Wrongful Conviction Rates and Death Penalty Support: Acceptability Hypothesis in Japan

This study tested the hypothesis that presenting people with information about wrongful convictions that are considered an unacceptable cost of administering justice lowers support for the death penalty. We recruited 815 participants using an online crowdsourcing service in Japan, randomly assigned...

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Main Authors: Eiichiro Watamura, Tomohiro Ioku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-08-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231193509