I study showed that states that have abolished the death penalty had averaged lower murder rates than states that haven't. Another factor is that the low amount of innocent's put to death is not as high as the opposing side makes it seem. Law enforcement and punishment is to crime as water is to fire.
             Those who oppose the death penalty feel very strongly about their opinions. The main five reasons they use to support their opinions are as follows: racist, punishes the poor, condemns innocent to die, not a deterrent to violent crime, and "cruel and unusual punishment." In some aspects, Capital Punishment goes against the eight amendment which forbids cruel an
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