Since it's reinstatement in 1976, numerous studies have been conducted to measure the death penalty's effectiveness as a deterrent. The results are unanimous. One study uses a graph to show that even though executions in 1995 were at an all time peak, the murder rates were not altered. Another s

Confucius said that even the worst man deserves an education. This is applicable to the problem of capital punishment in that evidence shows that many of the criminals committing violent crimes are of a lesser intelligence (especially verbally) than most educated people. There is a hidden solution to the death penalty problem in this statement. Educating people would give future criminals a less destructive mode of expressing their feelings and ideas. If people are finding constructive ways of expressing themselves, crime rates will lower, and there will be little need for the death penalty.

tudy shows that the vast majority of polled police chiefs don't believe the death penalty is an effective law enforcement tool. Still another shocking poll revealed that many of the states in support of the death penalty actually have higher murder rates than their neighboring states that do not support it.1 The evidence is clear; the death penalty has not had it's desired affect on American crime.

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