prompt and consistent executions would have a deterrent effect, there remains
one great virtue, even as infrequent as executions. The recidivism rate for
capital punishment is zero. No executed murderer has ever killed again. You
can?t say that about those sentenced to prison, even if you are an abolitionist.
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