what is the average time spent on death row?
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to long they need to kill them with in a year or two
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You want to plagiarize to prove your point. Haven't you got any point of view of your own? This is a debate !!! It should reflect your views. Hahaha. \n\nYou should go a step ahead. One of the liberals spoke about banning life imprisonment and suggesting it to be maximum of 4 years. And one spoke about granting more rights to serial killers. Way to go!
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This site will help you:\n\nhttp://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/deathrow.html
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well, i don't like to think that we have the right to take a human life.....on the other hand, my cousin was murdered and her assassin got 7 years.  He should have died.  After all he took her life.  Our prison system does not rehabilitate nor can it simply because the people inside are sociopaths.  so yeah, I'm for the death penalty and lethal injection is probably the least messy choice.
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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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I say 4 years should be the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM!!!  Just had this conversation over, if you can believe it, Christmas Dinner.  I had a Federal Prosecutor telling me how the system of appeals works.  What a load of crap.  There is no way a prisoner, especially today with DNA, should be on death row for 24 years.  By giving them a 3 years, that is long enough for their appeal ( which, as I was told, can take 3 to 4 years before it is brought before the appeals court ).  When a person is sentenced to death, they have ( if they want ) an automatic appeal.  Although I do not agree with the Prosecutor, he says PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE.  If not, why do we even keep them in jail or prison ... just kill all of them ( yes, I am being sarcastic ).
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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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I haven't made a study of it nor looked up any, but if it were a factor, investigators/statisticians would look for a statistically significant difference in the rates at which people of different races are sentenced to death in capital punishment cases.  I believe such studies do exist that indicate such bias, though I haven't seen them myself - but they do get covered in the papers when they are released.\n\nYou sound skeptical.  I'd be curious to know why.
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14,634 in the period 1608-1987 (obviously before the US was a nation). http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=8&did=269\n\n925 in the period 1988-2006 http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions.php
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Yes I agree with the death penalty. Life in prison is not a punishment for long term prisoners. Three meals a day, cable TV, no bills. They think it's a good life.
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Texas has the highest number of death row inmates and kill more criminals per year than any other state yet they have a higher than average crime rate.  So does it work no, not really. On the other hand do I believe in it.. yes I do 100%. If you kill some one your life is no longer yours. Plus it is so much cheaper for the taxpayers. They just need to hurry up the process and let criminals have less apeals, and quit bogging down the court system on deadmen walking. Kill them already. If they were innocent they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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for 2004 Louisiana 12.7 per 100,000 people\ngood data here:\nhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=12&did=169#MRord
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/
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Try this site\nhttp://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/debate.html\n\nhttp://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/death_penalty.HTM\n\nhttp://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-625/politics_economy/death_penalty/
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i think death row is good the prisons have become too leniant
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The death penalty isn't used quickly enough to limit criminals to only one moment.
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I almost think death is better than life in jail. I have mixed feelings about this one.