1. Death penalty8
Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a weapon of crime control deceive the public and mask their own failure to support anti-crime measures that will really work because over 94% of criminal justice dollars are spent after the crime has already been committed. ... It warranted the death penalty for twenty five different crimes. ... The number of capital crimes continued to rise through the next two centuries and by the 1700's there were 222 crimes punishable by death including stealing, cutting down a tree, and robbing a rabbit warren. ... The bill proposed that capi...
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