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To: Solon who wrote (3893)3/21/2002 11:13:34 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
That is what I just said: "I would appreciate you letting me know if you find any evidentiary data to support any of your speculations"

No. Do you have any evidentiary data to support the idea that the data on murder rates means that the executions are not an effective deterrent? That would be one possible conclusion. The idea I threw out is another. I'm not sure if any statistics exist that would strongly support one idea or their other.

What are you talking about, Tim? I said nothing about a conclusion.

It seems from the whole of your post, in the context of your other posts on this issue that you where implying a conclusion, specifically that the death penalty is not a deterrent. If you however wish to say outright that you have not reached this conclusion I will accept that.

My expression: "I would be interested in finding out why the murder rate was 35% lower in the
States which has abolished the death penalty than those which were executing people" is not an
"argument"; it simply states my interest.

Maybe you did not mean it as an argument, but it was not totally unreasonable of me to assume that it was one. The tactic of throwing out stats that amount to an implied or assumed argument is not unusual. I've seen it used by others on SI, and in political adds. I'm sorry if I misunderstood your intention.

Tim
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