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Originally posted by seretogis
...increase in rate back up to pre-execution rates, or do you mean that they end up higher than ever before?
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The disturbing part is that they actually
increase to a higher level than before.
We have yet to indentify the cause of this, but suggestions range from time differences (it's difficult to do a controlled experiment with murder rates
) to a desenstization due to media portrayals of the execution (necessary for deterrence to work).