Writing about a study that seemed to undermine the deterrence effect, a death penalty proponent wrote, "The research didn't cover a long enough period of time," while an opponent's comment on the same study said, "No strong evidence to contradict the researchers has been presented."
Pisati o studijama koje izgleda potkopavaju efekat odvraćanja , predlagač smrtne kazne je napisao:”Istraživanja nisu pokrila dovoljno veliki period vremena” dok su protivnici komentarisali u vezi sa istom studijom:”Nije predstavljen nikakav jak dokaz protivrečnosti istraživača”.