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The death penalty has tremendous effects on the families of both the victims and the murderers. Family members of homicide victims report an initial phase of mental and physical shock. The families of the victims will never be the same. If their child was killed often times the parents will get a divorced. Frequently, siblings of a murder victim suffer from the loss of functional parents as well as the loss of a brother or sister. Children who experience the loss of a loved one are often called on to grow up quickly. When parents cannot find the emotional reserves to care for their surviving children, siblings often feel devalued, unworthy of living, and discouraged. Many cannot rest at night for fear that someone will come and kill them. The families of the murderers are shunned from society; people feel like they too are bad people and don't want to be associated with them. Both sides suffer from the initial shock; victims' families are shocked and horrified by the murder itself, inmates' families by the arrest of a loved one for a horrible crime. Both groups may feel isolated, as though no one understands what they are going through. Both groups report feeling neglected and abused by the criminal justice system. Although both families share many feelings there are some dissimilarities. Victims' families see the death of their loved ones as senseless, meaningless, and inexplicable. They agonize over the "why" of the murder. Families of death row inmates understand the reasons for the death sentence and execution, even though they may disagree with the morality, fairness, or efficacy of the death penalty.
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Does Missouri have death penalty?
No,the state of Missouri does not have the death penalty.
Should there be a death penalty for gay people?
No, there should not be a death penalty for gay people. Unfortunately, as of 2017, there are 10 countries that put people to death for being gay.
Do gay people receive the death penalty?
Only if they are convicted of a crime that warrants the death penalty, such as murder (the same as straight people).
How many people where killed during the death penalty?
Over 1,000 people have been killed since the death penalty was instituted.
Is the death penalty executed in front of people?
In the US, all death penalty sentences are carried out with wtnesses present.
What percentage of people live in a country where the death penalty is legalised?
About 95% of Asians live in countries where the death penalty is legalized.
What is the difference in violent crime rate between states that have death penalty and states that do not have death penalty?
Well the death penalty countries are lower as the people don't want to dye for a crime so.
Why is the death penalty so debatable?
Some people who had been killed using the death penalty have been found not guilty after the fact.
What countries give the death penalty to gay people?
The following countries give the death penalty to gay people:SudanMauritaniaNigeriaSomalilandSaudi ArabiaYemenIranMaldivesBrunei PakistanAfghanistan
Why death penalty is not good in civilized society?
Actually, opinions on this vary. But the tendency, nowadays, is that a majority of people think that the death penalty is uncivilized. Some arguments against the death penalty is that it is used disproportionately against ethnic minorities (for example, black people in the United States), and that it is irreversible (and there have been many cases where people executed, or people who were planned to be executed, turned out to be innocent). For further arguments, both for and against the death penalty, I suggest you consult the Wikipedia article on "Death penalty".
Which US states currently have the death penalty How many people have died due to the death penalty laws in United States as of July 1 2014?
The death penalty is legal in 32 U.S. states. In the United States, 1,386 people have been executed.
How does the death penalty save lives?
The death penalty is a punishment for people who have committed the most hanus of crimes. They are incarcerated and kept on death row until their execution date. This saves lives because often people who get the death penalty are murderes and if hey didn't get executed they would probably get out of jail and kill more people.
