The Volokh Conspiracy - Cass Sunstein & Adrian Vermeule for the Death Penalty:

The Volokh Conspiracy - Cass Sunstein & Adrian Vermeule for the Death Penalty:: "Recent evidence suggests that capital punishment may have a significant deterrent effect, preventing as many as eighteen or more murders for each execution. This evidence greatly unsettles moral objections to the death penalty, because it suggests that a refusal to impose that penalty condemns numerous innocent people to death."