I tool a look at http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=12&did=168. The website talks about murder rates in states with and without death penalty. In the past ten years, the murder rate has comes down,but the number of executions has increased. The reson is that murder crimes comes down is that there are many many executions in the USA. But in this decade the murders have been limited and less than last decade. The big cities in the USA have had a rise in executions without the death penalty.

In my personal opinion, it is good website to know the difference between murders and executions in the last year.