ught on fire (Williams, 65). Another gruesome example of the cruelty of the death penalty is when Allen Davis started to bleed from his nose profusely while being electrocuted and appeared to be experiencing severe pain (Williams, 65). After the chair was turned of, he still breathed about ten times before he was still.
             Another reason the death penalty should be abolished is that it is not an effective deterrent of crime. In fact, modern comparisons show that murder rates are actually higher in states that have the death penalty (Williams, 133). In a study done by the University of Florida in 1997, 90% of the nations top criminologists said killing people
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