According to the Death Penalty Information Center, death penalty states record higher murder rates than non-deathpenalty states. On January 1, 2014, the average murder rate among death penalty states was 4.7 per 100,000 population; for non-death-penalty states, the rate was 3.9. The South executes the largest percentage of offenders who are convicted of a capital crime (81 percent) and records the highest murder rate (5.5 murders per 100,000 people); the Northeast executes the fewest (0.2 percent) and records the lowest murder rate, 3.3. What conclusions might you draw from these data? How might we prevent geographical unfairness?