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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Megan Burr April 8, 2010 Period: 9. WHAT IT IS?. Death penalty Not always practiced 13,000 since colonial times Great Depression increase then decrease. WHAT IT IS?. No executions 1967-1976 1972 Supreme Court voided Sent to jail 1976 Supreme Court engaged

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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  1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Megan Burr April 8, 2010 Period: 9

  2. WHAT IT IS? • Death penalty • Not always practiced • 13,000 since colonial times • Great Depression increase then decrease

  3. WHAT IT IS? • No executions 1967-1976 • 1972 Supreme Court voided • Sent to jail • 1976 Supreme Court engaged • 1976-2009 execution of 1,167+

  4. 2009 • 58 countries refrained from death penalty • 18 followed through • 714 killings • Over thousands in China • USA- 52 • Saudi Arabia- 69+ • Iran- 288+ • Iraq- 120+ • Syria- 8+ • Yemen- 30+ • Sudan- 9+ • Viet Nam- 9+ • Japan- 7 • China- 1000+

  5. which again refused to divulge figures on its use of the death penalty. which again refused to divulge figures on its use of the death penalty. 2009 • Methods- • Hanging • Shooting • Beheading • Stoning • Electrocution • Lethal Injection

  6. PROS • Protect innocence

  7. CONS • Humans life • Never learn • Against religions • Injustice • Violates the right of life “We teach killing is wrong by killing.” -Catholic Cardinal McCarrick

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