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How many people have been legally executed due to the death penalty in the US?
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More than 4,500 people have been executed in the United States since 1930. There is no way of knowing how many have been executed in U.S. history because executions were often local affairs, with no central agency keeping track of them. In addition to judicially imposed executions, from 1882 through 1951 there were 4,730 recorded lynchings by vigilantes in the U.S, with many of them being highly public affairs.
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Does Missouri have death penalty?
No,the state of Missouri does not have the death penalty.
Is the death penalty executed in front of people?
In the US, all death penalty sentences are carried out with wtnesses present.
What types of people are exempt from the death penalty?
People who have been legally adjudged insane.
Does Nevada carry the death penalty?
Yes, Nevada has executed a total of 12 people since 1976; there are currently 79 people on death row.
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".
Who has executed most death penalty's?
Texas
What is the death pentaly?
A death penalty is when someone is going to be executed
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.
Why do people get executed?
(in the US) Because they violate a statute which calls for a death penalty such as Murder - Rape - Treason - etc.
How many people have been executed in the past ten years?
In the past 10 years 667 convicted criminals have been executed. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 1,224 people have been executed.
Does Ohio have the death penalty?
Yes, Ohio has the death penalty. They have executed 32 individuals since 1976. But their death penalty is different, they use the lethal injection method.
