Sleeping+Oppusums+(Pro+Capital+Punishment)

B. A. Robinson, __Capital Punishment__. 1995-JUN-8. April 6, 2009 <http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.html.


 * 1) In the United States, about 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times. KM
 * 2) Almost all states have an automatic reveiw of each conviction by their highest appelate court. KM
 * 3) Texas holds the record for the largest number of executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. KM
 * 4) Virginia has executed a larger percentage of its population than any other state over 1 million in population. KM
 * 5) Public approval of the death penalty is currently about 70%. KM
 * 6) The vast majority of those executed were poor. About 90% could not afford a lawyer when they went to trial. KM
 * 7) The homicide rate in those states with the death penalty is almost double the rate in states without the death penalty. KM
 * 8) In almost all states that perform executions, the death penalty is unlimited to cases involving aggravated murder. KM

"Arguments for and against capital punishment." __Capital Punishment U__. 07 Apr. 2009 [].

1.Capital Punishment permanently removes the worst criminals from society and should prove much afer for the rest of us. In most states, other than Texas. The number of executions as compared to death in sentences and muders is. infintesimally small.VM

[|www.clackprosecutur.org/html/death/rowstats.htm] 8. Male(98%) VM
 * 1) current Indiana Death Row by race and gender VM
 * 2) White (73%)VM
 * 3) Black(16%) VM
 * 4) Hispanic(00%)VM
 * 5) Native(00%)VM
 * 6) Average Age 43VM
 * 7) Female(6.7%)VM

"US Liberal Politics - By Category." __Liberal & Progressive Politics & Perspectives__. 07 Apr. 2009 . 3. States and US territories with no current death penalty statute are Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.CP
 * 1) countries that retain the death penalty : Afganistan, Burundi,China,Egypt,Iraq,Lebanon,Nigeria, And the sudan. CP
 * 2) In 2004 there were 3797 executions in 25 countries.CP

"BalancedPolitics.org - Death Penalty (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against)." __BalancedPolitics.org - Free Balanced, Non-Partisan Discussion of Political & Social Issues for Debate (Pros and Cons - Decision Making Politics)__. 07 Apr. 2009 .


 * 1) The death penalty gives closure to the victims familes who suffered so much CP
 * 2) It provides a deterant for prisioners already serving a life sentance.CP

"Pro Death Penalty Articles." __Welcome to Death Penalty Information @ DPINFO.com__. 07 Apr. 2009 . > 20-40 factually innocent (the truly "I didn't do it") cases may have been > discovered on death row since 1973.CP
 * 1) Death row inmates spend over 10 years on death row prior to execution.CP
 * 2) According to different anti-death penalty sources, it is alleged that from

"Capital Punishment - MSN Encarta." __MSN Encarta : Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas, and Homework__. 07 Apr. 2009 [].

1.Opponents of capital punishment maintain that these studies refute the argument that the death penalty deters crime.ZS 2.Capital punishment advocates note that because the death penalty is reserved for the most aggravated murders, the deterrent effect of capital punishment on such crimes may not be apparent in data on homicide rates in general.VM

"The Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment «." __Phil for Humanity__. 07 Apr. 2009 .
 * 1) Criminals who receive the death penalty are typically violent individuals.CP
 * 2) Some crimes are so horrific that some people think that revenge or retribution is the only option.CP
 * 3) It is commonly believed that the punishment of a crime should equal the crime, if possible.CP
 * 4) The logic is that the more severe the crime, then the more severe the punishment is necessary.CP
 * 5) There is no scientific proof that nations with capital punishment have a lower rate of crime, therefore the risk of the death penalty does not seem to deter crime.CP
 * 6) Typically, the cost of imprisoning someone for life is much more expensive than executing that same person.CP
 * 7) However with the expensive costs of appeals in courts of law, it is arguable if capital punishment is truly cost effective when compared with the cost of life imprisonment.CP

"Death Penalty Cost." __Amnesty International USA - Protect Human Rights__. 07 Apr. 2009 []. "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES." __American University Washington College of Law__. 07 Apr. 2009 [].
 * 1) Lethal injection can cause excruciating pain. Since the first lethal injection on December 7, 1982, over 900 prisoners in the USA have been executed by this method and it has all but replaced other methods of execution. VM
 * 2) In Tennese death penalty trials cost an average of 48% more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment.VM
 * 3) In maryland death penalty cases cost 3 times more than non-death penalty cases, or $3 million for a single case.VM
 * 4) In California the current sytem costs $137 million per year; it would cost $11.5 million for a system without the death penalty.VM
 * 5) Methods of execution are lethal injection, electrocution ,lethal gas, hanging, firing squad.VM
 * 6) Death row inmates who drop theri right to appel are often refeered to as volenteere becasue they no longer wish to over turn their dealth sentence.CP
 * 7) Volunteer death sentences are reffered to as state assisted suicide or prisoner assisted homicide.CP
 * 8) Things that may change the prisoners mind about their death sentence are mental or physical illness, remorse, religous belife.CP
 * 9) At least 2,390 people in 2008 were executed in 25 countries.VM
 * 10) New mexico is the 15th state to outlaw capital punishment.VM
 * 1) The death Penalty was rendered unconsitutional according to the 8th amendment.CP
 * 2) The UN dlecleration of Human rights borrowing from the American Bill of rights emphisizes the right to life.CP
 * 3) the united states is not expected to sign the second optional protocol because countries are unable to make reservations to optional protocals.CP
 * 4) Safegaurds Guaramteeing Protection of the rights of those facing the death pentalty doesnt call for the abolishment but for the refine ment of the death penalty.CP
 * 5) 2 countries a year outlaw capital punishement, the united states has rejected this trend.CP
 * 6) In February 1997, the American Bar Association issued a statement calling for an immediate moratorium on executoins until policies can be instituted which "(1) ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially, in accordance with due process, and (2) minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed.CP
 * 7) The U.S. death penalty system today is a complex system of layers.CP
 * 8) Then, the prosecutor decides whether to prosecute the crime as a capital offense, or whether to accept a plea bargain.CP
 * 9) Both supporters and opponents of the death penalty recongnize the problems inherent in this complex system.CP
 * 10) The //Survey Research Unit// of //Ohio State University's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences// published a news release on 1997-OCT-1.KM
 * 11) 66% favored the death penalty for convicted murderers; 9% were in favor under certain circumstances; 17% were opposed and 8% were ambivalent. KM
 * 12) 46% thought it very likely or somewhat likely for an innocent person to be executed; 47% reported somewhat or very unlikely. KM
 * 13) Adults without a college degree were more likely to believe that an innocent person could be executed than were college graduates by a ratio of 50% to 27% KM
 * 14) 59% would support an alternative to execution if it involved life in prison without chance of parole and a requirement that the inmate work while in prison with the money going to the victim's family. 31% supported the death penalty in preference to this alternative. KM
 * 15) An inmate working 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, over a 25 year sentence at $3.00 an hour would generate $150,000 for the family of the victim. KM
 * 16) The margin of error is less than 4% on these data. KM

__Death Penalty Information Center__. 07 Apr. 2009 .
 * 1) 35 states have the death penalty ZS
 * 2) in 2009 400 black people were executed ZS
 * 3) 648 white people ZS
 * 4) 84 hispanics ZS
 * 5) 24 others ZS
 * 6) 98% of the chief district attorneys in death penalty states are white ...only 1% are black.ZS
 * 7) since 1973 over 120 people have been released from death row with evidance of their innocence.ZS
 * 8) From 1973-1999 there was an average of 3.1 exonerations per year.ZS
 * 9) there are 51 women on death row as of december 31, 2007. ZS
 * 10) 11 Women were exectued since 1976. ZS
 * 11) The south accounts for over 80% of the prisioners on death row right now.ZS
 * 12) 35 out of 36 states use leathal injection

"Death Penalty." __News Batch Summaries__. 07 Apr. 2009 . > Death penalty critics argue that the high reversal rate in death penalty cases illustrates the fallibility of the criminal justice proBecause of the intense scrutiny and numerous appeals applied to death penalty cases, a growing number of legal professionals have begun to oppose the death penalty for economic reasons, arguing that the costs of trial and appeals for a capital case are greater than would be the case if the death penalty were not sought.VM
 * 1) In June 2008, the Supreme Court held that it was cruel and unusual punishment to use the death penalty against individuals convicted of raping a minor. VM
 * 2) Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times throughout the world. The modern movement for the abolition of capital punishment began in the 18th century with the writings of Montesquieu and Voltaire VM
 * 3) Most executions occur in a handful of countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. VM
 * 4) In Great Britain, it was abolished (except for cases of treason) in 1971 VM
 * 5) France abolished it in 1981 VM
 * 6) United Nations General Assembly affirmed in a formal resolution that throughout the world, it is desirable to "progressively restrict the number of offenses for which the death penalty might be imposed, with a view to the desirability of abolishing this punishment". VM
 * 7) The U.From 1982 to 1999, 250 to 350 persons were annually sentenced to death but in the last three years the number of death sentences has dropped dramatically VM
 * 8) S. Supreme Court in 1972 struck down state death penalty laws, a ruling that also brought federal executions to a halt. VM
 * 9) Five states have carried out over 2/3 of the executions since 1977 VM
 * 10) In most states the method of execution is by lethal injection although in several states the prisoner may choose an alternative method. VM
 * 11) The execution of Timothy McVeigh in June 2001 also prompted renewed international interest in the U.S. practice of the death penalty primarily because of the high profile nature of the case. VM
 * 1) In April 2008, the Supreme Court has held that lethal-injection procedures in Kentucky do not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. VM
 * 2) Nebraska stills mandates electrocution. CP
 * 3) They argue that a government's act to execute is a violation of human rights, especially if there remains a possibility that the individual is innocent. VM
 * 4) Death penalty proponents maintain that life imprisonment without possibility of parole is still less expensive and there does not yet appear to be an academic study that has thoroughly evaluated this issue.CP
 * 5) Time magazine has reported that public opinion polls in Europe show significant support for the death penalty; in some countries it is even favored by a majority. VM
 * 6) On March 1, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the death penalty for minors.CP
 * 7) Studies have indicated that homicides involving white victims are far more likely to be prosecuted as death penalty cases.VM
 * 8) both supporters and oppontents to the death ppenalty racongize the problems. CP
 * 9) 38 states do not support the death penalty. VM
 * 10) As many as 10% of death row inmates suffer from mental retardation. CP