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During the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% - 101% higher than in states without the death penalty. “I think Michigan made a wise decision 150 years ago,” said the state’s governor, John Engler, a Republican, referring to the state’s abolition of the death penalty in 1846.
- Murder Rates by State | Death Penalty Information Center
For 2008, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States...
- States With No Death Penalty Share Lower Homicide Rates
State officials in Michigan are generally satisfied with the...
- Murder Rates by State | Death Penalty Information Center
For 2008, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 5.2, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 3.3 (Average murder rate is calculated by taking the average of the murder rates for each state, excluding the District of Columbia.)
Jan 12, 2022 · State officials in Michigan are generally satisfied with the current law. “Our policies in Michigan have worked without the death penalty,” said Matthew Davis, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. “Instituting it now may not be the most effective use of people’s money.”
The 1830 hanging of a tavern keeper, Stephen Gifford Simmons, who had in a drunken fit killed his wife, generated more popular opposition to the death penalty than the prior hanging of Native Americans. [7] Consequently, Simmons' was the last execution under Michigan law.
Apr 15, 2016 · Nearly 30% (29.6%) of those who opposed reinstatement of the death penalty in Michigan thought that the sentence was an “easy way out” for the offender and that convicted murderers should instead be subjected to a life sentence in prison so they could reflect on their actions.
- Mensah Adinkrah, William M. Clemens
- 2018
Jun 18, 2009 · Scientists agree, by an overwhelming majority, that the death penalty has no deterrent effect. They felt the same way over ten years ago, and nothing has changed since then. States without the death penalty continue to have significantly lower murder rates than those that retain capital punishment.
Sep 13, 2021 · Using the Synthetic Control Method to Determine the Effects of the Death Penalty on State-Level Murder Rates. The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: An Analysis of Daily Homicide Counts. A Structural Model of Murder Behavior and the Criminal Justice System.
