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The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... it is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.
-Thurgood Marshall
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The Death Penalty Is No More Effective

Thurgood Marshall
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... it is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.
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I come from the state of michigan. we were the first english-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. we have never had, as a state, the death penalty in michigan. i was raised with that, and even republicans in michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty.
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