Final Focus; further research needed

The writing out of my thought process and summary of my bl0g showed me a few key holes in my logic. One of which was the simple fact that my articles lack statistics. While statistics are admittedly not as interesting or fun to read, they are very important when attempting an argument. Most all of my articles deal with the moral and compassionate side to the story; i.e. Killing Is Wrong. But, however one might hope, moral obligations are not the first priority on every one's mind. It would be extremely useful and informational to find some cold, hard facts. A few of the top statistical articles I would like to find are:
-Which different states or countries' individual policies for the death sentence are.
-Their personal reasons on not wanting to follow the more liberal governments that have decided to cast aside capital punishment.
and
-What their alternatives are.
I will hopefully find this information in my next few articles, and it will strengthen my argument further and provide me with even more information to both sides of the story.
For my field experience/interview, I would love to interview a judge on how they make that decision, whether they themselves support the death sentence, and any other information that they can present to me. I am not sure if this is aloud or if I could find a judge willing to be interviewed on such a touchy subject, but I would like to try.
Other than those two points, I have enough information on the other side of the story, which is the side that says no one deserves to die. While I myself am much more interested in stories of men and women who are fighting for no death penalty simply because it is wrong, or stories of people who have, not forgiven, but accepted the life of another and realized, in Masaharu Harada's words, "Nothing worthwhile could come out of his execution.