#MADPMO » Feed MADPMO » Comments Feed MADPMO » Home Comments Feed MADPMO * HOME * NEWS * CALENDAR * LEARN MORE + Legislative Issues * GET INVOLVED + ABOUT US + DONATE + JOIN US ____________________ Submit * room Broken Beyond Repair: The Death Penalty in Missouri * 2015-madpmo-annual-report_20151221204353_1450730633358_block_0 * 2015-madpmo-annual-report_20151221205422_1450731262300_block_0 * 2015-madpmo-annual-report_20151221205422_1450731262300_block_2 * 2015-madpmo-annual-report_20151221215553_1450734953924_block_1 __________________________________________________________________ Latest Updates * cropped-candle.jpg January 15, 2016 GOVWATCH – SENATE MEETING: SB 816 ______________________________________________________________ Read more * SealMO January 6, 2016 Court Rules MODOC Violated Sunshine Law ______________________________________________________________ Read more * Police Killlings by City December 23, 2015 Missouri Police Violence Highlights Blatant Racism ______________________________________________________________ Read more * MADP Logo December 22, 2015 Death to the Death Penalty ______________________________________________________________ Read more * reggie_new December 21, 2015 Missouri Supreme Court Overturns Conviction of Reginald Clemons ______________________________________________________________ Read more * MADP 2015 Annual Report Infographic December 17, 2015 MADP 2015 Annual Report ______________________________________________________________ Read more Does the death penalty deter crime? No. __________________________________________________________________ There is no credible information with the last 50 years of research indicating that the death penalty deters violent crime. In 2013, murder rates were 23% lower in states without the death penalty. The Death Penalty Information Center says: "The last decade of reports from the FBI indicates states without the death penalty have lower murder rates than states with the death penalty." Does the death penalty save money? No, it costs more. __________________________________________________________________ Legal costs, pre-trial costs, jury selection, trial, incarceration, appeals, retrial costs make the death penalty expensive. A 2014 nonpartisan study by the Kansas Legislature found that death penalty cases cost 3-4 times more than similar cases where the death penalty is not sought. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Are innocent people convicted? YES: MISTAKES HAPPEN. __________________________________________________________________ Exculpatory DNA has overturned hundreds of wrongful convictions.Since 1973, there have been 155 individuals in the U.S. sentenced to death and later exonerated. Four of these exonerations occurred in Missouri. __________________________________________________________________ Racial Injustice in Application of Missouri's Death Penalty __________________________________________________________________ Between 1976 and 2014, the state of Missouri executed 80 men. Eighty-one percent of these men were executed for the murder of White victims. This is striking given that 60 percent of all homicide victims in Missouri are Black. White women represent just 12 percent of all homicide victims, but constitute 37 percent of the victims in execution cases. Black men, by contrast, represent 52 percent of all homicide victims, but just 12 percent of the individuals who were executed were convicted of killing Black men. * Homicides involving White victims are seven times more likely to result in an execution than those involving Black victims. * Homicides involving White female victims are nearly 14 times more likely to result in an execution than those involving Black male victims. * Eighty-one percent of the individuals executed in Missouri were convicted of killing White victims even though White victims are less than 40% of all murder victims in the state. * Even though the vast majority of murders involve an offender and victim(s) of the same race, 54% of the African-American men executed by Missouri were convicted of crimes involving White victims. ______________________________________________________________ Upcoming Opportunities to Join the Fight January 13 - Racial Justice Coalition January 18 - Various Chapter Events to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. January 23 - Death to the Death Penalty Workshop February 6 - Springfield Speakers' Training Follow icon to Calendar Page for more information. 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