well, Rudey, I WASN'T going to check your stats, or anyone else who says cap. pun. doesn't deter criminals or save lives, BUT, I just happened to be reading Fox news.com and ran into this article. Check it out.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,26686,00.html
Although it is a controversial study, it looks like they have lots of data and the main opponent to it is the pres. of a coalition to end cap. pun. Hmm, no surprise there, of course he'll say whatever to make the study look bad.
Anyway, there is some very interesting evidence about capital punsihment saving lives!