ts, there are also studies which show no general deterrent
             effect. Prison sentences may in fact have little impact on deterring future crime. Many prisoners
             reoffend. While punishment may indeed have negative effects, they are only temporary in
             suppressing the punished behavior. In fact, they may even promote aggressive and fearful
             responses. With the complexities of all these different studies, and with the number of variables
             required to accurately measure the deterrent effect of executions on murder rates, it is arguable if
             there will ever be a statistical consensus with deterrence studies. With so few executions and so
             many murders, the general deterrent effect remains elusive and improvable. A measurable
             correlation does not exist because deterrence only works on reasonable people. The fact is, the
             vast majority of murders are committed by people who have left reason far behind
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