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Originally Posted by Glice
Seems to be doing pretty well for Saudi Arabia/ China. I'm playing devil's advocate somewhat, but the low crime rates in zero-tolerance countries does say a lot for a more hard-line approach to law-enforcement.
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I disagree, for instance in the US the majority of states without the death penalty have consistently lower crime rates than those with it, cf
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?&did=1705#STATES%20WITH%20THE%20DEATH% 20PENALTY%20V.%20STATES%20WITHOUT