Science lacking on whether death penalty deters murder

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Scientific research to date provides no useful conclusion on whether the death penalty reduces or boosts the murder rate, said a report by the US National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

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