"If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call." John McAdams - Marquette University/Department of Political Science, on deterrence The Death Penalty: …
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…Justice Denning , Master of the Rolls of the Court of Appeals in England. McAdams, Jhon. Marquette University/Department of Political Science, on deterrence. Mike Rokyko, Award-winning Chicago journalist Patrick A.lanagan, senior statistician at the Dept. of justice bureau of Justice Statistics The Campaign to End the Death Penalty. www.endthedeathpenalty.com Syndicated columnist, Charley Reese. . The Constitution . Fifth Amendment . The U.S. Supreme Court .Gregg v. Georgia . The Senate judiciary Committee. Times Magazines. (2/7/94) pA4. .