Capital Punishment

In the year 2002 71 people were executed by 13 different states. To some this may seem like an excessive amount of being put to death. However, when you consider that in the year 2002 there was more than 3581 prisoners on death row 71 is just a tiny drop out of a huge barrel. (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm)
Today in America there are 38 states with the death penalty. This means that there is 12 states without the death penalty. It is hard to believe that states have such different opinions on the value of human life.Some people may say that the state putting a murderer to death is ju…