I read this years ago and I cannot remember the source. They claimed that we were wrong to look for a state-by-state correlation but that a highly reported execution depressed the NATIONAL murder rate for the next WEEK.

This fits in with the reasonable notion that murderers are not totally rational. They are not totally irrational either they do refrain from murder when execution is on their mind. They just have very short attention spans.

Want true Death Penalty Deterrence? Execute them in the same manner that they did to kill their victim(s). Cruel and unusual punishment? How cares?! They're killers! What would one of you do if you could get your hands on Bin Laden's throat?

Boy o boy! What the hell is in the bottled water that I'm drinking? "How cares?" WHO cares!