DPIC In-Depth Reports
Nov 01, 1994
Yet these same states, and many others like them, are pouring millions of dollars into the death penalty with no resultant reduction in crime. The exorbitant costs of capital punishment are actually making America less safe because badly needed financial and legal resources are being diverted from effective crime fighting strategies. Rather than…
DPIC In-Depth Reports
May 01, 1994
The rest of the country should heed the warning of the Texas experience before it embarks on a wholesale expansion of the death penalty. The death penalty in Texas is in a state of crisis. And the costs of the death penalty in Texas are in the hundreds of millions of dollars with no end in sight. During the period when Texas rose to become the…
DPIC In-Depth Reports
Mar 01, 1994
Analysis of prosecutions under the federal death penalty provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 [2] reveals that 89% of the defendants selected for capital prosecution have been either African-American or Mexican-American.
DPIC In-Depth Reports
Dec 31, 1993
A recent national poll found that the number one issue raising doubts among voters regarding the death penalty is the danger of a mistaken execution.[1] Fifty-eight percent of voters are disturbed that the death penalty might allow an innocent person to be executed.Earlier this year, the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights heard…
DPIC In-Depth Reports
Apr 01, 1993
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans wholeheartedly support the death penalty, the latest national opinion poll released in conjunction with this report shows that more people in this country would prefer alternative sentences that guarantee both protection and punishment over the death penalty. Death penalty support becomes a…
