Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies. ... They base most of their argument against deterrence on statistics. ... They cite such factors as the percentage of urban residents in the state, the level of economic prosperity, and the social and racial makeup of the population. But a small minority is ready to believe in these statistics and to abandon the deterrence argument. ... In Texas in 1991, blacks made up 12 percent of the population, but 48 percent of the prison population and 55.5 percent of those on death row are black. ...

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In January of 2003, The American Journal of Sociology published an article written by Eric P. ... As for the data they used, they combined information form NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics), the U.S. ... The data used form the Census was to measure two aspects of their theory, the minority population size and the economic inequality. ... While the 2 independent variables were the homicide rate, the degree of conservatism in the politics, and the general size of the minority population, and the level of economic inequality. ... The most important findings, reveal that the h...

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Indeed, trends in Australia from 1965 to 1985 demonstrate an increasing number of homicide cases being reported to the police, but since the figures are rising more slowly than the population, the homicide rate has actually fallen over this period, from nearly six per hundred thousand to less than 4.4. The relevant data, incorporating murder statistics between 1973 and 1984 are set out in the figures blow. (Source: Wallace, Alison (1986), Homicide: The Social Reality, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, 93) The most common justification for the death penal...

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According to The Bureau of Justice statistics and history on the death penalty, in 1967 the Supreme Court ceased all executions until a ruling could be made on the constitutionality of capital punishment, in particular whether it could be considered cruel and unusual punishment, thus violating the constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment did not violate the constitution and in 1976 America saw the reinstatement of the death penalty. ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) addresses the issue on their website with the following statement. ... Although the debate wa...

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Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies. ... For the past decades capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested political issues in America. ... They base most of their argument against deterrence on statistics. ... They cite such factors as the proportion of urban residents in the state, the level of economic prosperity, and the social and racial makeup of the population. But a small minority is ready to believe in these statistics and to abandon the deterrence argument. ...

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There have been studies done that include statistics on how and why capital punishment is considered racially and socioeconomically bias. ... For example, "Thirty-four percent of those executed in America since 1974 have been black, while African Americans represent only 13% of the general population" (Mears, 2008). ... Because most of the overall population are underneath the poverty line, police along with society seem to believe that that's where the most crimes occur. ... This seems to initiate that in most cases the targets of race are African American and Hispanics/Latinos...

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Thomas Graunger, the first juvenile known to be executed in America, was tried and found guilty of bestiality in 1642 in Plymouth Colony, MA. ... There are currently 83 death row inmates (all male) sentenced as juveniles constituting about 2.25% of the total death row population. ... The development of sentencing and program options for juvenile capital offenders is difficult in light of the lack of knowledge about this small population. ...

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