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Study Revises Texas's Standing as a Death Penalty Leader

Feb 14, 2004 12:53AM PST
Study Revises Texas's Standing as a Death Penalty Leader
By ADAM LIPTAK

Published: February 14, 2004



Texas, generally considered the leading death penalty state, actually sentences a smaller percentage of people convicted of murder to death than the national average, according to a new study. It found that the conventional view failed to take into account the large number of murders in Texas.

As a percentage of murders, Nevada and Oklahoma impose the most death sentences, at 6 and 5.1 percent. In Texas, the percentage is 2 percent. The rate in Virginia, another state noted for its commitment to capital punishment, is 1.3 percent. The national average is 2.5 percent; the median is 2 percent.


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Fine example of many peer evaluated "studies". The findings are absolutely correct ONLY if you stay well within the narrow confines of the methodology used.

More apparent here because the authors of the study POINT OUT the limitations as did the authors of the "40% greater chance" stude that HCI, the Brady Bunch, and Dave K like to try to use out of the context of the study.

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