Recent research on the relationship between capital punishment and homicide has created a consensus among most economists who have studied the issue that capital punishment deters murder. Early studies from the 1970s and 1980s reached conflicting results. However, recent studies have exploited better data and more sophisticated statistical techniques.
-Paul Rubin, Statistical Evidence on Capital Punishment and the Deterrence of Homicide
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