Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The findings of a new study by researchers at Missouri State University and American University examined the factors associated with the use of the death penalty at the county level to provide a fuller picture of what issues influence court outcomes.
A new study concludes that partisan politics, religious fundamentalism, and economic threat influenced local decisions about the death penalty. The study also found that the size of the African American population, which prior state-level studies have found to be associated with use of the death penalty, was not directly associated with the recent decline in the use of this punishment.
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