"There's a simpler way to prove the death penalty doesn't work: Look at the crime stats. In 1992, the average murder rate in death-penalty states was 7.8 per 100,000 people. In states without: 4.9 per 100,000.� Where do you want to live?"Van den Haag, Ernest. "End the death penalty; use life without parol., USA Today. 04-08-1994, pp10.