Studies have even shown that punishing the wealthy is more likely to deter crime from their class than it does with poorer people

So, still very little?

For deterrence to have any impact, detection needs to be very high and close in time to the offence.

In this instance, the former minister took bribes from 2007 to 2024, so if anything it’s a signal that if you only did a little bit of corruption, briefly, you’d probably be fine.

People also don’t weigh the death penalty in rational ways against other punishments.