[Aquinasfan]

No correlation has been found between the presence of capital punishment and reduced murder rates.

Executed murderers have a 0% murder-rate. A relevant statistical comparison would be between the murder-rate of people who have committed at least one murder and the murder-rate of the rest of the population.

[Egregious Philbin]

No correlation has been found between the presence of capital punishment and reduced murder rates.

Executed murderers have a 0% murder-rate. A relevant statistical comparison would be between the murder-rate of people who have committed at least one murder and the murder-rate of the rest of the population.

Wow, this thread grew! What I meant was that "the presence of capital punishment" has not been proven to be a deterrent to commiting murder.