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Politics : Long Live The Death Penalty!
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To: Bill who started this subject1/20/2003 4:59:50 PM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) of 828
 
Here's a time line on New York, where the DP was re-enacted in 1994. Murder rates hovered between 13 and 15 before the Death Penalty, and have leveled off in the 5 range since.


        Murder	 Improve-
Year	 Rate	        ment
1991   14.24 	    2%
1992 	 13.23 	    8%
1993 	 13.30 	   -1%  DP passed 
1994 	 11.10 	   20%  DP enacted
1995 	  8.55 	   30%  1st full year of DP prosecutions
1996 	  7.44 	   15%
1997 	  6.03 	   23%
1998 	  5.08 	   19%
1999 	  4.96 	    2%
2000 	  5.02 	   -1%

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