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Law’s Michael Benza discussed geographical trends in frequency of death penalty decisions

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BBC: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the disparities for those sentenced to death for crimes committed in the United States—the only Western nation to allow capital punishment. “There is a huge geographic disparity in the death penalty,” he said. “It is primarily, but not exclusively, a southern institution.”