... is a non-effective punishment is not quite as sound as anti-death penalty supporters think it is. January 17, 1977, a man by the name of Gary Gilmore faced the firing squad at the Utah State prison. After that execution there were 44 murders in 1977 a 20% decrease from the year before ... have seen the greatest reduction in murder at 261 murders in 1996 down from 701 in 1981, that is a 270% difference. The argument for life imprisonment instead of death is a good one except for the fact that it just gives a murderer a chance to strike again. In 1966, a Fort Worth Texas jury sentenced .....

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