Are Southern death-row inmates more polite?

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Southern states are known to uphold a culture of honor and adhere to traditional politeness norms, but does this hold true for death-row convicts? A new article published today in SAGE Open finds that Southern death-row offenders are more likely to apologize for crimes in their final statements than offenders from other regions of the U.S.

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