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Missouri Death Penalty Study

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The study, "Life and Death Decisions: Prosecutorial Discretion and Capital Punishment in Missouri," is available at SSRN.  KTVI-TV of St. Louis reports, "Local Death Penalty Study Say Mo Should Suspend Executions."A new study concludes Missouri should suspend all executions. FOX 2?s Charles Jaco says the controversial study is drawing fire from death penalty supporters. The study shows a person facing a capital charge in outstate Missouri is much more likely to be executed than a similar defendant in urban areas. It also finds that a white capital defendant is twice as likely to actually be executed as an African American defendant. The study finds life or death in Missouri can largely be an issue of where the trial's held...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).