1 | The idea is to make punishment, and therefore deterrence, possible. | |
2 | At the same time, the rarity of execution means it is no deterrent. | |
3 | Regulations are not, by and large, deterrents to corruption, but a source of it. | |
4 | Yet the majority of parents see Nixon's paddle as a deterrent, not a weapon. | |
5 | India, after all, is interested only in "credible minimum deterrence" against the threats it faces. |