In the Anti Death Penalty website, it lists the 3 most popular states for the death penalty, meaning where inmates have been killed the most. California is at the top with 695 inmates killed by lethal injection, followed by Florida with 400 and finally Texas with 335. It also shows that there were 46 executions in the last year and 3 executions so far this year, giving this a chance of increase since we are only in the firsts months of 2011. The pro-death penalty website has a list of how many people were executed every year however. It shows that it was at it's highest in 1999 but gradually decreased by 30 in this year, and it continues to do so. The website also has a section stating the reasons to be against the death penalty, one saying that if a prisoner is locked up, no more crimes shall be committed, this is however countered by the Pro death penalty website stating that more crimes will be done if the death penalty is not executed, this way people will fear for their life when and before committing any crime. It also states that "killing is wrong" yet they are defending the people who kill by not giving them the death penalty, a ironic statement in their main page. It also states that it is no longer sued in sophisticated societies, yet in the Pro death penalty and even in the national amnesty website it states that many European countries, including China also contain the capital Penalty in their punishments. The website lists many reasons why the death penalty is used in the United States, biblical teachings and history of ancient civilizations, both pronounced wrong by the pro website saying that it is a necessary punishment, to have killers feel the same pain as their victims, to have them suffer the same fate they unleashed upon the innocent, a way to give retribution for the ones they send to the next world.
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