can you tell me the american states which still have capital punishment?
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I live in California, and I know we do.
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Capital punishment is a crime like treason. The prison time is day for day also in a federal prison. A DUI felony would be a State crime, or a Burglary.
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www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm \nwww.probono.net/deathpenalty/index.cfm \nwww.americancatholic.org/News/DeathPenalty/default.asp \nwww.carmical.net/articles/deathpenalty.html \nwww.abanet.org/deathpenalty \njustice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/procon.html \nwww.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html \n\namericamagazine.org/gettext.cfm?articleTypeID=1&textID=650&issueID=286 - \n\nwww.criminaljustice.org/public.nsf/freeform/DeathPenalty?OpenDocument\n\nThese are all from a simple search on "pro death penalty" which happens to be my personal view. If you don't want to die, don't commit heinous acts, THAT is my personal opinion.
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It's called the right to fair trial and it's enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. \n\nAnd your argument doesn't wash. There is no death penalty in Western European countries, yet they all have much lower crime rates - both violent and non-violent.
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Actually, All of mexico has an extradition treaty with the USA. However since Mexico has no death penalty a person that might face the death penalty here in the US will not be extradited.. The same is true about other contries' treaties with the US. France is another one of such countries.
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I'm expecting and hoping that most of the democratic candidates will win.  I voted NO on the marriage amendment and capital punishment.  Unfortunately I think the marriage amendment will go through, not sure on the capital punishment.  I support same-sex couple's right to get married.  Wisconsin has been fine without the death penalty.  It makes me sick to think of our great state killing people.
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Capital punishment\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\n"Execution" redirects here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation). \nIt has been suggested that Death penalty paradox be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)Contents [hide]\n1 The death penalty worldwide \n1.1 Global distribution of death penalty \n1.2 Public opinion \n1.3 International organizations \n1.4 Juvenile capital punishment \n1.5 The death penalty in specific countries \n2 History \n2.1 Movements towards "humane" execution \n2.2 Abolitionism in different countries \n3 Debate: Retentionism versus Abolitionism \n3.1 Abolitionist movement \n3.1.1 Reasons to oppose to death penalty \n3.1.2 List of famous abolitionists \n3.2 Retentionist movement \n3.2.1 Reasons to support the death penalty \n3.2.2 List of famous retentionists \n4 Religious views \n5 Abolitionist themes in arts and media \n6 Methods of execution \n7 Notes \n8 External links \n8.1 Resources opposing capital punishment \n8.2 Resources favoring capital punishment \n8.3 Religious views on the death penalty \n \n \nCapital Punishment, or the death penalty, is the most severe punishment that can be imposed by the State for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offenses. When a person is sentenced to die, their life will be terminated in a lawful place (in nearly all cases, a prison) in a process known as an execution. In "capital punishment", "capital" comes from the latin noun "caput", which means head; therefore, to be subjected to capital punishment means to figuratively lose your head. Historically, the execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly all societies both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Among democratic countries around the world, most European and Latin American states have abolished capital punishment (except the United States, Guatemala and most of the Caribbean), while democracies in Asia and Africa retain it. Among nondemocratic countries the use of the death penalty is common.\n\nIn most places that practice capital punishment today, the death penalty is reserved as a punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, or treason or part of military justice. In some majority-Muslim countries, sexual crimes including adultery and sodomy, carry the death penalty as does religious crimes such as apostasy. In many retentionist countries, drug trafficking is also a capital offense. In China, human trafficking and serious cases of corruption are also punished by the death penalty. In militaries around the world, courts-martial have imposed death sentences for offenses such as cowardice, desertion, insubordination, and mutiny.\n\nCapital punishment is a contentious issue. Supporters of capital punishment argue that it deters crime, prevents recidivism, and is an appropriate retribution for the crime of murder. Opponents of capital punishment argue that it does not deter crime more than life imprisonment, violates human rights, leads to wrongful executions, and discriminates against minorities and the poor.\n\n[edit]\nThe death penalty worldwide\n[edit]\nGlobal distribution of death penalty\n \nUse of the death penalty around the world (as of 2005/06).\n\n██ Abolished for all offences (86)\n\n██ Abolished for all offences except under special circumstances (11)\n\n██ Retains, though not used for at least 10 years (25)\n\n██ Retains death penalty (74)\nReports from NGOs opposed to the death penalty tend to publicise the view that abolition is a global trend. In 1977, 16 countries were abolitionist, while the figure was 122 for the end of 2005. In more detail, 86 countries have abolished capital punishment for all offences, 11 for all offences except under special circumstances, and 25 others have not used it for at least 10 years. However, Sri Lanka recently declared an end to its moratorium on the death penalty. A total of 74 countries reta
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I expect from the moment there was a USA.  The death penalty was always there and would have been part of the history the early settlers brought to the US.  It was probably also in effect in some way among aboriginal populations.  As long as there have been people there has been a death penalty in one form or another.  \n\nThe first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes.  Here are a few interesting links.
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Yes!!\n\nI think that capital punishment should be legal in all states. America was founded on the principles of God so all our laws should revolve around Him. AN EYE FOR AN EYE!! \n\nAll murderers should be killed right away not ten years later and all sex offenders should be castrated. \n\ni am a student!!!
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Death Sentence = Capital Punishment
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' condemned to dead ' ?! I thought the whole planet was. Capital punishment statistics. Look under that on the net.
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Capital Punishment: (N) Legal Killing, or Execution. There's no better definition than this.
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There are several states which still boast the death penalty.  Several of them no longer use the electric chair, as they have resorted to what they believe to be more "humane" alternatives for execution/extermination.
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Yes, in thirty eight states, the federal (civilian) law and the military.  If you are going to commit murder, better do it in the north-east or northern midwest.  Whatever you do, don't do it in the south.  In Florida, there are stricter rules for euthanizing your pet dog than there are for executing criminals.
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There is a lot of information on the internet about this topic.  I just typed "racial bias in capital punishment" and 196,000 results popped up.  If you enter each type of bias you will get plenty of source material.
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If you want detalied data on the death penalty since the Pilgrim Father check\n\nhttp://users.bestweb.net/%7Erg/execution.htm\n\nFor current events\n\nhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
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NO! Not only is it a barbaric form of revenge, it's biased punishment.  How many rich, white Americans have received the death penalty for the same type of crime that poor or  non-white Americans have been put to death for?