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In the '60s,
it was a dangerous time. And if we're talking about New York,
yes, homicides increased, because Governor Nelson Rockefeller
in the early '60s abolished capital punishment. From experience, you have to have
a deterrent for a criminal. When there was the death penalty
in the state of New York, there were less homicides.
Those are the stats
it was a dangerous time. And if we're talking about New York,
yes, homicides increased, because Governor Nelson Rockefeller
in the early '60s abolished capital punishment. From experience, you have to have
a deterrent for a criminal. When there was the death penalty
in the state of New York, there were less homicides.
Those are the stats
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In the '60s,
it was a dangerous time.
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And if we're talking about New York,
yes, homicides increased,
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because Governor Nelson Rockefeller
in the early '60s
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abolished capital punishment.
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From experience, you have to have
a deterrent for a criminal.
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When there was the death penalty
in the state of New York,
00:00:25.064 --> 00:00:29.000
there were less homicides.
Those are the stats.
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He was a pioneering artist and cultural icon and his work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself as seen through an artist's eye. 3 part documentary looking at 20th century America through the life of W...