Capital Punishment

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do not, and therefore it is not effective and somewhat contributes to the problem. I must point out though that states that have the death penalty are usually highly urbanized areas that most likely will have high crime rates because of the large population. Rather, in rural states there is no need for the death penalty because the population is most likely low and scattered throughout the region. States that practice do so because of high crime rates, not vice versa. Abolitionists also state that the death penalty is a racist punishment, and only given to African Americans. In the May 11, 1998 issue of JET magazine it stated that over 50% of all blacks favor the death penalty. (JET Magazine).
According to an U.S. Dept. Of Justice press release on December 13, 1998,of those executed,they were all males: 45 whites, 27 blacks, 1 Asian, and 1 American Indian. Five
Were Hispanics...At the end of last year, 34 states and the federal prison system held 3,335 men and women (44 ...

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