Society is reluctant to carry out its own death sentences

Evidence

Society is evidently loath to carry out this grim task. For example, California has 746 prisoners on death row (Death row inmates, 2015). However, in the past 38 years only 13 have been executed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2070

Categorization

  • CANDY: California’s 746 death-row inmates versus 13 executions over 38 years makes a striking, easily retold statistic.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2070