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The Capital Punishment Debate and Public Opinion
UPI reports slow but steady movement toward abolishing the death penalty in the United States. Public support has fallen from 68% in 1953 to 45% in 1965, with some states abolishing and reinstituting capital punishment. Arguments against execution claim it fails as a deterrent and equates the state with murder.
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