https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l en-us 2017-04-19 16:41:26 UTC 2017-04-26 16:37:39 UTC hello@padlet.com tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071232 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T001&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=5&docId=GALE%7CEJ3010124278&docType=Viewpoint+essay&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=GPS&contentSet=GALE%7CEJ3010124278&searchId=R1&userGroupName=j243905&inPS=true]]> 2017-04-19 16:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071232 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071307 "Recent studies ... have confirmed what we learned decades ago: Capital punishment does, in fact, save lives."]]> 2017-04-19 16:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071307 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071489 67 percent of Americans favor the death penalty for those convicted of murder, while only 28 percent are opposed.]]> 2017-04-19 16:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071489 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071757 The American public overwhelmingly supports capital punishment.]]> 2017-04-19 16:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071757 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071891 Support for capital punishment consistently runs a 2:1 ratio in favor.]]> 2017-04-19 16:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167071891 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072038 Despite strong public support for capital punishment, federal, state, and local officials must continually ensure that its implementation rigorously upholds constitutional protections, such as due process and equal protection of the law. However, the criminal process should not be abused to prevent the lawful imposition of the death penalty in appropriate capital cases.]]> 2017-04-19 16:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072038 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072151 As of December 2005, there were 37 prisoners under a sentence of death in the federal system. Of these prisoners, 43.2 percent were white, while 54.1 percent were African American. The fact that African Americans are a majority of federal prisoners on death row and a minority in the overall United States population may lead some to conclude that the federal system discriminates against African Americans. However, there is little rigorous evidence that such disparities exist in the federal system.]]> 2017-04-19 16:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072151 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072308 Under a competitive grant process, the National Institute of Justice awarded the RAND Corporation a grant to determine whether racial disparities exist in the federal death penalty system. The resulting 2006 RAND study set out to determine what factors, including the defendant's race, victim's race, and crime characteristics, affect the decision to seek a death penalty case. Three independent teams of researchers were tasked with developing their own methodologies to analyze the data. Only after each team independently drew their own conclusions did they share their findings with each other.]]> 2017-04-19 16:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167072308 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167073634 The Death Penalty Has a Proven Deterrent Effect]]> 2017-04-19 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167073634 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167073806 Strong Evidence Demonstrates the Effectiveness of the Death Penalty]]> 2017-04-19 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167073806 tpthames20 https://padlet.com/tpthames20/iapsfm3ml45l/wish/167074058 Each additional execution appears to deter between three and 18 murders. While opponents of capital punishment allege that it is unfairly used against African Americans, each additional execution deters the murder of 1.5 African Americans. Further moratoria, commuted sentences, and death row removals appear to increase the incidence of murder.

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