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Time to Kill the Death Penalty
Intro
Capital punishment:
• Unfair and inequitable in practice
• Ineffective as a deterrent
• Not Cost effective
• Not infallible
Unsuccessful as a Deterrent to Crime
• Death penalty has little impact on criminal violence
• Murder rates: non-death penalty states vs. states w/ death penalty
Capital Punishment is bias against
minorities and the poor
• Majority of inmates on death row are poor
• Executions for Interracial Murders ↑ white
victims
260
20
Capital Punishment is Not Cost
Effective
• $137 million: Cost of system w/ capital
punishment in CA
• $11.5 million: Cost of system of lifetime
incarceration in CA
• Diverts resources from genuine crime control
measures
Alternatives to Capital Punishment
• Life in prison without the possibility of parole
• Increase number of police officers
• Better crime prevention programs
What You Can Do
• Write a Letter to the Editor in response to an
article that appears in your local newspaper
on the death penalty or related topics
• Join NCADP’s e@bolitionist listserv to get the
latest news and action alerts
• Sign this petition to abolish the death penalty
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dp/
Time to kill the death penalty

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Time to kill the death penalty

  • 1. Time to Kill the Death Penalty
  • 2. Intro Capital punishment: • Unfair and inequitable in practice • Ineffective as a deterrent • Not Cost effective • Not infallible
  • 3. Unsuccessful as a Deterrent to Crime • Death penalty has little impact on criminal violence • Murder rates: non-death penalty states vs. states w/ death penalty
  • 4. Capital Punishment is bias against minorities and the poor • Majority of inmates on death row are poor • Executions for Interracial Murders ↑ white victims 260 20
  • 5. Capital Punishment is Not Cost Effective • $137 million: Cost of system w/ capital punishment in CA • $11.5 million: Cost of system of lifetime incarceration in CA • Diverts resources from genuine crime control measures
  • 6. Alternatives to Capital Punishment • Life in prison without the possibility of parole • Increase number of police officers • Better crime prevention programs
  • 7. What You Can Do • Write a Letter to the Editor in response to an article that appears in your local newspaper on the death penalty or related topics • Join NCADP’s e@bolitionist listserv to get the latest news and action alerts • Sign this petition to abolish the death penalty http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dp/