FBI Report Reveals Murder Rate Rise in the South

According to the FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2002, the murder rate in the South increased by 2.1% while the murder rate in the Northeast decreased by almost 5%. The South accounts for 82% of all executions since 1976; the Northeast accounts for less than 1%.

(FBI Preliminary Uniform Crime Report 2002, June 16, 2003). Deterrence.