I need some info on the topic of the death penalty and the topic on coloning! thanks?

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I need some info on the topic of the death penalty and the topic on coloning! thanks?

Answer 1

129 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reliable study shows the death penalty deters others. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don’t.

Life without parole, on the books in 48 states, also prevents  reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty.

The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison, mostly because of the upfront costs of legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people. (upfront=before and during the initial trial)

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members have testified that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. Speed up the process and we will execute innocent people.

Sources: The first source I listed will give you links to dozens of other sources.

Death Penalty Information Center, www.deathpenaltyinfo.org,  for stats on executions, reports on costs, deterrence studies, links to FBI crime stats and links to testimony (at state legislatures) of victims' family members.

FBI   http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/tab...  

The Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcostte... page 3 and 4 on why the death penalty is so expensive

http://www.njadp.org/forms/signon-surviv... for statements of victims’ families

Victims, Closure and the Sociology of Emotion, Susan Bandes, Distinguished Research Professor, DePaul University College of Law, Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 2007-2008.

Forthcoming in Law and Contemporary Problems (2009)

http://www.nyadp.org/main/70308Statement... statements from New York

Terrific resource specifically for students writing papers or debaters at

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article....  It has links to both sides (click on curriculum) and is easy to navigate.

http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/death... for the Catholic Bishops Campaign to abolish the death penalty

The Report of the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission at

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/...

International crime rates: Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice

http://ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cnscj.p...

Wikipedia International homicide rates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...

Ninth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems

http://data360.org/pdf/20070531091045.Cr...