The Death Penalty is a deterrent to crime. As the rate of executions raise, the murder rate drops (Johansen, Jay, Page 135). In Texas in 1982 there were 701 murders, then dropped down to 261 in 1996. This dropped by 63% in 1982, which was the year the Death Penalty was reinstated (Lowe, Wesley). Some times major cases involving the Death Penalty, for example in 1988 there were 47 murders. 26 were in January to June; June 10th Arthur Gary Bishop was executed. This dropped the Murder Rate by 19% (Lowe, Wesley). In 1976 to 1977 Gary Gilmore was executed via firing squad, this dropped the murder rate by 20%. In Utah in 1987 there was an average of

4.75 murders a month. In the Wake of the Pierre Dale Shelby execution, it dropped to 4.0 murders a month (Lowe, Wesley). These facts do not lie; they show that with the Death penalty in place, murderers are afraid to kill. In some states that lack the death penalty, some cold-hearted killers will kill because they know they are not going to be executed. Luis Vere said “Yeah, I shot her and knew I wouldn’t go to the chair” (Lowe, Wesley). This shows that if he thought that he would have been executed for committing such a horrific crime we would still have poor Rosa Velez alive with us today.

95% of their readers say DNA testing that would prove guilt or innocence should be allowed (Stolorow, Mark, Page 32). These facts show that the general public wants DNA testing to be mandatory. If some one was at the scene of the crime, they will leave DNA behind, if there is no DNA (hair, blood, or other bodily fluids) left behind, they could not have been at the crime scene to do anything wrong.

With the new technology we now have along with the many new resources that are now available, there is no escaping science, via DNA testing. DNA is the human code, it is how we are built, and everyone has a different code. DNA much like the fingerprint in the way

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