If you want another interesting statistic, European countries in the Middle Ages executed 0.5-2% of the most violent, most criminal portion of their population per year. For centuries. The result was a staggeringly low (by global standards) crime rate because they had substantially decreased the reproduction rate of violent criminals in the population.
If you want another interesting statistic, European countries in the Middle Ages executed 0.5-2% of the most violent, most criminal portion of their population per year. For centuries. The result was a staggeringly low (by global standards) crime rate because they had substantially decreased the reproduction rate of violent criminals in the population.
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