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Whenever the word "" comes up, extremists from both sides start yelling out their arguments. One side says deterrence, and the other side says is not fair. Three of the most controversial points of are: The deterrent effect of , fairness with , and Cost of th ....

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.... Strongly urbanized states are more likely to have higher crime rates than states that are more rural, such as those who lack . They say states that have the death penalty have it because of their high crime rate, not because they have the death penalty. During the temporary suspension on from 1972-1776, researchers gathered murder statistics across the country. Researcher Karl Spence of Texas A&M University came up with these statistics: In 1960, there were 56 executions in the USA and 9,140 murders. By 1964, when there were only 15 executions, the number of murders had risen to 9,250. In 1969, there were no executions and 14,590 murders ....