chamber, electric chair, hanging and fire squad. In
a 1986 poll 70% of Americans favored the death penalty as a punishment for
murder. There have been many comparisons of crime rates of death penalty
states to non- death penalty states. These clearly show that the death penalty
has no effect on the deteration of crime. The homicide rates in Michigan,
Ohio and Illinois rise and fall along with Wisconsin. Michigan, Ohio and
Illinois all have the death penalty. Wisconsin does not. In 1994, the average
murder rate in a death penalty state of a population of 100,00 was 8.0,
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