Coop, Dave. "Anti-Death Penalty Information." Dave's Hompage. <http://davecoop.net/adp.htm>.
Notes/This site prvided me with good statisticas about the amount of death penalties that were sentenced internationally and ain America. The statistics were fairly recent:There were 85 executions in the US in 2000 (13% less than 1999), 66 in 2001 (33% less than 1999), 71 in 2002 (28% less than 1999), 65 in 2003 (34% less than 1999), 59 in 2004 (40% less than 1999), 60 in 2005 (39% less than 1999), and 53 in 2006 (46% less than 1999). From the site I was informed about why/how poopole could protest the death penalty. "Why do we protest the death penalty? We could cite basic facts, such as, that there is no evidence that the death penalty lowers the murder rate more than the threat of life without parole; or that, in a modern democracy, the litigation involved in a fully-appealed capital case usually costs much more than would imprisonment for life. But the tie that binds death penalty protesters together is, basically, an idea of morality: that we regard the intentional killing of helpless people as intrinsically wrong. "
At this point I think that I am swayed towards the anit-death penalty view because the thought that someone could be wrongfully convicted is just such a horrible thing. I also agree that there is no evidence that the death penalty lowers the murder rate more than the threat of life without parole. I think that the right punishment is the rest of their life in jail. However the only argument I have heard against this solution is the fact that they could still murder in jail. But as of now I am more with the Anti-Death Penalty view.
