In the year 2000, 66% of Americans supported the death penalty ("History" 7). ... Safety for all prison employees, other prisoners and the population outside of the institutions is of paramount importance. ... Do we let him play cards in general population for the rest of his sentence? ... In the year 2001, 1,969 death row inmates were white, 1,538 were black, 28 were American Indian, 33 were Asian and 13 were of unknown race ("Justice Statistics"). ... Sixty-nine of the seventy-one were men and two were women (Justice Statistics.) ...

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An alarming statistic states that an amazing 40 percent of America's death row population is black. This, out of a population that is a mere 11 percent of the nation's populous. The five states with the largest death rows have larger percentages on death row than in their statewide black population. I think the statistics suggest that African-American defendants are not treated equally in the criminal justice system. How can such a small portion of the population represent such a large portion of the prison system? ...

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The United States' religious population is also made up with some more Eastern religions. ... The associations are The American Society of Criminology, The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and The Law and Society Association. ... Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). Opponents of capital punishment would say that the statistics show that the death penalty does not act as any more ...

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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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The United States' religious population is also made up with some more Eastern religions. ... The associations are The American Society of Criminology, The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and The Law and Society Association. ... Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). Opponents of capital punishment would say that the statistics show that the death penalty does not act as any more ...

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Potential answers to these questions may be found in the statistics of prison population or in the effects of mandatory sentencing or any other laws that affect prisons. ... It's common knowledge that the harsh drug-sentencing laws that congress passed in 1986 have greatly increased the prison population. ... In the past seven years this population has increased by almost 19,000. ... Also, workers have noted instances of inmates being told to replace "Made in Honduras" tags with "Made in America" tags in order to defraud customers. ... Consider just the year 2001, and just the Corrections...

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Americans fear for their safety, a fear that is exacerbated by intense, often sensational media coverage of violent crimes. Ironically, many people are afraid of being victimized, even as statistics show that violent crime is declining. ... While most correctional systems have implemented objective classification systems that have become quite effective in identifying inmates for the general prison population, less attention has been given to accurately classifying inma...

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"It is an affront to the founding principles of America to lock peaceful people into cages just because they consume or sell drugs" (HLPR). ... Having these demented human beings in the same environment as the rest of the population could turn into a huge disparity when they cause emotional and physical pain to others. ...

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To that section of the population nothing will hold deterrent value. ... Actual statistics about the deterrent value of capital punishment are not available because it is impossible to know who may have been deterred from a committing a crime. ...

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These statistics clearly show that other forms of punishment are successful in the deterrence of crime and capital punishment is not needed. ... Note that the population greatly increased throughout this time period. ...

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