Assertion: death penalty | /r/CapableOf | act as deterrent
Facets:
value: to murder
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: According to a survey of the former and present presidents of the country's top academic criminological societies, 88% of these experts rejected the notion that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder.
text: [the death penalty] is an important component of the administration of law and our justice system, and is imposed only for the most serious crimes and serves as a deterrent.