U.S. Bishops start campaign to end Death Penalty

I saw news that the U.S. bishops started a campaign to end the death penalty in the United States. I am glad, as a pro-life Catholic, it pains me that my country still puts people to death when it is not needed. I am glad that the statistics show that more Catholics in this country want the death penalty stopped also. All the arguments for the death penalty are not even true, no death row prisoner would ever be let out of jail because of parole, it doesn't cost less to keep prisoner for his/her lifetime because of the costly death penalty appeals, and it isn't a deterrent for criminals. Also, it is shocking how many people are on death row even though they were convicted with just circumstantial evidence. Take Scott Peterson for instance, even if we think he is guilty, no one knows for sure because there isn't super solid evidence against him. And even if he did kill his wife, how do we know it wasn't out of rage and not even premeditated. I pray that there will be a ground swell of support for this and we can convince even the Republicans to vote against the death penalty. Here is the link to the US Catholic Bishop's web site that tells of the campaign: http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2005/05-064.shtml