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Article: DEATH PENALTY Many reasons to reject capital punishment
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 17, 2002
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DEATH PENALTY
Many reasons to reject capital punishment
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
I see now that the Republicans have control of both legislative
bodies in Wisconsin, the consideration of the death penalty again
rears its ugly head. That is too bad ("GOP-controlled Legislature in
position to reconsider death penalty," Dec. 12). One of the many
things that I am most proud of as a Wisconsinite is the absence of
capital punishment in our state. There are so many good reasons for
not having capital punishment in Wisconsin:
There is an overwhelming body of research indicating that it does
not deter any of the crimes for which it is used as a penalty.
There is overwhelming evidence that people of ...