Show CAPITAL IEST From Page One homicide rate of 35 per population in inthe the five flye states states- states Maine Maine Rhode Island Wisconsin Minnesota and which have no capital with a rate of 84 SI per million population in me uve death penalty states The comparison compari coman son is one factor that makes it foolish is the rate amoo among among- the negroes in the south which is about five times as great as the homi honi homicide cide CIdIO rate among whites I The homicide figures 0 of or tie thi United States census afford some Illuminating comparisons They la- la elude clude tie murder manslaughter j justifiable able homicide and Maine with no death penalty has to the lowest homicide rate only U IA for fort er e every of population But Massachusetts y which h has u 02 abs absolute lute death penalty for mur murder u r the Ule first degree gree has a rate of onlY ow 21 per as compared with a rate rateS of 55 in Michigan which Ua hiS Kansas no capital punishment I without capital punishment has i a irate rate of 47 while Nebraska which w has a it conditional death penal has a r rate te of 41 |