Though it was written in 2000 (and lacks the latest moratorium on the death penalty), there is an interesting article on the history of the death penalty here:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5420A 2007 study (contradicting a study in 2000):
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-01-deathsentences_x.htmI really believe that capital punishment is a thing of the past or very soon will be.
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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"
