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. . . [W]hether or not the death penalty reduces the homicide rate . . . has been clearly answered by numerous research projects conducted over the last 50 years. . . . The results of our research show that the question of whether or not the death penalty can reduce criminal violence, at least in the eyes of the presidents of the major scholarly societies in criminology, is a settled issue. (Radelet and Akers).

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