What are the trends in the data provided?2. Statistics from which year(s) could show the effectiveness of the death penalty?3. Statistics from which year(s) could show the ineffectiveness of the death penalty?4. How could the visual representation of the death penalty data be improved?

Balancing Individual Freedom with Public Order Safety Topic 3.6: SUPPORT AN ARGUMENT USING RELEVANT EVIDENCE Does the death penalty actually work as a deterrent to crime and make society safer? Strong arguments have been made on both sides of that question. Many times, evidence can support both sides of an argument, depending on how it is presented and interpreted. Both perspectives on the death penalty as a deterrent can use statistics like those below to strengthen their argument. Practice: Using the information provided, answer the questions below. MURDER RATES IN STATES WITH AND WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY YEA 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 R 9.5 9.24 6.54 5.74 6.1 4.97 4.75 5.34 with death penalcy SHADES 9.16 7.88 4.63 4.27 4.45 4.03 3.79 4.1 MichouG death [Data for each year taken from the FU's Uniform Crime Reports. Murder rates calculated by dividing the butal number of murders by the total population in death peruity and non-death penalty states mapactively and multiplying that by 100,000)