Which of the following was not a finding of Professor Land and his colleagues' death penalty deterrence study of homicides in Texas from January 1994 through December 2005?
A) there is a modest, short-term deterrent effect on homicides in Texas in the months of or after executions
B) for executions to have any deterrent effect a large number of executions must be conducted-more executions than any other executing state but Texas
C) most of any deterrent effect of executions on homicides occurs soon after the execution is announced
D) based on ten to twenty executions a year and using the .5 homicides per month deterred, five to ten homicides would be deterred per year
E) all of the above were findings
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