Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty (Capital Punishment)
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   The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the lawful
   nation in death penalty convictions and executions.
   Although most Americans support capital punishment under some
   circumstances, according to Gallup support for capital punishment has
   capital punishment in America.
   In 2007, the Death Penalty Information Center released a report, "A
   Crisis of Confidence: Americans' Doubts About the Death Penalty." (pdf)
   The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty should reflect the
   death penalty is a deterrent to murder. Moreover, almost 40 percent
   And when asked whether they prefer the death penalty or life in prison
   percent death penalty, 43 percent prison, 10 percent unsure.
   confidence in the capital punishment system. Perhaps it is not
   United States should impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
   In 1612, Virginia death penalty violations included what modern
   In the 1800s, abolitionists took up the cause of capital punishment,
   From the 1920s-1940s, criminologists argued that the death penalty was
   Two 1968 cases caused the nation to rethink its capital punishment law.
   death penalty be imposed only upon recommendation of a jury was
   In June 1972, the Supreme Court (5-4) effectively voided death penalty
   In 1976, the Court ruled that capital punishment itself was
   constitutional while holding that new death penalty laws in Florida,
   Adapted from Introduction to the Death Penalty
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