Queerscribe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} queerscribe) wrote,@ 2001-07-26 13:19:00 |
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Something To Chew On...
From contours provocations:
From contours provocations:
Sunday's "The New York Times" had an interesting article about "Capital Punishment and Homicide Rates." Someone wrote in to the "Sunday Q & A" column and asked, "Is there a noticeable difference in homicide rates between states that have the death penalty and those that do not?"
The reply was surprising. "Over the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 50 to 100 percent higher that the rate in states without it..." The "Times" columnist was wise enough not to hazard a guess as to why.
