The death penalty does not deter murder. (Score 4, Informative)

One of the major assumptions by the author of the article (and most people) is that the death penalty deters murder. It doesn't.

Check out The Death Penalty Inormation Center for more facts, info, and studies.

All of the authors economic number crunching is totally invalid because of this. :(
However that doesn't mean that I don't WANT to execute them. ;P