While these arguments have merit, I have found sufficient evidence to lead me to the following conclusion, that the capital punishment laws should be changed to exclude minors, in all states. ... During the mid-1970s Isaac Ehrlich found a strong correlation between the number of executions and the murder rate, saying that each execution prevented seven or eight murders in effect (Henderson 259). ... In his essay and graphs, Johansen points out that the homicide rate drops steadily during the years when executions are on the rise and rates rise sharply when executions are brought to a halt o...

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