The text concludes that
(a) the death penalty has reduced the murder rate
(b) the increasing crime rate has led to an increase in the severity of penalties
(c) for an extended period, both the crime rate and the percentage of people in
prison increased, but we do not understand what the causal relationships
are
(d) increasing the severity of punishment reliably produces corresponding
decreases in the crime rate, but there are ethical reasons preventing us
from increasing the severity of punishment still further
C
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