According to the FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2002 , the murder rate in the South increased by 2 .1 % while the murder rate in the Northeast decreased by almost 5 %. The South accounts for 82 % of all executions since 1976 ; the Northeast accounts for less than 1 %.
(FBI Preliminary Uniform Crime Report 2002 , June 16 , 2003 ). Deterrence .
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