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By The Numbers: Does Capital Punishment Deter Murderers?

OfficialWire - Mon Dec 14, 3:26 am ET

How do states and countries with the death penalty compare to murder rates in jurisdictions without capital punishment?

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Carlton Gary’s Wife Speaks Out, Board Continues to Deliberate
WRBL Columbus - Mon Dec 14, 6:31 pm ET
Gary’s wife Debra says that all she asks is for the state to “be fair.“
Oklahoma City senator looks to abolish death penalty
Tulsa World - Mon Dec 14, 6:22 pm ET
A state senator from Oklahoma City says she's renewing her efforts to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma.
State senator looks to abolish death penalty
KJRH-TV Tulsa - Mon Dec 14, 6:07 pm ET
Connie Johnson of Oklahoma City says the high cost of prosecuting death penalty cases presents an unnecessary financial burden on the state.
Tennessee: Delay sought in death penalty case involving woman
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Mon Dec 14, 6:07 pm ET
Attorneys for death row inmate Gaile K. Owens have asked the Tennessee Supreme Court for more time to respond to the state's request to set an execution date for her.
Update: Butts County Superior Court rejects Carlton Gary's petition there
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Mon Dec 14, 5:35 pm ET
Butts County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson today dismissed a petition filed there by Carlton Gary's defense attorney, who sought a stay of execution for the condemned Stocking Strangler so evidence in the case could be DNA tested.
Judge to issue decision on Heyne sentence Thursday
Florida Today - Mon Dec 14, 5:32 pm ET
Convicted murderer Justin Heyne finds out this week whether a judge will follow a jury’s recommendation to sentence him to the death penalty. Circuit Judge O.H. Eaton will hand down the sentence at 9 a.m. Thursday in courtroom 4G of the Moore Justice Center in Viera.
Jurors expected to get case in 2 girls' deaths Tuesday
Louisville Courier-Journal - Mon Dec 14, 5:28 pm ET
Prosecutors on Monday finished their case against Kenielle Finch in the July 2008 hit-and-run deaths of children Claudia Faye Wadlington and Riley Jane Lawrence.
Man Attacked By Bear Gets Death Threats
WFTV 9 Orlando - Mon Dec 14, 5:15 pm ET
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Family of the Longwood man, who was swatted in the face by a black bear, told Eyewitness News he's getting death threats. Wildlife officers captured and killed the black bear over the weekend after last week's attack.
Maria Lauterbach's mother files lawsuit against Laureans
Jacksonville Daily News - Mon Dec 14, 5:11 pm ET
The mother of a slain pregnant Marine filed a wrongful death lawsuit today against the former Marine accused of killing her and his wife, according to court records.
Hembree case goes in front of grand jury
News 14 Carolina - Mon Dec 14, 5:10 pm ET
Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell presented the case against a triple murder suspect to a grand jury Monday. He is expected to seek the death penalty against Danny Hembree.
Conservatives warn of lawsuit as atheist takes office in N.C. city
The Tennessean - Mon Dec 14, 4:35 pm ET
N.C. (and Tenn.) bar atheist officeholders on paper, but new leader says issue "is not relevant to public office."
Delay sought in death penalty case involving Shelby County woman
WMCTV Memphis - Mon Dec 14, 4:34 pm ET
Attorneys for death row inmate Gaile K. Owens have asked the Tennessee Supreme Court for more time to respond to the state's request to set an execution date for her. Her attorneys on Monday requested a deadline of Feb. 5.
Vigil Honors Trooper, Captain Killed In Bombing
FOX 12 Oregon - Mon Dec 14, 4:06 pm ET
Dozens of people gathered Saturday for a candlelight vigil honoring the lives of a state trooper and a police captain killed in a bank bombing one year ago.
Defense Rests in Bradshaw Case
WJHG Panama City - Mon Dec 14, 4:03 pm ET
The attorneys defending a man accused of killing confidential police informant Rachel Hoffman took just 15 minutes to present its case Monday.
Death-row woman plans a Mary Winkler defense
Nashville City Paper - Mon Dec 14, 3:58 pm ET
Lawyers seek more time to build case that murder-for-hire convict was battered spouse More