81.   States with the death penalty have higher murder rates than do states without capital punishment, he said.

82.   States without such laws vary greatly in how they handle offenders after their incarceration.

83.   States without the death penalty generally have far lower murder rates.

84.   Texas is the largest of the three Western states without one.

85.   The mayors and governors say the federal government imposes costly rules and regulations on the cities and states without sending money to pay for implementing them.

86.   The mayors lauded bills being considered by the Senate and the House that would prohibit Congress from imposing most requirements on states without providing funding for their implementation.

87.   The only three states without similar laws on their books are Kentucky, Nebraska and New Mexico.

88.   The policy is driven by federal threats that states without zero tolerance laws will lose highway funds.

89.   The United States is now in a unique position to provide leadership, and the world will not respond to crisis in peripheral states without our leadership.

90.   There have been repeated, unsuccessful attempts to bring the process to states without the initiative process, and there also are calls for a national initiative process.