Check the following resources for more useful information and statistics to bolster your arguments. Keep your letters specific and brief. This fact indicates that racism is a continuing factor in the imposition of the death penalty. Oklahoma has recently passed Texas in the number of executions in a recent month. In actuality, there are 3,500 people in America on death row, some of them undoubtedly innocent.
Facts are useful in persuasive letters.
On the House side the legislation now boasts 140 Democratic and Republican co-sponsors. The ACLU and Amnesty International are two of the many organizations that have information on their websites to back up the arguments about injustice in sentencing people to death. It explains clearly why the death penalty is racist, punishes the poor, condemns innocent people, is not a deterrent to crime, and is cruel and unusual punishment. Each of these points is argued and supported. Whether you are trying to be persuasive in arguing for a moratorium on the death penalty, or for the abolition of all executions, the growing resources will help you in your campaign.