Richard C. Dieter is a lawyer and executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, an anti–capital punishment advocacy group.
Summary: In a nationwide poll, a group of randomly selected police chiefs were asked what they believe really works in fighting crime and whether the death penalty is an effective crime-fighting tool. While many of the chiefs support the death penalty philosophically, a strong majority do not believe that it is an effective law enforcement tool in practice. Police chiefs view other methods of controlling crime as...
Source: Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?, ©1998-03 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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