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Were it not for the work of Economist Isaac Ehrlich, the deterrence debate would be entirely one-sided. Using econometric modeling techniques to build a "supply-and-demand" theory of murder, Ehrlich argued in a 1975 paper that capital punishment prevents more murders than do prison sentences. Because of the 3,411 executions carried out from
...Ehrlich speculates, enough potential murderers were discouraged so that some 27,000 victims' lives were saved...
...Ehrlich said that "for reasons having to do with the settlement, I have to say only that there has been a settlement...
UPenn President Sheldon Hackney and Provost Thomas Ehrlich refused to comment on the terms of the agreement and would neither confirm nor deny that a monetary settlement had been made...
...burly ex-general had been running the war more and more on his own, on this occasion he solicited the Cabinet's support for a series of tactical moves around Beirut as part of the Israelis' continuing effort to strengthen their military positions. Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich, who had generally supported Sharon in the past, immediately declared that the request was out of the question. Taking up the argument, the Moroccan-born David Levy, another Deputy Prime Minister, who has been a consistent critic of Sharon, declared, "The country is confused. Government decisions are being violated: steps...