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Should the United States Abolish the Death Penalty?

cruithear_lorr Oct 28, 2009 21:00

INTRODUCTION

Most Americans believe that the death penalty is applied fairly in this country and do not think it is imposed enough ("Crime"). Yet 64 percent doubt that executions have much effect at deterring murder and 95 percent think that innocent people are sometimes convicted of murder ("Crime"). Why would anyone support the death penalty if ( Read more... )

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