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Thursday, January 29, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Death penalty not effective in stopping crime,prof says
By JENNIFER FORKER
Staff writer
The death penalty is an ineffective means to prevent crime, a KU professor said in a talk yesterday at the Christian Ministries. 1204 Ord Ave
Bill Arnold, associate professor of sociology, spoke to a group of 30 people at the weekly luncheon forum.
"It itseems so logical to us that the death penalty should act as a deterrent." he said. "Maybe somebody is dead and maybe other people are stimulated.
"The only real cure we know about for deterring crime is getting older."
Arnold said most people judged the death penalty controversy on moral grounds. “We’re in favor of it — or opposed to it — as a symbol,” he said.
"It's wild." Arnold said. "The portion of the population in favor of the death penalty is 75 to 80 percent when the justice system fails, so you in favor of the death penalty?"
But, he said, this number drastically decreased when people were given more specific details about a particular case. It often drops down to 35 percent of those questioned favoring the death penalty.
He said statistics showed that the prison return rate during the first year was less than four percent. Of that four percent, only one percent committed violent crimes, he said.
He said, "People who commit homicides rarely commit them again.
"It has not stopped very much murder by killing the murderers."
The costs associated with executing a first degree murderer, he said, were $50,000 to $60,000 more than keeping that person in prison.
From 1,500 to 1,600 people are on death row across the country, Arnold said. Since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976, 22 to 25 people have been executed each year.
The large cost results from court costs and fees for lawyers and judges. He said that often, because most defendants were impoverished, the sate ended up paying for the defense lawyer's fees.
In 1973, the Supreme Court struck down capital punishment laws in all states. When it was reinstated, 36 states returned to capital punishment.
Chinese celebrate the new year with four-day feast and fire works
United Press International
PEKING - Millions of Chinese set off fireworks yesterday and feasted on tanquets of dumplings, sea slugs and wind-dried duck to usher in the four-day national holiday, Chinese Year of the Rabbit.
At the stroke of midnight,
firecrackers and a blaze of
multicolored rockets were unleashed across the country of one billion people in a centuries-old ceremony to scare away the ghosts of the outgoing year, the ferocious Year of the Tiger.
lunar calendar, the rabbit indicates 12 months of unhurried calm after the ferocious activity of the outgoing Year of the Tiger.
In Chinese communities around the world, families united to celebrate the lunar new year which is the most important Chinese festival
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The rabbit is the fourth sign in the 12-year animal zodiac and is an emblem of longevity, which is good news for those born in the years 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963 and 1975.
■ Stereo equipment, a flute and a guitar, valued together at $2,105, were taken on Tuesday from a house in the 1000 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police reported.
According to China's 5,000-year-old
Lawrence police reported that stereo equipment, a camera and jewelry, valued together at $2,062, were taken on Tuesday from an apartment in the 1000 block of Alabama Street.
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