to talk about the death penalty.

Recommended link: So Many Locked Up For So Little

One in 100 Americans is in prison in the U.S.

Taking Leadership in Preventing Violence

The Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Against Violence is (as far as I know) the only conference that is led and run completely by victims of violence.

Deterrance Argument Disproved - Again

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"There may be other reasons to support the death penalty, but the belief that it deters murder should not be one of them," said Tomislav Kovandzic a University of Texas (UT) criminologist who testifie

Solve crimes. Support victims. End the death penalty.

Judy Kerr, of California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and her brother, Bob Kerr, who was murdered in 2003

Around 1,000 murders go unsolved every year, cites a new report by the California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CCV).

What we share - law enforcement and the movement to end the death penalty

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"Smart on Crime" is a new report from the Death Penalty Information Center that examines the cost of the death penalty versus its value.

Death penalty drains justice system resources - an Op-Ed by John Connor from The Billings Gazette

John Connor insists that the death penalty is not a deterrent, even for prisoners serving life without parole. He served as the special prosecutor in the Montana Attorney General's office, assisting on all death penalty cases for over 20 years.

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